'The Syrian regime hit us with chemical weapons: only now can we speak out' – video

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 07:39 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Syrian airforce helicopters dropped two cylinders of chlorine gas onto the town of Douma on 7 April 2018. At least 43 people choked to death. For six years, afraid of reprisals, the town has grieved…

Is disgraced Duke of York about to flee to the Gulf in last desperate grab for legitimacy after 'Chinese spy' row?

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 07:39 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Prince Andrew is rumoured to be eyeing up a new life in the Middle East as he seeks sanctuary following years of crushing blows to his reputation.

The three steps on America’s ladder of military escalation

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 17:58 UTC

a story from The Economist › International

Could America be dragged back into another Middle East war?

A religious revolution is under way in the Middle East

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 17:58 UTC

a story from The Economist › International

Can it survive the Gaza war?

Narendra Modi has shifted India from the Palestinians to Israel

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 17:58 UTC

a story from The Economist › Asia

The pivot reflects Indian domestic politics and new interests in the Middle East

India’s unprecedented love-in with the Middle East

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 17:58 UTC

a story from The Economist › Asia

Amid a war Narendra Modi builds new Gulf ties

Guardian reporter at the scene of the burnt tomb of Assad’s father – video

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 15:33 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Syrians returned to a mausoleum in Qardaha near Latakia that housed the remains of Hafez al-Assad, who seized control of Syria in 1970. A day after the remains of the former leader were burned by ar…

Syrian rebels reveal year-long plot that brought down Assad regime

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 15:33 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Exclusive: Abu Hassan al-Hamwi’s HTS group coordinated rebels to create a unified war effort that included a specialist drone unit

Middle East crisis – live updates

Syrian rebels began planning the mil…

Trump is weighing up pre-emptive air strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities to stop them getting nukes - ditching Biden's diplomatic policy

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 13:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The option of striking Iran's nuclear facilities is being strongly considered by Trump's team as it examines the US' position in the Middle East

Middle East crisis live: rebel leader urges Syrians to take to the streets to celebrate ‘revolution’

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 10:12 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Leader of Islamist rebels that ousted Assad says people should ‘express their joy’ after Friday prayers

Turkey has tasked a temporary charge d’affaires with reopening its embassy in Syria, according t…