Al-Ain speculates that Trump might encourage a meeting between Israel’s Prime Minister and the new Syrian president. It is ...

The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the ...

Turkey is expected to play a major role in Syria’s reconstruction. Estimates from 2017 indicated that rebuilding two million homes and restoring basic infrastructure would cost up to $360bn.

The swift downfall of Bashar al-Assad is reverberating in Syria and throughout the Middle East. Some changes are already apparent. Syrians who fled the country's vicious civil war years ago are ...

“Russia put far too much capital in Assad and the loss of Syria would be an even bigger loss as its broader status as a great power and its ability to maneuver in the Middle East.” Turkey ...

Djibouti has remained neutral on the war, as one of the Middle Eastern countries furthest from the conflict. Israel, which has a northern border with Syria, also remains neutral.

At the most conservative estimates, Syria will need about $250 billion to $300 billion in aid and investment to rebuild its ...

Syrians living in Turkey celebrate after rebels announced that they have ousted Bashar al-Assad in Syria, in Istanbul, 8 December (Reuters/Dilara Senkaya) ...

The lightning-quick removal on 8 December of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad after 53 years of Assad family rule will have seismic effects on the Middle East for years to come.

If you have a mental map of the Middle East, rip it up. The overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria by a coalition of Islamist fighters changes everything.

The main regional players — Israel, Iran and Turkey — all have a stake in the outcome, which means that the ripples will affect not just the Middle East, but also global powers like the United ...