Syria

UK Politics

Tony Blair's latest intervention reveals a man who learned nothing from Iraq

It's high time that the UK's commentariat stop worshipping a man whose hubris has fuelled massacres across the Middle East
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
Sahel
In Mali, every foreign intervention failed - and jihadists adapted
Omar Ashour
Islamic State
UK police: Missing teenagers crossed into Syria
Human Rights
Knowing too much: My disastrous Syria trial
Moazzam Begg
Syria War
Human Rights Watch: Hundreds of barrel bombs dropped in civilian areas in Syria
Islamic State
Obama hails Qatar as 'strong partner' against Islamic State
Human Rights
Lost in translation: Moazzam Begg reveals intelligence blunders
Islamic State
Peshmerga and Iraqi forces step up attacks on IS militants
Diplomacy
Making sense of a senseless war
Ghada Ageel
Religion
The Chapel Hill murders: The beast of New Atheism?
CJ Werleman
Islamic State
Obama’s admission not enough: US spin on Middle East violence must change
Ramzy Baroud
Islamic State
US vows 'lasting defeat' against IS, says killed 8,500 militants
Islamic State
Pentagon vows 'lasting defeat' against IS as France deploys aircraft carrier
Syria War
Turkey honours Suleyman Shah's remains at ceremony