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'
Islamic State
Military aid to Kobane continues via Turkey border
Islamic State
UN envoy calls for Syria 'free zones'
Islamic State
Kurdish peshmerga forces enter Syria's Kobani after further air strikes
Islamic State
The riddle of the UK’s young jihadis
Myriam François
Islamic State
Kurds worried war crime accusations could ruin Kurdish image
Syria War
Syria rebels attack last Assad-held northwest city
Syria War
Mourners gather at funeral for YPG fighters killed in battle with IS
Islamic State
IS, terror and the moral hypocrisy of the West
Richard Silverstein
Syria War
Kobane, as seen through the eyes of an Islamist rebel leader in Syria
Islamic State
Peshmerga entrance into Kobane strengthens Kurdish ties
Islamic State
In pictures: From Kobane to Suruc - life in the refugee camps
Islamic State
Turkey wants anti-Assad rebels to control Kobane