Accessibility help Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer

Cookies on FT Sites

We use cookies for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.
Manage cookies
Accept & continue
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open drawer menu Open search bar
Financial Times
myFT
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • Americas
    • Middle East and North Africa
    Most Read
    • DUP casts doubt on Brexit ‘double customs’ plan
    • Jacob Rees-Mogg urges Brexit hardliners to compromise
    • Typhoon Hagibis leaves at least 30 dead in Japan
    • Elizabeth Warren gains momentum to lead Democratic field
    • US agrees limited trade deal with China
  • US
    Sections
    • US Home
    • US Economy
    • US Politics & Policy
    • US Companies
    Most Read
    • From financial crisis to inequality — how economists got it wrong
    • How hard has China been hit by the trade war?
    • Private equity firms go small after string of big deals collapse
    • Meet Manhattan’s shy Trumpians
    • Elizabeth Warren gains momentum to lead Democratic field
  • Business
    Sections
    • Business Home
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
    Most Read
    • Why Dyson pulled the plug on its ‘fantastic’ electric car
    • Private equity firms go small after string of big deals collapse
    • Package holiday operators bask in Thomas Cook’s failure
    • New king of the North Sea takes on Total and BP
    • More Four Seasons care homes at risk of closure
  • Tech
  • Markets
    Sections
    • Markets Home
    • fastFT
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
    Most Read
    • How hard has China been hit by the trade war?
    • Beware of paying too steep a price for high-quality assets
    • Allure of US stocks reflects great expectations
    • Gaming group GVC should know when to hold ’em
    • Thought for the weekend
  • Graphics
  • Opinion
    Sections
    • Opinion Home
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Instant Insight
    • Lex
    • Alphaville
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
    Most Read
    • What I learnt from my hellish long-haul flight
    • How my iPhone landed me with a £476 fine and made me a criminal
    • Why middle-aged men hate Greta Thunberg 
    • Meet Manhattan’s shy Trumpians
    • Global economy is at risk from a monetary policy black hole
  • Work & Careers
    Sections
    • Work & Careers Home
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    Most Read
    • What I learnt from my hellish long-haul flight
    • Boeing report highlights human factors no company should ignore
    • How to build a more responsible corporate capitalism
    • The software that scans work emails for signs of stress
    • Should I leave a job I love to chase a bigger pay packet?
  • Life & Arts
    Sections
    • Life & Arts Home
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    Most Read
    • From financial crisis to inequality — how economists got it wrong
    • How will we live in the 2020s?
    • How my iPhone landed me with a £476 fine and made me a criminal
    • Boarding soon: the five-star airship bound for the North Pole
    • Why middle-aged men hate Greta Thunberg 
  • How to Spend It
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Menu Search
  • Home
  • World
  • US
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Markets
  • Graphics
  • Opinion
  • Work & Careers
  • Life & Arts
  • How to Spend It
Financial Times
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe

Make sense of a disrupted world

Explore the new agenda

Chloe Cornish

Middle East Correspondent
Chloe Cornish is the FT's Middle East correspondent, covering Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.
Email Chloe Cornish @chloencornish (link opens in a new browser window)
Email Chloe Cornish @chloencornish (link opens in a new browser window)

Add to myFT Digest

Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox

  • Sunday, 13 October, 2019
    Syrian crisis
    Kurds strike deal with Russia and Syria against Turkey

    Incursion leads to reports of executions and breakout from camp housing Isis families

    updated
  • Sunday, 13 October, 2019
    Syrian crisis
    Turkey closes in on key Syria border town

    Offensive advances after tense Washington-Ankara exchanges and US sanctions warning

  • Friday, 11 October, 2019
    Syrian crisis
    Syria warns it will defend territory from Turkish advance

    Thousands of people flee for safety as death toll begins to mount

  • Friday, 11 October, 2019
    Turkey
    Turks give military their blessing after decades of Kurdish conflict

    Syria incursion seen as inevitable after US armed militias Ankara calls terrorists

  • Friday, 11 October, 2019
    Syrian crisis
    Turkey steps up offensive against Kurdish forces in Syria

    Ground troops seize villages and continue aerial bombardment of towns

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2019
    Syrian crisis
    Turkey launches offensive in Syria

    Ankara defies international outcry over threat to Kurdish forces

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2019
    AnalysisSyrian crisis
    Turkey’s incursion into Syria threatens to revive Isis cells

    Trump says US has taken two jihadis detained by Kurdish forces to ‘secure location’

  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2019
    ExplainerMiddle Eastern politics & society
    The Kurdish fight for land and identity

    Ethnic group spread across four countries has long struggled for statehood

  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2019
    ExplainerSyrian crisis
    Donald Trump’s change of policy on Syria explained

    US president orders troops out as Turkey threatens incursion against Kurds in north-east of country

  • Promoted Content
  • Monday, 7 October, 2019
    Syrian crisis
    Trump clears Turkish offensive in Syria against Kurds

    US president threatens to ‘totally destroy and obliterate’ ally’s economy

  • Saturday, 5 October, 2019
    Iraq
    Almost 100 dead in Iraq street clashes

    Anger boils over at high unemployment and government corruption

  • Friday, 4 October, 2019
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Death toll mounts in Iraq protests

    Security forces accused of using excessive force as crowds defy curfews

  • Thursday, 3 October, 2019
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Iraq announces curfew in Baghdad as protests escalate

    At least 18 killed in demonstrations against corruption and joblessness

  • Thursday, 3 October, 2019
    Weekend long reads
    The men making a fortune from Syria’s war

    How a few profiteers made millions picking clean the carcass of the country’s economy

  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2019
    Lebanon
    Lebanon eases dollar flow for importers as crisis grows

    Shortage of hard currency raises fears about world’s most-indebted economy

  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2019
    Lebanon
    Moody’s puts Lebanon under review for downgrade as monetary crisis deepens
  • Sunday, 29 September, 2019
    Syrian crisis
    Syria takes step closer to renewed political framework

    Moribund international peace process revived amid warnings over fragility of talks

  • Monday, 16 September, 2019
    Travel & leisure industry
    French hotel group eyes visitor revival in Syria

    Louvre to run two luxury properties in war-torn country’s capital Damascus

  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2019
    Hungary
    Hungary draws up plans to upgrade Syria ties

    Proposal by Budapest to post official in Damascus would anger European partners

  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2019
    Special ReportInvesting in Kuwait
    Local bourse set for boost from index upgrade and oil sell-offs

    Domestic stock market takes inspiration from planned Aramco IPO

  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2019
    Special ReportInvesting in Kuwait
    Kuwait plans for future after oil with mega-projects

    Diversification is slowed by politics and bureaucracy

  • Sunday, 1 September, 2019
    Arab-Israel conflict
    Israel and Hizbollah in rare exchange of fire

    Cross-border activity triggered by retaliation for drone strike in Beirut

  • Sunday, 1 September, 2019
    Syria
    Moscow collects its spoils of war in Assad’s Syria

    Company controlled by friend of Russian president gains foothold in lucrative phosphate sector

  • Friday, 30 August, 2019
    Lebanon
    US Treasury imposes sanctions on Lebanese bank

    Jammal Trust Bank had linked with US international development agency only a year ago

  • Thursday, 29 August, 2019
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Israel’s shadow war against Iran laid bare by raids

    Netanyahu takes tough approach to Tehran and its Shia proxies as election approaches

Previous You are on page 1 Next

Useful links

Support

View Site Tips Help Centre About Us Accessibility myFT Tour Careers

Legal & Privacy

Terms & Conditions Privacy Cookies Copyright Slavery Statement & Policies

Services

FT Live Share News Tips Securely Individual Subscriptions Group Subscriptions Republishing Contracts & Tenders
Executive Job Search Advertise with the FT Follow the FT on Twitter FT Transact Secondary Schools

Tools

Portfolio Today's Newspaper (ePaper) Alerts Hub MBA Rankings
Enterprise Tools News feed Newsletters Currency Converter
More from the FT Group
Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2019. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
Financial Times

International Edition

  • Switch to UK Edition
  • Top sections
  • Home
  • World
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • Americas
    • Middle East and North Africa
  • US
    • US Economy
    • US Politics & Policy
    • US Companies
  • Business
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
  • Tech
  • Markets
    • fastFT
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
  • Graphics
  • Opinion
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Instant Insight
    • Lex
    • Alphaville
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
  • Work & Careers
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
  • Life & Arts
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
  • Personal Finance
    • Property & Mortgages
    • Investments
    • Pensions
    • Tax
    • Banking & Savings
    • Advice & Comment
    • Next Act
  • Science
  • Special Reports
  • FT recommends
  • Lex
  • Alphaville
  • EM Squared
  • Lunch with the FT
  • FT Confidential Research
  • Moral Money
  • FTfm
  • Newsletters
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • News feed
  • myFT
  • Portfolio
  • Today's Newspaper (ePaper)
  • Crossword
  • Our Apps
  • Help Centre
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In