Lebanese are in despair at their sectarian leaders who have left the nation without government during the worst crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war that has already driven many into poverty. Emmanuel Macron, president of Lebanon’s former colonial power France who has led international...

On 10 September 2020 Dr Adnan Al-Jasem became the first doctor in northern Syria to die from coronavirus. Al-Jasem had fled the bombings in Deir Ezzor in the east of the country and tended to the wounded throughout Syria’s nine-year long war. Yet it was the virus he died of whilst working...

Azerbaijan issued a final warning Monday to Armenia, which is continuing to attack civilian settlements. The Defense Ministry said in a statement that the Azerbaijani city of Terter has been under fire from Armenian forces since this morning. “The Ministry of Defense gives the last...

Two decades on from the second intifada, Palestinians who grew up in the shadow of the uprising find themselves surrounded by physical and political barriers with little hope for the future. In Jenin refugee camp, in the north of the occupied West Bank, the walls are plastered with posters...