Syria

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

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

In Mali, every foreign intervention failed - and jihadists adapted

Omar Ashour

Iran has won the war. Trump and Netanyahu now face a reckoning

David Hearst

How can you look at the horrors in Palestine and feel nothing?

Anas Altikriti

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

Israeli minister says Turkey should be treated as 'enemy state'

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Gaza is an early warning. Will the world heed it?

Ammiel Alcalay

Turkey plans offshore energy exploration deal with Syria in 2026

Turkey: Islamic State militants and police officers killed in clash

Syria after Assad

Deadly clashes erupt in Tartous and Latakia as hundreds take to the streets

Israel normalisation deals

Why Arab normalisation with Israel means more colonisation

Joseph Massad

Syria after Assad

Exiled Assad loyalists plot to destabilise Syria's new government, report says

Bombing in Alawi mosque in Syrian city of Homs kills at least eight

Arrogance, hubris and ideology: How 2025 capped a quarter century of US failures

David Hearst

Journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem arrested in Syria

Syria after Assad

Kurdish-led SDF and the Syrian government agree to stop deadly fighting in Aleppo

How the Middle East can escape the cycle of conflict in 2026

Seyed Hossein Mousavian