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
Erdogan denies Islamic State attacked Suleyman Shah Tomb
Syria War
Assad 'not less dangerous' than IS: Turkish FM
Islamic State
In US war on IS, what would victory look like?
Islamic State
This war is not aimed at Islamic State, but at Assad
Dan Glazebrook
Hajj
Wounded Syrian is pushed in wheelbarrow to Hajj
Syria War
Syrian Alawite demonstrators call for governor's resignation in Homs
Religion
What a billion Muslims think
CJ Werleman
Eid
Fat sheep, fat price for Saudi Eid festivities
Islamic State
In spite of airstrikes, Islamic State closes in on Syrian town
Islamic State
Erdogan: Turkey won’t stand by idly during regional crisis
Turkey’s new war powers may not be in time to help Kobane
David Barchard
Islamic State
Islamic State on the verge of storming Kobane, reports