Russia warns about jihadi anti-aircraft missiles after jet downed in SyriaRegional powers have supplied shoulder-fired missilesMon Feb 05 2018 - 16:48
Economy and reunification key issues as Greek Cypriots go to pollsNicos Anastasiades up against Akel party-backed Stavros Malas in tight run-offFri Feb 02 2018 - 18:31
Corruption crackdown nets Saudi ruler €80bn and lots of enemiesMove popular with public who are tired of big-spending princesWed Jan 31 2018 - 19:26
Egyptians depressed and divided as uprising comes full circleSeventh anniversary sees hopes of freedom crushed as al-Sisi in line for second termSat Jan 27 2018 - 01:00
Palestinian refugee agency tries to raise $500m after US slashes aidEmergency appeal by Unrwa after Trump administration says it will withhold $300mWed Jan 24 2018 - 12:16
Erdogan plays nationalist card with Syrian push against KurdsTurkey challenging Nato partners and ramping up regional tensions with neighboursWed Jan 24 2018 - 01:00
Is the new US strategy for Syria an effort to keep the pot boiling?Planned 30,000-strong Kurdish border force makes little sense and is widely opposedThu Jan 18 2018 - 16:07
‘Dignity and security at stake’ after US slashes funding for Palestinian refugeesMove to withhold €53m from UN agency may cause wide repercussions in regionWed Jan 17 2018 - 20:00
Palestinian rejection of Oslo deal a chance to start new peace processBy dismissing 1993 accord, Mahmoud Abbas could override agreement favouring IsraelTue Jan 16 2018 - 18:45
Syrian army seeks defeat of jihadi insurgents with assault on IdlibThe offensive has been criticised, but the government cannot afford to give up the provinceThu Jan 11 2018 - 19:22
National Union Party wins election in north of CyprusRight-wing coalition on cards as Turkish Cypriots back status quo cautiouslyMon Jan 08 2018 - 16:45
Withdrawal of US funding to Palestinians could harm Israel itselfHalting $368m in aid to UN agency Unrwa would be major blow to services for refugeesWed Jan 03 2018 - 18:23
Hassan Rouhani must mollify protesters with real rewardsScattered wave of social dissatisfaction arises from Iranians’ sense of governmental neglectTue Jan 02 2018 - 16:07
Saudi allies face pressure to address famine in YemenWestern powers profit from kingdom’s offensive while 20 million Yemenis require aidFri Dec 29 2017 - 17:20
Critically ill evacuated from besieged Syrian rebel strongholdRed Crescent to move 29 from eastern Ghouta to Damascus following Assad approvalWed Dec 27 2017 - 16:59
Palestinians curbed by Trump threats against UN criticsRiyad al-Malki claims US bullying countries not recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capitalThu Dec 21 2017 - 16:42
Saudi Arabia releases Palestinian billionaire who holds Irish citizenshipSabih al-Masri’s family received Irish passports under the ‘passport for sale’ schemeSun Dec 17 2017 - 21:15
Christian and Muslim leaders boycott Mike Pence’s Holy Land visitUS vice-president told he will be pelted with shoes if he visits West Bank or East JerusalemFri Dec 15 2017 - 19:53
Palestinians reject any future US role in peace processTrump recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital hardens Recep Tayyip Erdogan stanceWed Dec 13 2017 - 17:31
Russia’s plan to cut army in Syria clear since fall of eastern AleppoVladimir Putin satisfied Islamic State has been beaten on both banks of EuphratesMon Dec 11 2017 - 16:53
Trump hammers yet another nail into the coffin of the Middle East peace processAnalysis: Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital demolishes 70 years of US policyThu Dec 07 2017 - 18:24
What happened next? The Syrian family who fled to Germany in 2014Family grateful for ‘protection’ offered by Germany – but they long for DamascusThu Dec 07 2017 - 01:00
Trump’s action on Jerusalem could trigger violent responseMuslims the world over repeatedly angered by US president’s Middle East policiesWed Dec 06 2017 - 14:57
Yemen war doomed to drag on after former president killedViolence in deadlocked conflict expected to intensify in short-term as millions sufferTue Dec 05 2017 - 19:05
Abbas warns US against moving embassy to JerusalemFate of East Jerusalem meant to be decided in talks between Palestinians and IsraelisFri Dec 01 2017 - 17:34
Pierre Krähenbühl: There is ‘no political horizon’ for the Palestinian peopleFailure to create a ‘political horizon’ can only increase Palestinian suffering and instabilityWed Nov 29 2017 - 18:20
Islamic State fighters remain a threat after defeat of ‘caliphate’Isis members escaping from Syria and Iraq a danger to Europe, says Egypt’s presidentMon Nov 27 2017 - 19:08
Hariri’s travails point to Lebanon’s broken, sectarian systemResignation postponed: Mystery still shrouds PM’s two-week sojourn in Saudi ArabiaWed Nov 22 2017 - 17:01
Syria meetings could determine fate of diplomatic processSigns that moderates among Saudi-backed opposition are winning ahead of Geneva talksTue Nov 21 2017 - 14:34
Yemen crisis: Aid agencies urge Saudi Arabia to lift blockade‘Worst humanitarian crisis in the world’ deteriorating over closure of ports and airportsFri Nov 17 2017 - 14:50
Isis fighters smuggled out of Raqqa by US, UK and Kurds, BBC claims‘Raqqa’s Dirty Secret’ says 250 fighters with families and arms were given safe passageWed Nov 15 2017 - 17:37
Hariri resignation crisis unites LebaneseLebanese cabinet to defy Riyadh and carry on without prime ministerFri Nov 10 2017 - 20:59
Despite Islamic State ‘defeat’, struggle for Syria set to intensifyGovernment, opposition factions and other actors jostle for advantage ahead of peace talksThu Nov 09 2017 - 17:50
Saudi Arabia shaken by crown prince’s high-stakes crackdownArrest of senior figures in corruption drive stuns kingdom and creates risks for princeMon Nov 06 2017 - 15:18
Stories from Syria: One family’s defiant stand in al-Waer‘Tommy’ Toumeh, 91, faced down armed fighters who told him to leave his home in 2014Mon Nov 06 2017 - 01:30
Homs locals aim to open new chapter in battered city’s historyCouple’s English-language bookshop part of efforts to preserve Syria’s built heritageFri Nov 03 2017 - 01:00
Aleppo rebuilds itself from destruction of warCommercial and leisure activities return to Syrian city as half a million people drift backWed Oct 25 2017 - 01:00
Surviving the siege: Islamic State on wane in Deir al-ZorCruel ‘caliphate’ of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on skids amid Syrian army and Kurdish squeezeTue Oct 24 2017 - 01:00
Rebuilding Homs: Finding hope in shops, the souk and a schoolSyria’s rehabilitation is under way, but the pace varies greatly between city, town and villageSat Oct 21 2017 - 05:11
Fatah deal leaves future of Hamas military wing unresolvedBoth Palestinian organisations pressured from all sides at a time of extreme weaknessThu Oct 12 2017 - 17:21
From ‘caliphate’ to on the run: the demise of Islamic StateIn Iraq and Syria the terrorist group has lost most of its territory and, with it, its powerMon Oct 09 2017 - 19:26
Fatah and Hamas seek to end longstanding feudRival Palestinian movements attempt to reconcile after 10 years of open hostilityThu Oct 05 2017 - 18:18
Saudi Arabia courts Putin as it looks beyond reliance on USKing Salman embarks on three-day visit to Moscow as part of major policy shiftWed Oct 04 2017 - 20:33
Russia’s intervention in Syria has given it regional cloutSecond anniversary of Kremlin decision to back Assad with military mightMon Oct 02 2017 - 17:19
Saudi women drivers: a PR move, not a breakthroughThe kingdom’s women look set to be kept away from the wheels of powerSat Sept 30 2017 - 06:00
Iraq rejects talks on secession of Kurdish regionBaghdad believes talks would prompt Sunni areas to renew demand for autonomyTue Sept 26 2017 - 17:46
Iraqi Kurds to vote for independence in controversial referendumBaghdad issues threats and international powers condemn the ballot ahead of the voteFri Sept 22 2017 - 16:19
Saudi Arabia arrests 30 over issues of loyalty to de facto rulerCrown prince Mohamed bin Salman highly sensitive to dissent as his policies are failingTue Sept 19 2017 - 18:14
Syrian ceasefire talks begin again as Isis loses territoryNegotiators hope to extend ‘deconfliction’ zones during sixth conference in KazakhstanWed Sept 13 2017 - 17:49
Syrian army breaks 28-month Isis siege on Deir al-Zor cityBashar al-Assad praises troops amid continued push to drive Islamic State from the cityWed Sept 06 2017 - 21:54
