Coronavirus poses terrible new threat to Syria, Iraq and YemenWar-hit countries in Middle East get scant aid from outside as Covid-19 contagion loomsMon Mar 23 2020 - 20:15
Iran struggles to fight Covid-19 as US sanctions hurt healthcareAid flows to Tehran from Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar amid reported 1,300 deathsFri Mar 20 2020 - 17:25
Coronavirus could decimate Gaza’s populationIsolation is impossible with large families confined to a few rooms, living in close quarters with neighboursThu Mar 19 2020 - 12:46
Bloodshed, unrest, poverty: Syria’s war nine years onWith the eastern Arab world hollowed out, a return to prewar conditions is impossibleSun Mar 15 2020 - 17:52
Civilians still in firing line as fighting escalates in YemenUN envoy has called for ‘an immediate and unconditional freeze’ of hostilitiesThu Mar 12 2020 - 19:14
Mohammed bin Salman purges rivals to clear path to throneSalman has fomented tension among royals by violating established order of successionMon Mar 09 2020 - 18:57
Turkey the main loser in unstable Syria ceasefire dealTurkish-backed jihadis and insurgents based in Idlib squeezed into a reduced areaFri Mar 06 2020 - 17:21
Cypriots row over borders amid migrant and coronavirus fearsPresident criticised for closing gates between south and north for first time since 2003Thu Mar 05 2020 - 18:37
Turkey pressing for a ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib provincePresident Erdogan to meet Russian counterpart Putin for talks in MoscowTue Mar 03 2020 - 17:58
Erdogan delays plan to expel Syrian army from Idlib provinceTurkish president agrees to reduce tensions in region following consultation with PutinSun Mar 01 2020 - 18:08
Saudi Arabia creates female football league in bid to loosen restrictionsWomen still must obtain permission to marry, divorce and seek shelter from domestic abuseFri Feb 28 2020 - 01:00
Idlib motorway site of clashes between Syrian and Turkish forcesRussian warplane-backed Syrian army fights Turkish troops close to M5 and Neirab villageTue Feb 25 2020 - 17:24
Death of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s longest serving ruler in more than 150 yearsObituary: Hosni Mubarak Born: May 4th, 1928. Died: February 25th, 2020Tue Feb 25 2020 - 15:40
Turkey has multiple reasons to avoid a collision with Russia in IdlibErdogan’s policies have left Ankara isolated, with Moscow one of its most reliable partnersThu Feb 20 2020 - 18:43
Houthi and Saudi-backed Yemen government to exchange prisonersUp to 1,400 captives to be traded in wake of fighter plane downing and village bombingMon Feb 17 2020 - 17:01
Iranian election looms amid woes over US sanctionsBan on reformists and moderates suggests hardliners will win majority in assemblySun Feb 16 2020 - 17:43
Palestinians suffer UN Security Council setback following US pressureWhite House urged members to shelve resolution rejecting US proposal to end conflictWed Feb 12 2020 - 21:02
Syrian army secure control of country’s main north-south highwayTurkey bolsters Idlib outposts as Syrian government forces make gainsTue Feb 11 2020 - 17:30
Mercy flights begin from Yemen after diplomatic breakthroughCritically ill patients fly on UN plane to Jordan but tens of thousands more need careTue Feb 04 2020 - 15:30
Turkish soldiers killed in Syria as battle for Idlib escalatesDeadly exchange with Syian army raises stakes in strategic northwestern provinceMon Feb 03 2020 - 15:50
In the face of Trump's deal, Palestinians run out of optionsAbbas fears being ousted by a figure prepared to accept Trump's plan despite it being rejected by PalestiniansFri Jan 31 2020 - 19:41
‘Our identity as Arabs and Muslims is finished’Michael Jansen: Arab world delivers mixed reaction to Trump’s Palestinian-Israeli planWed Jan 29 2020 - 16:58
Syrian army opens new fronts after short-lived ceasefireRussian and Turkish inability to end war in Syria has implications for the truce in LibyaTue Jan 28 2020 - 17:54
Tens of thousands march in Baghdad to demand US expulsionProtest at behest of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr comes in wake of Suleimani killingFri Jan 24 2020 - 14:51
Lebanon: Street violence persists despite end to political deadlockNew PM Hassan Diab refers to his cabinet as ‘rescue team’ to help avert economic disasterWed Jan 22 2020 - 17:58
Berlin proposals unlikely to end Libyan conflictSummit leaders call on all parties involved to accept ceasefire and resume political processMon Jan 20 2020 - 21:31
Attempts to finalise government in Lebanon falterDemonstrators mark start of uprising ’s fourth month and call for big protest on SaturdayFri Jan 17 2020 - 17:57
Iranians’ anger at shooting down of plane mirrors wider frustrationsProtests in Iran over targeting of Ukraine aircraft go to the heart of rifts in its societyTue Jan 14 2020 - 18:52
Rebel Libyan general rejects Putin and Erdogan call for ceasefireIn show of strength, Khalifa Haftar snubs truce as his forces continue western advanceFri Jan 10 2020 - 17:50
Iran’s missile strikes aim to draw a line under Suleimani killingThe US should take seriously Tehran’s efforts to put an end to the cycle of violenceWed Jan 08 2020 - 18:17
Cyprus rape case lays bare island’s issues with investigations involving womenBritish teenager’s conviction for false rape claim raises troubling questions for policeTue Jan 07 2020 - 16:04
Iraq in crosswires as it seeks withdrawal of foreign forcesTensions soar as Baghdad views any US role other than fighting Isis as reoccupationMon Jan 06 2020 - 17:18
Iranians will expect Suleimani’s martyrdom to be avengedIran’s militarist will not be forgotten and the US will not be forgiven for assassinating himSun Jan 05 2020 - 18:37
Suleimani assassination a game-changer in US-Iran tensionsKilling of Iranian military commander certain to prompt wide-ranging repercussionsFri Jan 03 2020 - 14:58
Turkey to vote on sending troops to defend Libyan governmentExtraordinary session of parliament on Thursday to decide on controversial deploymentThu Jan 02 2020 - 09:40
Iran rejects Trump warning after Baghdad embassy protestsPro-Iranian demonstrators withdraw after violence at US embassy in IraqWed Jan 01 2020 - 15:55
Iraq president prepared to resign over potential pro-Iranian PMBarham Salih refusing to designate Asaad al-Eidani out of ‘desire to stop bloodshed’Fri Dec 27 2019 - 16:48
Khashoggi trial was an exercise in scapegoating and not justiceThe Saudis may expect that the public executions of the five sentenced to death will put an end to the Khashoggi affairMon Dec 23 2019 - 15:57
Syrian army advances into northwestern Idlib provinceArmy advances into al-Qaeda-controlled territory aiming to capture Ma’arat al-Nu’manSun Dec 22 2019 - 18:51
Hizbullah-backed academic set to be prime minister of LebanonEngineering professor Hassan Diab received only slender majority in vote by legislatorsThu Dec 19 2019 - 21:40
Turkish military drone begins patrols off CyprusArmed drones deployed in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus to escort drilling vesselsWed Dec 18 2019 - 17:39
Lebanese protests turn violent amid clashes with policeClashes come on the eve of attempts to form a government led by reformistsSun Dec 15 2019 - 16:30
International backing for Lebanon economy hinges on ‘reform’‘No aid package ... no bailout,’ says US unless any new government ‘capable of reform’Thu Dec 12 2019 - 17:54
Gunmen kill and wound demonstrators in BaghdadAmnesty urges Iraq to investigate unknown attackers as drone bombing also takes placeSun Dec 08 2019 - 19:03
Turkey deserves the blame for what happened in SyriaRecep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to get involved had disastrous consequencesFri Dec 06 2019 - 05:00
Christmas celebrations cancelled in Iraq in solidarity with protestersChaldean Catholic patriarch’s announcement after at least 430 killed in protestsWed Dec 04 2019 - 13:57
Iraqis take to the streets to celebrate prime minister’s resignationAdel Abdel Mahdi steps down after months of protests that have left 420 deadSun Dec 01 2019 - 18:56
More Saudi writers and journalists detained, says rights groupLondon-based ALQST says crackdown on dissent continues with wave of arrestsThu Nov 28 2019 - 11:41
Lebanon’s protesters plot new strategy amid attacks by HizbullahDemonstrators consider ‘shadow government’ as they face rising violenceTue Nov 26 2019 - 22:25
US withdrawal enabling Islamic State to regroup in Syria, Pentagon saysIslamic State likely to have time and space to target West, US inspectorate saysThu Nov 21 2019 - 17:19
