Syria

Israeli society is intoxicated by war and the dream of expansion. It cannot last

Netanyahu appears to be gaining on both the domestic and international fronts but the war on Iran is plunging the region into disaster

Mike Huckabee lifts the veil on US backing for Israeli expansionism

Soumaya Ghannoushi

Reform to create agency like ICE and new detention centres for migrants

Syria's Roj camp to be closed soon, report says

Syria after Assad

Islamic State calls for attacks on Syrian government

Saudi-UAE Tensions

How Saudi Arabia plans to reshape the Middle East

David Hearst

Inside Saudi Arabia

Exclusive: Riyadh wants to replace Israel with Syria for Greece fibre-optic cable route

Saudi Arabia starts Ramadan on Wednesday, but many others to begin a day later

Turkey Politics

Ocalan announces first phase of PKK dissolution is complete

The caliphate returns - or does it?

Gwynne Dyer

'Caliph' calls for holy war, urges professionals to join Islamic State

IS seizes key Syria town on Iraq border

Kerry: Syrian opposition 'very important' in settling Iraq unrest

Syria's Assad seeks to benefit from rise of Iraq militants

Islamic State caliphate a 'declaration of war on al-Qaeda'

Al-Nusra Front pledges allegiance to ISIL, says NGO

For hundreds of families in Lajat, Syria, home is a dusty cave

Maliki 'welcomes' Syrian airstrikes on Syria-Iraq border

Israel offers to help Arab states fight ISIL

Obama seeks $500 mn for Syrian rebels as ISIL advances

Abu Qatada acquittal raises questions about his next move