Attempts to seal porous borders through which guns, drugs and fuel flowed in Assad times are turning local tensions deadly

Battle in Latakia is marked escalation by Bashar al-Assad loyalists against Syria’s new Islamist-led government

Militia keeping IS in check pressured by new regime in Damascus, emboldened Turkey and US unpredictability

The former military officer, previously known only as ‘Caesar’, smuggled evidence of thousands of deaths out of the country

For years reporters at Syria’s state news agency had to toe the line. As life in Syria grew harder, so did the their work

Syria’s capital now cut off from Bashar al-Assad’s coastal strongholds as insurgents advance from north, south and east

Family members describe renewed hopes after decades-long searches for political detainees in ‘Kingdom of Silence’

Israel used US munition to target and kill three members of the press in Lebanon, Guardian investigation reveals

The readiness of Lebanon’s army is a matter of growing urgency as the Biden administration makes a new push for an end to the war between Israel and Hezbollah.

After 20 people including 15 first responders killed in Douris, rescuers ask why state service was targeted

Attacks on Thursday night bring total number of emergency workers killed by Israel in Lebanon to more than 200