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
Peshmerga fighters bound for Kobane arrive in Turkey
Syria War
IS attack on Syrian gas fields kills 30 government troops
Religion
Bill Maher’s quest to dehumanise Muslims
Susan Abulhawa
Islamic State
Syrian rebels FSA enter Kobane to fight IS
Variety
Fearmongers are us: The Worldwide Caution
Belen Fernandez
Islamic State
IS, Kobane and the gains on the Euphrates river front
Bill Law
Islamic State
US-led strikes kill more than 500 militants in Syria
Syria War
Syrian Kurdish factions unite over Islamic State threat
Islamic State
IS halts Kobane advance following heavy air strikes: US
Lebanon Violence
Five Lebanon troops wounded in Tripoli clash
Syria War
Syria 'barrel bomb strikes' kill 10 children, 5 women in Aleppo
Islamic State
Free Syrian army to send military aid to Kobane