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  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    InterviewNato
    Sweden ‘must cut ties’ with Kurdish militia in Syria, says Turkish envoy

    Turkey’s veto on Nordic country joining Nato can only be overcome by severing YPG links, says ambassador to Stockholm

  • Saturday, 12 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Military briefing: fear of deployment of chemical weapons in Ukraine

    Biden raises alarm over potential use by Russia as norms against such munitions seem under threat

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    Isis
    Isis leader dies during US raid in north-west Syria

    Militant chief detonates bomb in village hide-out after special forces launch operation

  • Wednesday, 26 January, 2022
    US-backed forces regain control of Syrian prison after siege

    Attempted jailbreak by Isis fighters is the largest attack by extremist groups in several years

  • Thursday, 13 January, 2022
    German court convicts former Syrian official of crimes against humanity

    Ex-intelligence officer sentenced to life in jail in first criminal case over state-sponsored torture in Syria

  • Thursday, 9 December, 2021
    News in-depthArtificial intelligence
    Researchers train AI on ‘synthetic data’ to uncover Syrian war crimes

    Technique used to teach Tesla cars and Amazon Alexa has gathered evidence of weapons used against civilians

  • Wednesday, 24 November, 2021
    David Gardner
    Arab leaders weigh normalising relations with Syria’s president

    Bashar al-Assad is slowly being brought back into regional diplomatic society

  • Sunday, 24 October, 2021
    Arab nations defy US to build ties with Syria

    Concerns about Iranian influence spur tentative re-engagement with pariah state

  • Tuesday, 7 September, 2021
    David Gardner
    Taliban victory signals a defeat for global jihadism

    But western intervention has left countries trapped in despotism, making continued instability likely

  • Wednesday, 18 August, 2021
    ReviewPolitical books
    Daughters of Kobani: the Women Who Took on the Islamic State

    PBS reporter Gayle Tzemach Lemmon explores the female-led battles of the Kurds in Syria

  • Monday, 12 July, 2021
    Global InsightChloe Cornish
    Europe’s fringe considers ties with Syria

    Smaller countries’ desire to re-engage with Damascus highlights challenge faced by bloc

  • Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The world forgets Syria at its extreme peril

    There is no chance of refloating shattered state with the Assad tyranny in place

  • Wednesday, 21 April, 2021
    Denmark
    Denmark pressures Syrian refugees to leave

    Activists outraged as Copenhagen says Damascus safe for return

  • Monday, 12 April, 2021
    Syrian air force blamed for Idlib chlorine bombing in 2018

    Evidence points to Assad regime’s responsibility for attack that injured 12, says watchdog

  • Tuesday, 30 March, 2021
    Europe Express
    EU grapples with marginal role as Syria conflict reaches 10th anniversary Premium content

    Latest Syria conference comes as bloc struggles to have its voice heard in the region

  • Wednesday, 17 March, 2021
    David Gardner
    Syrian peace remains a mirage after a decade of Assad brutality

    President is a centre of instability but a solution could lie in a US deal with Iran

  • Monday, 15 March, 2021
    Sanctions and court actions mark 10th anniversary of Syrian uprising

    UK freezes assets of 6 Assad allies and bans them from travelling to Britain

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    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 jihadi overhauls image in effort to hang on to power

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

  • 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
    Obituary
    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

  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    News in-depth
    Wheat and fuel shortages overwhelm Syria

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

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

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

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