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

Refugee Syrian rappers dream of making the big time

IS claims to break open Syria's notorious Tadmor Prison

Islamic State group seizes final Iraq-Syria border crossing

IS seizes full control of Syria's Palmyra

Syria’s treasures are being smashed – but we will rise again

Sami Moubayed

Is New Atheism an anti-Muslim, white supremacy movement?

CJ Werleman

'A message written in blood' – British poet takes on Islamic State

IS overruns almost all of Syria's ancient Palmyra: Monitor

Samaha bombing trial exposes rift over Lebanese judicial system

Syrian rebels take largest remaining army base in Idlib

Report: Emails expose cosy relations between Assad and Western journalists

Islamic State retreat leaves Syrian towns up for grabs