Syria

War on Iran

Is Iran the new regional superpower?

The US-Israeli war has upended the power balance in the Middle East, as Tehran finds itself with significant global leverage
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
Inside Israel
Israeli minister says Turkey should be treated as 'enemy state'
Syria War
Syria: The view from Moscow
Christopher Phillips
Islamic State
US Secretary of State John Kerry calls for new three-year war powers to fight IS
Diplomacy
Turkey, Britain work 'closely' to stop foreign fighters flow
Human Rights
How Arab states helped the CIA with its torture-linked rendition program
Syria War
Russia mediates to host Syria-US meeting
Syria War
Public steps up to fund UN food programme for Syrians
Syria War
Britons jailed for Syria-related terror offences
Syria War
Nusra Front says it executed captured Lebanese soldier
Diplomacy
EU to press Turkey on IS militants, Russia
Lebanon Violence
Lebanon Shiite gunmen kidnap Sunnis in Arsal
GCC
Saudi Arabia arrests 135 in anti-terror operations
Syria War
Israeli strikes in Syria killed 2 Hezbollah members: reports