countries across the Middle East eventually normalised relations with him and sent ambassadors to Damascus. In May 2023, the Arab League voted to restore Syria’s membership. The peace dividends ...

Israeli fighter jets have launched hundreds of airstrikes, while soldiers have seized a buffer zone and captured military posts in territory formerly under Syrian control. The Syrian Observatory ...

They carved up the Middle East map with the stroke of a pen ... religious extremism and authoritarian rule. Syria, today’s shiny coin for international attention, is another mock nation imagined ...

The Golan Heights, situated in the southwest corner of Syria and bordering Israel, Lebanon and Jordan, is a 1,000 square mile rocky plateau around 40 miles (60 kilometres) from Damascus ...