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
Syria War
Blast hits pilgrim bus in Damascus, killing seven: monitor
Syria War
26 Syrian civilians killed as Assad strikes 'populated areas'
Syria War
Iran warns of 'consequences' for Israeli attack in Syria
Syria War
US cuts funding to numerous Syrian rebel groups
Islamic State
More than 45,000 pro-IS Twitter accounts created in fall 2014: Report
Islamic State
Japan PM slams Islamic State's 'despicable' execution threat
Energy
How Islamist rebels engineered Israel’s oil grab in Syria
Nafeez Ahmed
Islamic State
Why, Sajida?
Dania Akkad
Inside Lebanon
Israel and Hezbollah cannot afford war
Sharif Nashashibi
Islamic State
'Tens' of IS militants infiltrate Saudi Arabia after border attack: Blogger
Syria War
US rejects concerns it has abandoned Syria rebels
UN Security Council meets on Israel-Lebanon flare-up