Syria

Who are the Kurds and what does Trump want from them?

The world’s largest ethnic group without an independent state is concentrated in Iran, Turkey, Iraq, and Syria

Israel planned this war on Iran for 40 years. Everything else is a smoke screen

Jonathan Cook

How Iran war may accelerate the fall of US empire

Soumaya Ghannoushi

Israel's war of regional supremacy will not end with Iran

David Hearst

Israeli society is intoxicated by war and the dream of expansion. It cannot last

Abed Abou Shhadeh

Obituary: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader and dominant political figure

US-Iran tensions: How Trump was dragged into war

David Hearst

Mike Huckabee lifts the veil on US backing for Israeli expansionism

Soumaya Ghannoushi

Reform to create agency like ICE and new detention centres for migrants

Battling ISIS: Iran-Iraq war redux

Dahlia Wasfi

This is how IS survived a year of bombing and ground war

Ahmed Meiloud

Syria government barrel bombs kill 37 as IS pushes Hasakeh offensive

Nusra chief says IS caliphate 'illegitimate'

Syrians protest 'UN inaction' towards siege of Damascus suburb

EXCLUSIVE: Islamic State militants re-emerge in southern Syria

Assad aiding Islamic State, says US, as more rebel groups join anti-IS fight

Phoenix mosque protest exposes America's disintegrating society

CJ Werleman

Shoot-out on Jordanian border reveals link between Syria war and drugs trade

May bloodiest month for Syria conflict in 2015

UN envoy decries Syria government raids as dozens killed

Assad government raids kill 20 civilians in Syria: Monitor