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    • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
      Syria racked by fuel crisis ‘in worst year yet’

      Acute shortages have paralysed regime-held parts of the country as economy nears brink of collapse

    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
      Turkey
      Erdoğan signals possible ground offensive in northern Syria

      Turkish military continues to hit Kurdish targets after 2 people killed in cross-border rocket attack

    • Sunday, 20 November, 2022
      Turkish politics
      Turkish jets strike Kurdish militants after Istanbul bombing

      Foreign minister says ‘it’s reckoning time’ following overnight attacks in Syria and Iraq

    • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
      Lafarge Cement
      Cement maker Lafarge agrees $780mn US penalty over payments to Isis

      Company accused of ‘donations’ to terror groups in Syria in return for staff protection and raw materials

    • Thursday, 13 October, 2022
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Syrian soldiers killed in attack as fighting picks up

      At least 18 killed after bomb on a military bus near Damascus

    • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
      US-Iran tensions
      US forces kill Iran-backed militia fighters in Syria

      Second day of violence comes as Washington and Tehran attempt to resurrect 2015 nuclear accord

    • Tuesday, 16 August, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      First grain ship to depart Ukraine since war appears to dock in Syria

      The Razoni has been closely watched after it failed to reach original destination of Lebanon

    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      News in-depth
      Displaced Syrians voice anger as bombed-out town doubles as film set

      Chinese action movie shot in ruins of Hajar al-Aswad upsets one-time inhabitants unable to return

    • Monday, 25 July, 2022
      The Big Read
      Syria: what is Turkey’s grand plan?

      Ankara’s deepening civil and military role in northern Syria offers it a bridgehead to fight Kurdish forces. But if it expands further, it could attract more international scrutiny

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
      France repatriates children and mothers from Syrian camps

      Shift from case-by-case policy comes as campaigners step up calls for return of remaining minors to Europe

    • Saturday, 28 May, 2022
      Turkey
      How Kurdish group became security flashpoint for Erdoğan and the west

      Turkey’s antipathy to YPG threatens fight against Isis in Syria and plans for Nato expansion

    • Monday, 23 May, 2022
      Victoria Lupton
      Lessons for the Ukrainian refugee crisis from Syria

      There is an opportunity here to cement a commitment to helping all displaced people, regardless of their origin countries

    • 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

    • Monday, 9 May, 2022
      Global InsightLaura Pitel
      Tension over Turkey’s 4mn refugees nears boiling point

      With troubled economy and elections ahead, incomers are an easy target for politicians

    • Saturday, 23 April, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Turkey blocks Russian armed forces’ air route to Syria

      Move aims to pile pressure on Moscow to resume negotiations over Ukraine war

    • Saturday, 19 March, 2022
      Eliot Higgins
      Bellingcat founder: Don’t let Putin’s disinformation distract from his war crimes

      Plentiful evidence of Russian violations — now available publicly — is only valuable if perpetrators are held to account

    • Friday, 18 March, 2022
      Life & Arts
      The Aleppo record store silenced by war

      One of the hardest parts of exile is the simple, everyday pleasures that one must leave behind

    • 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
      Syrian crisis
      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
      Syrian crisis
      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

    • Friday, 10 December, 2021
      European Union
      EU to impose sanctions against Russian mercenary group Wagner

      Measures will include asset freezes and travel bans in response to activities in Syria, Ukraine and Africa

    • 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
      Syrian crisis
      Arab nations defy US to build ties with Syria

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

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