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
IS remains strong despite 'devastating' Kobane blow, say analysts
Human Rights
Rights abuses fuel the rise of IS militants, warns HRW report
Syria War
'Breaking the silence' on Syria's besieged Yarmouk camp
Diplomacy
A tale of two retaliations
Belen Fernandez
Syria War
Syrian recounts 14 months in purgatory
Edward Dark
Lebanon Violence
5 Lebanese troops killed in clashes with gunmen
Syria War
Assad strikes near Damascus kill 42 civilians, including 6 children
Islamic State
Japanese PM condemns as 'outrageous' apparent beheading of hostage by IS
Syria War
Dear Syria: From one refugee to another
Ramzy Baroud
Syria War
Kurds drive out IS, take back Kobane
Syria War
Syrians seeking refuge in the Golan left cut off from outside world
Diplomacy
Obama calls for new war powers to fight IS in State of the Union address