Syria

Turkey says new Israeli government will test whether hostility outlasts Netanyahu

Turkish intelligence chief says Ankara does not seek a conflict with Israel but new government should seek to defuse tensions

Can Baghdad finally resolve the crisis in Sinjar?

Israeli Elections

Eisenkot or Netanyahu: No matter who forms government, democracy is dead

David Hearst

Syria after Assad

US envoy accuses Druze sheikh of using its backing to persecute other members of the community

The resilience of the world economy is built on illusion - it's time the West woke up

Marco Carnelos

Houthi forces warn against use of Saudi airports following Riyadh attack

Attacks by 'Iran’s proxies' pushing region into spiral of violence, says EU on Riyadh airport strike

US and Lebanon hosting Syrian general wanted for war crimes: Report

Syria after Assad

Supporters of Druze faction raise Israeli flags in Sweida on 7 October anniversary

Kurds retake one-third of towns around Kobane from Islamic State

IS hostage John Cantlie appears in new video from Syria's Aleppo

Assad airstrikes kill 15 in Douma as assault on East Ghouta continues

Executed Japanese journalist's peace tweet goes viral

Video appears to show captured Jordanian pilot burnt alive by Islamic State

Jordan executes two prisoners after IS video released showing pilot burnt alive

Soldiers attacked outside Jewish centre in Nice as IS calls for fresh attacks on France

UAE stopped anti-IS airstrikes in December: reports

Syrian activists provide location of Jordanian pilot's killing

Mideast activists ask: What about non-IS atrocities?

UK lacks strategy to battle Islamic State, must step up efforts, say MPs

At least 82 dead as rebels, Assad forces trade fire around Syrian capital