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Thursday, 10 July, 2025

Houthi movement
US accuses Houthis of ‘kidnapping’ crew members from sunk vessel
Yemeni rebels have scaled up assaults on commercial shipping this week
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Monday, 23 June, 2025

Syria
Suicide bombing kills 22 inside Damascus church
Syrian government blames jihadi group Isis for first major terror attack since fall of Assad regime
Thursday, 12 June, 2025

Middle Eastern politics & society
Israeli strike on Iran could come on Friday, say people familiar with plans
Donald Trump warns of risk of ‘massive conflict’ as US increases pressure ahead of crunch nuclear talks
Wednesday, 11 June, 2025

OutlookDrones
Lebanon beneath the drones
The exasperating, frightening noise is a reminder that despite the ceasefire, a kind of war continues
Monday, 9 June, 2025

Syria
Syria to reconnect to global economy after 14 years as pariah state
Country to be relinked to Swift payment system after more than a decade of sanctions, central bank chief says
Friday, 6 June, 2025

Middle East war
Israel strikes Beirut in escalation against Hizbollah
IDF attacks on alleged drone production sites came on eve of Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday
Tuesday, 3 June, 2025

Syria
Israel threatens to retaliate against Syria after missile attack
Defence minister Israel Katz warns ‘a full response will come soon’ after two projectiles hit occupied Golan Heights
Tuesday, 3 June, 2025

US foreign policy
US cuts troop presence in Syria
Washington has cut bases from five to three and will eventually have just one, says special envoy
Tuesday, 27 May, 2025

Middle Eastern politics & society
Israel and Syria hold direct talks to curb spiralling tensions
Dialogue with new leadership in Damascus follows spate of Israeli air strikes
Saturday, 24 May, 2025

Syria
Washington exempts Syria from Assad-era sanctions
State department licence to transact frees up scope for Damascus to attract foreign investment
Tuesday, 15 April, 2025

News in-depthMiddle East war
‘This is what victory looks like’: inside Israel’s aggressive new security plan
Shaken by October 7, the country is seizing territory and flattening villages to build buffer zones while routinely striking neighbours
Tuesday, 1 April, 2025

FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
Elon Musk transforms Wisconsin court race
State election has become most expensive judicial race in US history
Friday, 28 March, 2025

Middle East war
Israel strikes Beirut for first time since November ceasefire
Attacks in retaliation for rockets launched from Lebanon follow weeks of mounting hostilities across the Middle East
Wednesday, 26 March, 2025

Lebanon
Lebanon closes in on next central bank head
Wealth manager backed by financial elite is frontrunner in race that will test new government’s reform agenda
Saturday, 22 March, 2025

Middle East war
Israel strikes targets in Lebanon following rocket attack
Exchange of fire threatens truce that ended 13 months of fighting
Saturday, 8 March, 2025

Syria
Scores killed as Assad loyalists clash with Syrian security forces
Damascus claims it has brought uprising under control but is struggling to contain revenge attacks on Alawites
Friday, 7 March, 2025

FT Magazine
The secret history of Syria’s new leader
Is the man once known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani intent on moderating or a brutal strongman?
Wednesday, 5 March, 2025

News in-depthSyria
‘The tanks are everywhere’: Life on Syria’s new front line with Israel
The IDF is using excavators, tanks and bombs to take territory from neighbours and remake its borders
Monday, 24 February, 2025

The Big Read
Can Syria’s new rulers sustain its fragile peace?
Order is being maintained by a patchwork of factions. Combining them into a national security apparatus is a delicate process
Sunday, 23 February, 2025

News in-depthMiddle East war
Huge crowds mourn Hizbollah’s Nasrallah at Beirut funeral
Ceremony in 55,000-seat stadium comes five months after veteran leader was killed in Israeli air strike
Thursday, 20 February, 2025

Syrian crisis
‘It smells of blood and barrel bombs’: Syrians start trying to rebuild
People exiled from the town of Saraqib rejoiced when the Assad regime fell. Then they went home — and found ruins
Tuesday, 18 February, 2025

Middle East war
Lebanon demands full Israeli withdrawal from its territory
Tuesday’s deadline to pull out passes as Israel says its troops will stay in 5 ‘strategic’ locations
Wednesday, 29 January, 2025

Syrian crisis
Syria asks Russia for reparations
Kremlin delegation makes first trip to country since collapse of ally Bashar al-Assad’s regime
Thursday, 23 January, 2025

Middle East war
Israel and Lebanon in talks to extend Hizbollah ceasefire
Negotiations take place ahead of deadline for IDF and militant group to pull back following devastating war
Wednesday, 22 January, 2025

Syrian crisis
Syria to dismantle Assad-era socialism, says foreign minister
Asaad al-Shaibani tells FT that Damascus wants to privatise state-run companies and secure sanctions relief

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