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
US House approves plan to train Syria rebels in IS fight
Islamic State
Islamic State release video of British hostage
Syria War
Urgent water and food shortage in besieged Yarmouk
Syria War
As rockets fly in Damascus, last hopes fade
Islamic State
Iraq wins pledge of military support against IS
GCC
Qatar expels leading Muslim Brotherhood figures
Islamic State
Turkey: Assad's sectarianism breeds extremism
Islamic State
US officially 'at war' with Islamic State
Islamic State
Free Syrian Army will not join US-led coalition against IS
Syria War
Iran says US seeks to topple Assad with anti-IS strikes
Inside Lebanon
Lebanese police arrest man over prank beheading video
Islamic State
Convenient genocide: Another failed war to re-arrange the Middle East
Ramzy Baroud