Syria

War on Iran

How the Strait of Hormuz crisis is reshaping the old world order

Iran's chokehold has exposed myriad global vulnerabilities; Algeria and those who command the narrow seas now hold all the chess pieces in this strategic game
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
War on Iran
Iran has won the war. Trump and Netanyahu now face a reckoning
David Hearst
Human Rights
How can you look at the horrors in Palestine and feel nothing?
Anas Altikriti
Heritage
The Renewal of Islam: An Oxford academic's antidote to bigoted narratives
Israel's war on Lebanon
Lebanon’s talks with Israel test fragile relationship with Syria
Syria War
Syria's Nusra seizes tanks, APCs from Assad's army
Syria War
Rights groups blast Canada plan to 'prioritise' Syrian religious minority refugees
Syria War
Al-Qaeda affiliate seizes key army base in northwest Syria: monitor
Australians unite to combat Islamophobia with #IllRideWithYou
Inside Lebanon
Druze leader Jumblatt calls to ‘legalise hashish in Lebanon’
Syria War
Syria's Nusra takes two bases in major blow to Assad
Human Rights
Iran 'stole the dreams and hopes' of Yemenis: Nobel laureate
Syria War
Child labour is on the rise in destitute southern Syria
Islamic State
7 held in Spain, Morocco over female Islamic State recruits
Islamic State
Why the war on ISIS will fail
Nafeez Ahmed
Media
Syria tops the list of countries for number of killed journalists in 2014
Arab Spring
The Arab Spring, four years on
Jason Pack and Brian Klaas