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          Middle East

          EPA / Reuters

          The Assad regime were world leaders in torture. Its survivors will determine Syria's future

          CommentDecember 20, 2024
          Workers put up the new Syrian flag as people attend Friday prayers at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. Reuters

          US diplomats make first visit to post-Assad Syria

          MENADecember 20, 2024
          Syrian composer Samih Choukeir sings his song Ya Haif (What a Shame) at a rally in Paris celebrating the overthrow of Bashar Al Assad. EPA

          For Syrian exiles, this sliver of liberty feels monumental

          CommentDecember 20, 2024
          Lebanese soldiers pictured on December 12. If the Lebanese state is to re-establish its monopoly on the use of force, it needs a fit-for-purpose military. EPA

          Guns in Lebanon should be in the hands of its army

          EditorialDecember 20, 2024
          A man repaints his storefront in Damascus, daubing over the flag of the former Syrian government. EPA

          How to form a government in ten days: Syria's HTS installs first bureaucrats

          MENADecember 19, 2024
          Amid growing reports that a ceasefire in Gaza may be within reach, it is germane to ask what kind of settlement would be acceptable to a rebel movement 2,000km away. EPA

          Houthis use Gaza as excuse for $2 billion Red Sea shakedown

          EditorialDecember 19, 2024
          The National

          Shadi's take on the reopening of Damascus airport

          CartoonDecember 18, 2024
          Syrian families living in Turkey walk towards the Cilvegozu border gate to cross into Syria. Turkey hosts more than three million Syrian refugees. Getty Images

          Nearly one million Syrian refugees expected to return by June 2025

          MENADecember 18, 2024
          Sergio Ermotti, group chief executive of UBS, says that the traditional energy sector will continue to play a very big role regionally in the foreseeable future. Antonie Robertson/The National

          UBS not reliant on blue sky scenarios for growth in Middle East, CEO says

          BankingDecember 18, 2024
          Having insurance does not prevent a health problem from arising, but it can help to stop it becoming a crisis. Alex Atack for The National.

          How the UAE's social safety net is spreading

          EditorialDecember 18, 2024
          The National

          Shadi's take on calls to lift international sanctions on Syria's economy

          CartoonDecember 17, 2024
          Hayat Tahrir Al Sham leader Ahmad Al Shara. Britain's new national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, could lead the engagement with the man who must steer Syria. AFP

          Will UK national security adviser Powell push for HTS deal?

          MENADecember 17, 2024
          The writer and her baby daughter en route to Syria in 2022. Credit: Kat Balleh

          My daughter will now know her Syrian grandparents

          CommentDecember 17, 2024
          A man sits amid rubble after an air strike in Habbariyeh, southern Lebanon, killed six medics in March. EPA

          Lebanese diaspora 'key to rebuilding the country's health sector'

          MENADecember 17, 2024
          Europeans like to regard the fall of the Berlin Wall as a foundational moment. Syrians recently provided the world with a similar event. Reuters

          Can Europe rise to the challenge of a new Syria?

          CommentDecember 17, 2024
          An Israeli flag flies from a hilltop near the line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria. The Golan Heights have been occupied by Israel’s military since 1967 and was incorporated into Israel’s territory unilaterally in 1981. AP

          More Israeli settlements in the Golan sets the stage for conflict with Syria

          EditorialDecember 17, 2024