In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

countries across the Middle East eventually normalised relations with him and sent ambassadors to Damascus. In May 2023, the Arab League voted to restore Syria’s membership. The peace dividends ...

They carved up the Middle East map with the stroke of a pen ... we are at another crossroads in the aftermath of the collapse of Syria, one of the Western-created nation-states.

They carved up the Middle East map with the stroke of a pen ... religious extremism and authoritarian rule. Syria, today’s shiny coin for international attention, is another mock nation imagined ...