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  • Friday, 24 March, 2023
    US air strikes target Iran-backed militants in Syria

    Washington retaliates following drone attack that killed an American contractor

  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
    News in-depthTurkey-Syria earthquake
    Spy chief’s daughter highlights UN’s tangled relations with Syrian regime

    Sanctioned figure’s daughter works for UN agency as quake exposes compromises in aid provision benefiting regime

  • Monday, 27 February, 2023
    Syria
    Egyptian official meets Assad as Arab nations re-engage with Syria

    Rare visit by Cairo’s foreign minister is latest signal that regional leaders are moving beyond policy of isolation

  • Friday, 17 February, 2023
    News in-depthNatural disasters
    From Haiti to Japan, what happens after film crews leave disaster zones?

    An inadequate response to tremors, storms or tsunamis can topple governments

  • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
    News in-depthTurkey-Syria earthquake
    Syrians left to fend for themselves as earthquake relief fails to materialise

    Residents of rebel-held territory tell of sense of abandonment after devastating February 6 disaster

  • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
    Kim Ghattas
    The Syrian earthquake is not a free pass for Assad

    The president is positioning himself as a solution to the wicked problems he has created

  • Monday, 13 February, 2023
    News in-depthTurkey-Syria earthquake
    ‘They hate us’: quake tests ties between Syrian refugees and Turkish hosts

    Many of those who crossed the border to escape civil war and are now homeless face growing hostility

  • Friday, 10 February, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Turkey and Syria face tragedy once more

    The countries confront different challenges in responding to Monday’s huge earthquake

  • Friday, 10 February, 2023
    Turkey-Syria earthquake
    Financial help grows for Turkey and Syria as quake death toll tops 22,000

    World Bank commits $780mn to rebuild infrastructure and US pledges $85mn to fund humanitarian efforts

  • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
    Natural disasters
    Syria suffers disaster upon disaster as earthquake follows years of war

    Aid agencies struggle to support millions of vulnerable people in a region broken by conflict

  • Sunday, 5 February, 2023
    Turkey and Syria face challenge to mend ties after years of ‘zero trust’

    Ankara’s cross-border incursions and control over northern areas complicate talks

  • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
    Syria
    Syria racked by fuel crisis ‘in worst year yet’

    Acute shortages have paralysed regime-held parts of the country as economy nears brink of collapse

  • Monday, 21 November, 2022
    Turkey
    Erdoğan signals possible ground offensive in northern Syria

    Turkish military continues to hit Kurdish targets after 2 people killed in cross-border rocket attack

  • Sunday, 20 November, 2022
    Turkish politics
    Turkish jets strike Kurdish militants after Istanbul bombing

    Foreign minister says ‘it’s reckoning time’ following overnight attacks in Syria and Iraq

  • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
    Lafarge Cement
    Cement maker Lafarge agrees $780mn US penalty over payments to Isis

    Company accused of ‘donations’ to terror groups in Syria in return for staff protection and raw materials

  • Thursday, 13 October, 2022
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Syrian soldiers killed in attack as fighting picks up

    At least 18 killed after bomb on a military bus near Damascus

  • Friday, 5 August, 2022
    News in-depthSyria
    Displaced Syrians voice anger as bombed-out town doubles as film set

    Chinese action movie shot in ruins of Hajar al-Aswad upsets one-time inhabitants unable to return

  • Monday, 25 July, 2022
    The Big Read
    Syria: what is Turkey’s grand plan?

    Ankara’s deepening civil and military role in northern Syria offers it a bridgehead to fight Kurdish forces. But if it expands further, it could attract more international scrutiny

  • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
    Syria
    France repatriates children and mothers from Syrian camps

    Shift from case-by-case policy comes as campaigners step up calls for return of remaining minors to Europe

  • Saturday, 28 May, 2022
    Turkey
    How Kurdish group became security flashpoint for Erdoğan and the west

    Turkey’s antipathy to YPG threatens fight against Isis in Syria and plans for Nato expansion

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    InterviewNato
    Sweden ‘must cut ties’ with Kurdish militia in Syria, says Turkish envoy

    Turkey’s veto on Nordic country joining Nato can only be overcome by severing YPG links, says ambassador to Stockholm

  • Saturday, 12 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Military briefing: fear of deployment of chemical weapons in Ukraine

    Biden raises alarm over potential use by Russia as norms against such munitions seem under threat

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    Isis
    Isis leader dies during US raid in north-west Syria

    Militant chief detonates bomb in village hide-out after special forces launch operation

  • Wednesday, 26 January, 2022
    US-backed forces regain control of Syrian prison after siege

    Attempted jailbreak by Isis fighters is the largest attack by extremist groups in several years

  • Thursday, 13 January, 2022
    German court convicts former Syrian official of crimes against humanity

    Ex-intelligence officer sentenced to life in jail in first criminal case over state-sponsored torture in Syria

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