In a statement late on 30 April, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the global leader of the Islamic State (IS), Abu al-Hussein al…
In recent weeks, the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad has reaped rewards from a wave of diplomatic re-engagements intended to normalise its status…
As the world marks the 20-year anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq, there can be no doubting the enormous significance that event had in…
Four years ago, the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed ‘caliphate’ was dealt its final defeat in the eastern Syrian village of al-Baghouz. In the years…
The earthquake that struck southern Turkey and northern Syria in the early hours of Monday morning could not have hit at a worse time or targeted a…