Syria

Turkey says new Israeli government will test whether hostility outlasts Netanyahu

Turkish intelligence chief says Ankara does not seek a conflict with Israel but new government should seek to defuse tensions

Can Baghdad finally resolve the crisis in Sinjar?

Israeli Elections

Eisenkot or Netanyahu: No matter who forms government, democracy is dead

David Hearst

Syria after Assad

US envoy accuses Druze sheikh of using its backing to persecute other members of the community

The resilience of the world economy is built on illusion - it's time the West woke up

Marco Carnelos

Houthi forces warn against use of Saudi airports following Riyadh attack

Attacks by 'Iran’s proxies' pushing region into spiral of violence, says EU on Riyadh airport strike

US and Lebanon hosting Syrian general wanted for war crimes: Report

Syria after Assad

Supporters of Druze faction raise Israeli flags in Sweida on 7 October anniversary

Syria's Aleppo suffering three-week 'water crisis'

Kurdish YPG militia recruiting child soldiers in Syria: HRW

Assad bombing civilians to turn them against rebels: Monitor

More than 50 child soldiers die fighting for IS this year

For Middle East to survive, Saudi and Iran must put their differences aside

Jamila Ali-Rajaa

After nuclear deal, US and Iran face common enemy: IS

Jonathan Steele

Iran's nuclear deal: What it means for the region

Syria 4 Years On

IS gains ground against Syria army in Hasakeh: Monitor

23 Syrians killed by government 'container bombs'

In IS-ruled Raqqa, new class divide creates tensions with Syrians

Blast damages citadel wall in Syria's UNESCO-listed Aleppo

Afghanistan-Pakistan IS chief killed in drone strike: officials, militants