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
Striking the Islamic State: A smaller misadventure in Iraq
Mustafa Salama
Islamic State
Turks celebrate return of IS held hostages
Turkey Politics
Turkey disappoints West with low-key role in IS fight
Syria War
70,000 Syrian refugees enter Turkey in two days
Islamic State
Dalai Lama slams killing in name of religion, says concept of jihad being misused
Islamic State
Alan Henning's wife pleads for the IS to release her 'peaceful, selfless' husband
Syria War
PKK calls on Turkish Kurds to join Syria war as 130,000 refugees flee
Islamic State
IS calls on supporters to kill Americans and Europeans
Islamic State
Black prevails: life in Islamic State's Syria stronghold
Islamic State
Blair: boots on the ground needed in anti-IS fight
Islamic State
The fight against IS - a war with too many unknowns
Bryan R Gibson
Syria War
Syrian opposition coalition dissolves military council after withdrawal threats