Will Israel strike Iran’s nuclear programme?
This is going to be another turbulent year in the Middle East.
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The year ahead: Are we on the verge of a new Middle East?
A democratic Syria and rising Turkey would ask different questions of Israel.
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The Syrian people yearn to take control of their own destiny
Bashar al-Assad has gone but, as elation begins to be edged out by anxiety, what comes after authoritarianism?
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The year ahead: “The Middle East is going to get solved”
Donald Trump has promised he'll achieve peace in the region. We'd be foolish to believe him.
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The unbearable fragility of Lebanon’s ceasefire deal
The agreed pause in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has been repeatedly violated.
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Inside Syria’s “human slaughterhouse”
Bashar al-Assad tortured and mutilated his own people. Will the country he leaves behind ever recover?
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The tragedy of Greater Syria
With the Middle East in turmoil, could Israel now step into the breach?
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The Kremlin’s new calculus on Syria
Vladimir Putin bet on Bashar al-Assad’s murderous rule. Now Russia is shifting course.
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