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  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    Shamima Begum cannot return to UK for citizenship battle, Supreme Court rules

    Decision in case of ‘jihadi bride’ represents victory for home secretary Priti Patel

  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    US foreign policy
    US launches air strikes against Iran-linked militias in Syria

    Biden orders first military action since taking office in retaliation for attacks in Iraq

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Syrian crisis
    German court convicts former member of Syrian intelligence

    Ruling under international law makes legal history and campaigners hope other members of Assad regime will be prosecuted

  • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
    Syrian crisis
    Syrian jihadi overhauls image in effort to hang on to power

    HTS rebrands itself as the moderate face of Islamist militancy in opposition stronghold Idlib

  • Sunday, 24 January, 2021
    News in-depth
    American entrepreneurs wade into murky Syrian oil business

    Analysts are sceptical that, even with US support, oil company can succeed in Kurdish-held area

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    FT Magazine
    The lost decade: voices of the Arab spring on what happened next

    Activists and revolutionaries reflect on their struggles for reform in the countries they fought to free

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Israel launches air strikes against Iranian-linked targets in Syria

    Dozens of soldiers reported killed in big bombing raid ahead of Trump’s departure

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    ObituarySyrian crisis
    Walid al-Muallem, Syrian foreign minister, 1941-2020

    An immovable stalwart in Bashar al-Assad’s regime

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Special Report
    The Future of Cities

    How to make cities more liveable and recycle retail space; three US mayors on the pandemic’s ‘Hunger Games’; smart water infrastructure to fight Covid-19; the resurgence of parks; how to prevent disaster in Manhattan and encourage more walking and cycling everywhere

  • Promoted Content
  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    News in-depthSyrian crisis
    Wheat and fuel shortages overwhelm Syria

    The country’s economic collapse has been aggravated by the pandemic, Lebanese banking crisis and international isolation

  • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
    David Gardner
    Putin tests Erdogan’s over-reach

    The Turkish president’s spat with France’s Macron has made headlines, but his rivalry with Russia is the bigger menace

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
    Gideon Rachman
    Three strongmen and their battle for the Middle East

    The Russian, Turkish and Saudi leaders are engaged in a struggle for power and influence

  • Thursday, 24 September, 2020
    How To Spend It
    The Cause: the photographer teaching refugee children to put joy in the picture

    The photos taken by the children attending the Sirkhane Darkroom workshop tell their story better than anyone. Now its founder wants to widen his lens 

  • Thursday, 27 August, 2020
    Syrian crisis
    Russia blames US for military convoy crash in Syria

    American troops injured in clash amid fears of heightened tensions between rival powers

  • Wednesday, 19 August, 2020
    David Gardner
    Hizbollah is on shaky ground as Lebanon implodes

    Tribunal ruling on Hariri’s killing and Beirut explosion add to country’s instability

  • Monday, 27 July, 2020
    Libya
    UN says ‘huge risk’ of regional war in conflict-riven Libya

    Weapons and mercenaries continue to arrive around the strategic city of Sirte

  • Tuesday, 14 July, 2020
    Middle East
    Libya’s eastern parliament signals support for Egyptian military intervention

    Invitation to Cairo could herald direct confrontation between Egypt and Turkey in war-torn country

  • Monday, 6 July, 2020
    EU immigration
    ‘High probability’ Greek soldiers killed Syrian man at Turkish border, report finds

    Forensic Architecture’s findings used in European parliament hearing

  • Tuesday, 23 June, 2020
    Global InsightChloe Cornish
    Despite fiery rhetoric, Caesar’s Syria sanctions fizzle

    Reaction to last week’s action was muted and, in the short-term, has hit civilians

  • Wednesday, 17 June, 2020
    David Gardner
    Sanctions against the Assad regime are unlikely to help Syrians

    The supposed beneficiaries of the US Caesar Act will be pushed faster towards famine

  • Wednesday, 17 June, 2020
    Money laundering
    French court sentences Bashar al-Assad’s uncle to four years in prison

    Syrian exile found guilty of amassing ill-acquired fortune abroad after failed coup on brother

  • Monday, 8 June, 2020
    Syrian crisis
    Syria protests erupt in rare show of dissent against Assad

    Economic hardship provokes demonstrations in government-controlled southern towns

  • Wednesday, 3 June, 2020
    David Gardner
    In Libya the west is strengthening its adversaries

    Halfhearted interventions have made a bad situation worse

  • Tuesday, 26 May, 2020
    Libya
    US accuses Russia of sending fighter jets to Libyan war

    Public statement is strongest yet against Moscow’s alleged meddling in year-long conflict

  • Sunday, 24 May, 2020
    Syrian crisis
    Syria’s children ‘go to bed hungry’ as prices soar

    More than half the population ‘food insecure’ as coronavirus and weak currency hit supply chains

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