During the two weeks I spent in Damascus, I found myself following four stories at once. The ‘new Syria’ was making diplomatic and economic advances…

The silly season appears to have come early for two right-wing celebrities, Britain’s Nigel Farage and the French politician Marine Le Pen. Both…

A generation separates two agreements governing the relationship between Lebanon and Syria, with each concluded under a radically different political…

Iran has caused consternation after sending a civilian aircraft to collect and return Houthi officials for the funeral of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei…

French actress and director Noémie Merlant returned to the Cannes Film Festival this year with comedy-drama Roma Elastica, director Bertrand Mandico…

Several NATO member states have entered a new phase in their joint space operations, launching a series of multinational initiatives designed to…

The Kirkuk-Baniyas pipeline has always represented more than an oil arrangement between Iraq and Syria, or a simple scheme for exporting crude. Its…

Relations between Israel and Türkiye are at one of their lowest points, and the rhetoric between the two countries continues to escalate. The latest…

Gianni Infantino is no stranger to controversy. Since becoming FIFA president in 2016 he has, among other things, been accused of cosying up to…