Syria

Inside Syria

Trump told Israel to let Syria attack Hezbollah in Lebanon

Trump confirms reports originally denied by a senior US official that he mulled Syria invading Lebanon
War on Iran
Iran dealt Israel a crushing defeat and vindicated America's anti-war majority
Hamid Dabashi
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Israeli MP Ariel Kellner declares Turkey an ‘enemy state’
Occupation
Satellite images reveal line of Israeli bases inside Lebanon and Syria
Israel's genocide in Gaza
How Israel planned Gaza genocide decades ago
Jonathan Cook
Migration
In Berlin’s Open Kitchen, migrants and locals build community one dish at a time
UK Politics
Tony Blair's latest intervention reveals a man who learned nothing from Iraq
Barry Malone
War on Iran
How a regional defence pact could deal the final blow to Israel's violent expansionism
David Hearst
Economy
Turkey advances historic Hejaz railway project with Saudi Arabia deal
Syria after Assad
How Syria’s captagon trade shifted to Sweida after Assad’s fall
War on Iran
How the Strait of Hormuz crisis is reshaping the old world order
Idriss Hadj Nacer
Variety
Clueless: America's ignorance of the Middle East will shock you
CJ Werleman
Islamic State
Kurdish forces push back against Islamic State in Kobane
Islamic State
Iraq's Anbar 'fragile' as IS advances, local leaders call for US ground troops
Islamic State
Gulf states could expand anti-IS combat role, experts
Islamic State
Islamic State held off in Kobane but makes inroads in Anbar
Islamic State
Kurds inflict 'heavy losses' on IS in Kobane, who continue to gain ground in Iraq
Syria War
Turkey allows use of airbases for military strikes against IS
Islamic State
Turkey denies allowing US to use bases for anti-IS strikes
Turkey Politics
Turkish president slams modern day 'Lawrences of Arabia'
Syria War
Iran must withdraw 'occupying' forces from Syria: Saudi
Syria War
UN cuts Syria food aid over funding shortfall
The US should talk to its enemies and frenemies
CJ Werleman