Arab world begins to normalise relations with SyriaSaudis, UAE and Egypt willing to embrace Assad if it curbs influence of Iran and TurkeyThu Jan 10 2019 - 17:04
Al-Qaeda affiliate controls Syrian land once held by NLFShelling persists between insurgents and army as Tahrir al-Sham holds most of IdlibFri Jan 04 2019 - 17:47
Cash-starved UNRWA struggling to help Palestinian refugeesTrump administration has cut $300m funding, reducing agency’s budget by a thirdFri Jan 04 2019 - 01:00
US withdrawal from Syria may edge Erdogan closer to PutinTurkey appears determined to boost relations with Moscow as US becomes unreliableFri Dec 28 2018 - 17:00
US withdrawal from Syria leaves Kurdish allies vulnerableMove increases likelihood of Turkish invasion of the border zone ruled by KurdsMon Dec 24 2018 - 01:00
US withdrawal from Syria could cause havoc in the regionAs well as the enduring Isis threat, the power dynamics in Syria are finely balancedThu Dec 20 2018 - 11:50
Yemeni ceasefire ‘seems to be working’ after early violationsOverall deal appears to have the support of outside powers involved in the warTue Dec 18 2018 - 18:02
Turkish plan to clear Syrian Kurdish fighters ‘unacceptable’US alarmed by Erdogan announcement but silent on how its 2,200 troops in field will actFri Dec 14 2018 - 18:08
Quarter million Syrian refugees could return next year, UN predictsSome neighbouring host countries are applying pressure on refugees to leaveWed Dec 12 2018 - 17:22
Houthi rebels agree prisoner swap deal with Yemen governmentExpectation that 600 captives held since start of 3½-year civil war in Yemen will be freedMon Dec 10 2018 - 20:06
Iraq government formation efforts stall amid Shia power struggleSix months after elections, appointment of an interior minister is bone of contentionFri Dec 07 2018 - 18:27
Arabs blame George HW Bush for decades of conflict and despairRegional rulers have praised the former US president but he has a controversial legacyMon Dec 03 2018 - 15:13
Over 500 bodies exhumed from Syrian mass grave in RaqqaAmnesty says US-led coalition that did most of the bombing did not try to protect civiliansThu Nov 29 2018 - 18:44
Saudi crown prince’s position as leader of the Arab world is now questionableThe Khashoggi murder has focused existing Arab anti-Saudi antagonism on Mohamed bin SalmanWed Nov 28 2018 - 00:55
Saudi crown prince greeted with protests in TunisiaMohammed bin Salman will soon travel to Argentina for G20 summitTue Nov 27 2018 - 18:56
Trump’s loyalty to Saudi crown prince gives free pass to autocratsUS president’s refusal to blame MBS for Khashoggi killing is bad news for Middle EastWed Nov 21 2018 - 14:58
Saudi-led coalition orders halt to offensive on key Yemen portHopes rise for breakthrough in conflict as UAE calls for early UN peace talksThu Nov 15 2018 - 16:14
Justin Trudeau says Canada has Khashoggi death tapesPressure mounts on White House to take action against those linked to the killingMon Nov 12 2018 - 19:25
Peace talks in Yemen postponed until the end of the yearDiscussions between Saudi-led coalition and Houthi rebels were due to begin this monthSun Nov 11 2018 - 16:51
US midterms: Result widely welcomed in Middle EastApproval for success of Muslim women, and for Democrats taking House of RepresentativesThu Nov 08 2018 - 18:40
US call for Yemen ceasefire should not be judged on face valueAnalysis: Washington offer is not even-handed and invites Saudis to expand offensiveThu Nov 01 2018 - 15:11
Reopening of Jordanian-Syrian border seen as sign of normalityAlthough towns are no longer battlefields, many Syrians remain reluctant to returnWed Oct 31 2018 - 18:15
‘We understand each other’: An Irishwoman’s Diary on Ireland and the Middle EastMon Oct 22 2018 - 00:01
Nepotism and corruption enemies of debt-crippled JordanEconomy sags in country with scant agriculture, tourism, energy and rule of lawSat Oct 20 2018 - 02:00
Jordan economy groans under the weight of refugee crisisDebt problem and high unemployment threaten small Middle Eastern nationFri Oct 19 2018 - 17:12
Saudi-led war in Yemen risks plunging half population into famineAs world focuses on Khashoggi, UN warns of 13 million Yemenis facing starvationThu Oct 18 2018 - 18:48
Arab governments rally over disappearance of Saudi journalistSaudi Arabia denies leaks that Khashoggi was killed at the consulateTue Oct 16 2018 - 17:40
Syria: Jihadi factions refuse to leave Idlib demilitarised zoneRussia and Turkey negotiated deal for buffer to avert bloody conflict in civilian-heavy areaMon Oct 15 2018 - 21:53
Jamal Khashoggi would have known risks of entering Saudi consulateNot even royals are exempt from being ‘disappeared’ by despotic Wahhabist regimeFri Oct 12 2018 - 17:42
Insurgents meet weapons withdrawl deadline in IdlibDate set by Russia and Turkey aiming to impose lasting ceasefire in Syrian provinceTue Oct 09 2018 - 17:56
Children of Palestinian refugees have a school to go to – for nowNuzha secondary school in Jordan faced closure due to US withdrawal of $300m fundsFri Oct 05 2018 - 02:00
School an oasis of calm for refugees in Jordanian campUnrwa will have to launch a supreme effort to make up for the lack of US fundsFri Oct 05 2018 - 02:00
UN members give €100m to rescue agency helping PalestiniansMahmoud Abbas tells assembly Trump has reneged on all previous US commitmentsFri Sept 28 2018 - 19:59
Trump adopts Netanyahu’s line that Iran is the major threat to existence of IsraelTehran replaces North Korea as US administration’s choice for primary external targetWed Sept 26 2018 - 18:12
Turkey boosts presence in Idlib amid ceasefire planMoscow and Ankara seek demilitarised buffer zone in Syrian province to avert disasterTue Sept 25 2018 - 20:38
Hizbullah to stay in Syria as long as it needs military aidMilitant leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warns Israel of potential ‘unexpected fate’Fri Sept 21 2018 - 20:01
Putin-Erdogan agreement offers Idlib only brief respiteDemilitarised zone around Syrian province agreed by Russia and Turkey cannot lastTue Sept 18 2018 - 13:25
Battle for key Yemeni port intensifies as world worries about IdlibYemen conflict, dubbed the ‘forgotten war’, is on the brink of a humanitarian catastropheSun Sept 16 2018 - 21:29
Fierce optimism of Oslo Accords has vanished 25 years onSeptember 1993 was the best of times for Palestinians. Now they face the worst of timesThu Sept 13 2018 - 01:00
Basra protests heap pressure on Iraq’s caretaker PM AbadiSadr’s call for Abadi to step down will stall government formation and thwart coalitionMon Sept 10 2018 - 20:26
Yemeni talks with Houthi rebels stall over safe passage guaranteeHouthis concerned Saudis may strand them outside Yemen during Geneva peace meetingFri Sept 07 2018 - 18:06
Idlib crisis: threat of great power confrontation hangs heavyAs tensions rise, clashes between Russian and Turkish forces cannot be ruled outThu Sept 06 2018 - 01:00
Palestinian refugees may suffer terrible toll after US cancels fundingTrump administration’s withdrawal of funding from UN agency Unrwa a bitter blowMon Sept 03 2018 - 14:46
John McCain’s hawkish legacy leaves mark on Middle EastThe late US senator advocated multiple pre-emptive wars to project US global powerFri Aug 31 2018 - 15:52
Pouring oil on troubled waters in Saudi ArabiaThe shelving of Aramco’s $100bn IPO heaps pressure on crown prince MohammedThu Aug 30 2018 - 18:35
Palestinians say Trump’s $200m funding cut is ‘blackmail’US financial pressure seen as part of force exerted to accept ‘deal of century’ with IsraelMon Aug 27 2018 - 18:20
Militants strike defiant tone as Assad prepares assault on IdlibAl-Qaeda-linked group vows to fight on but insurgents in Syria province are increasingly dividedThu Aug 23 2018 - 11:44
Turkish Cypriots bear brunt of currency crisisMuslims have curbed spending at a time of year when they normally hold lavish religious celebrationsMon Aug 20 2018 - 17:59
Return of Syrian refugees accelerates to steady flowDamascus says repatriation a top priority and urges foreign fiscal aid for resettlementSun Aug 19 2018 - 18:51
King of Jordan vows to hunt down militants who killed six officersBomb was detonated under a police car and four security men were killed in shoot-outMon Aug 13 2018 - 21:24
