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    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      US air strikes target Iran-backed militants in Syria

      Washington retaliates following drone attack that killed an American contractor

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      News in-depthTurkey-Syria earthquake
      Spy chief’s daughter highlights UN’s tangled relations with Syrian regime

      Sanctioned figure’s daughter works for UN agency as quake exposes compromises in aid provision benefiting regime

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      Syria
      Egyptian official meets Assad as Arab nations re-engage with Syria

      Rare visit by Cairo’s foreign minister is latest signal that regional leaders are moving beyond policy of isolation

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      News in-depthNatural disasters
      From Haiti to Japan, what happens after film crews leave disaster zones?

      An inadequate response to tremors, storms or tsunamis can topple governments

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      News in-depthTurkey-Syria earthquake
      Syrians left to fend for themselves as earthquake relief fails to materialise

      Residents of rebel-held territory tell of sense of abandonment after devastating February 6 disaster

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Kim Ghattas
      The Syrian earthquake is not a free pass for Assad

      The president is positioning himself as a solution to the wicked problems he has created

    • Monday, 13 February, 2023
      News in-depthTurkey-Syria earthquake
      ‘They hate us’: quake tests ties between Syrian refugees and Turkish hosts

      Many of those who crossed the border to escape civil war and are now homeless face growing hostility

    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Turkey and Syria face tragedy once more

      The countries confront different challenges in responding to Monday’s huge earthquake

    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      Turkey-Syria earthquake
      Financial help grows for Turkey and Syria as quake death toll tops 22,000

      World Bank commits $780mn to rebuild infrastructure and US pledges $85mn to fund humanitarian efforts

    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
      Natural disasters
      Syria suffers disaster upon disaster as earthquake follows years of war

      Aid agencies struggle to support millions of vulnerable people in a region broken by conflict

    • Sunday, 5 February, 2023
      Turkey and Syria face challenge to mend ties after years of ‘zero trust’

      Ankara’s cross-border incursions and control over northern areas complicate talks

    • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
      Syria
      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

    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      News in-depthSyria
      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
      Syria
      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

    • 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

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