Syria
This Middle East one-pot wonder’s secret? It’s served upside down
The exact origins of dishes in this region are impossible to untangle. Indeed, many foods date back to times before modern borders existed.
- by Ben Groundwater
Latest
Germany to step up deportations after stabbing
Visiting the site of last weekend’s stabbing, which has emboldened his far-right opposition, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called it ‘terrorism against us all’.
- by Rachel More
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
What Iranian president’s helicopter crash means for the Middle East
Iran views itself as the chief patron of Palestinian resistance to Israeli rule, and top officials have called for Israel to be wiped off the map.
- by Joseph Krauss
Updated
Middle East tensions
US strikes over 85 targets against Iranian-backed groups over deadly drone attack
US leaders have been warning for days that they would strike back at the militias and they made it clear that it wouldn’t be just one hit.
- by Tara Copp and Abdulrahman Zeyad
Israeli airstrike kills ‘high-ranking’ Iranian advisers in Syria
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani condemned the Israeli strike and said that “without any doubt, the blood of these high-ranking martyrs will not be wasted”.
- by Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue
France issues arrest warrant for Syria’s Assad over chemical ‘war crimes’
The warrants follow a criminal investigation into chemical attacks in the town of Douma that killed more than 1000 people.
- by Layli Foroudi
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Xi wanted to broker peace in the Middle East. He wasn’t counting on a new war
Beijing has spent years building up goodwill in the region. A vacuum left by the US helped. Now the surprise attack by Hamas on Israel brings complicates things.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Drone strike on military graduation kills scores, injures hundreds
It was one of the deadliest attacks on the Syrian army in recent years. It said it would respond “with full force and decisiveness”.
- by Kareem Chehayeb and Albert Aji
US releases video of Russian fighter jets ‘harassing’ American drones
The US Air Force said its drones were operating over Syria on a mission against the Islamic State when the encounter with Russian aircraft occurred.
- by Lolita Baldor
Syria furious at EU claims Assad family involved in drug trafficking
The EU has imposed sanctions on several Syrians, including members of Assad’s family, blaming them for the production and trafficking of narcotics.
US chopper raid in Syria kills IS boss who planned ‘attacks in Europe’
US Central Command said the raid was launched after intelligence uncovered a plan by IS to “kidnap officials abroad as leverage for [IS] initiatives”.
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