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'
Inside Lebanon
Fanning the anti-Syrian flames in Lebanon
Belen Fernandez
Islamic State
Britons fighting in Syria fear returning home
Inside Lebanon
Lebanon sharply limits Syrian refugee entry
Islamic State
FSA factions helping Kurds in fight against IS militants
Islamic State
US drops arms, ammunition to Kurds battling IS in Kobane
Islamic State
Turkey to allow Peshmerga, not PKK, to enter Kobane
US-led coalition seeks new plans to counter Islamic State
Islamic State
Six arrested in UK as police claim IS inspired terror plot
Islamic State
The missing context: ‘Islamic State’ sectarianism is not coincidental
Ramzy Baroud
Islamic State
US-led coalition meets amid 'succeeding' anti-IS raids
Islamic State
As US lauds anti-IS campaign, questions linger about long term plan
Islamic State
IS close in on town west of Baghdad