Syria

Israel's genocide in Gaza

How Israel planned Gaza genocide decades ago

In October 2023, Israel found an excuse to breathe new life into an old story of slaughter and expulsion. The chief differences this time have been of scale and duration
UK Politics
Tony Blair's latest intervention reveals a man who learned nothing from Iraq
Barry Malone
War on Iran
How a regional defence pact could deal the final blow to Israel's violent expansionism
David Hearst
Economy
Turkey advances historic Hejaz railway project with Saudi Arabia deal
Syria after Assad
How Syria’s captagon trade shifted to Sweida after Assad’s fall
War on Iran
How the Strait of Hormuz crisis is reshaping the old world order
Idriss Hadj Nacer
War on Iran
Is Iran the new regional superpower?
Kayhan Barzegar
Syria after Assad
Syria's government begins to return Alawi lands, while maintaining its hold over others
Syria after Assad
Syria says missing chess champion’s six children likely killed under Assad
Syria after Assad
Euphrates flooding displaces thousands in Syria's Deir Ezzor
Israel's war on Lebanon
Israel's colonisation of south Lebanon is already under way
Paul Khalifeh
Occupation
Neither Hezbollah nor Israel likely to want war, say analysts
Islamic State
Father of 'Jihadi John' says that 'nothing proves' his son is the IS militant
Culture
The Arab intellectual is resting, not dead
Ramzy Baroud
Syria War
Why is a ceasefire so difficult in Aleppo?
Edward Dark
Syria War
British former marine reportedly killed in Syria
Syria War
Iran mourns 7 Afghans killed fighting for Syria's Assad
Lebanon Violence
Brother of pro-Assad leader killed in northern Lebanon
Syria War
US-backed opposition group falls apart in Syria
Religion
The circus: How British intelligence primed both sides of the ‘terror war’
Nafeez Ahmed
Syria War
UN envoy in Damascus to seek quick Aleppo truce
Syria War
Kurdish fighters take strategic town from IS in northern Syria
Syria War
Syrian child labour, a ticket to Europe