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'
Iraq War
Iraq welcomes US plan for coalition against Islamic State militants
Islamic State
Islamic State is cementing, not destroying regional order
Sharif Nashashibi
Syria War
Syria rebels advance near Golan Heights
Iraq War
Arab League calls for united confrontation with the Islamic State
Islamic State
Canada and the IS threat
Bryan R Gibson
Syria War
Syria air raids kill 83, mostly civilians
Syria War
Syria arrests pro-Assad activists over state criticism
Iraq War
The future of Iraq: the plot thickens
Deepak Tripathi
Reviews
Book review: The Jihadis Return: ISIS and the New Sunni Uprising
Islamic State
Obama vows US will not be intimidated by IS' beheading of Steven Sotloff
Syria War
Dismal job prospects for Syrian refugees in northern Iraq
Islamic State
Obama calls for anti-Islamic State coalition, as UK and France consider strikes