Lebanon complains of ‘one-sided ceasefire’ after Israeli air strikes on Beirut
IDF says Thursday’s wave of bombings, more than six months after truce agreement, was targeting Hizbullah drone-making facilities
Climate change adds to Syria’s problems as Damask rose harvests fade
Syria’s harvest has shrunk as a result of climate change-related drought, further complicating the country’s economic recovery
Exhibitions open in Damascus remembering suffering and sacrifice under Syrian regime
Hundreds attend the first gallery show openings since fall of Bashar al-Assad, honouring former detainees and disappeared people
Celebrations in Damascus after Donald Trump’s sudden announcement of end to sanctions on Syria
Economic embargoes to be lifted as country struggles to rebuild after 13 years of war
Syrians celebrate end of US sanctions
Syrians in Damascus celebrate after US president Donald Trump announced plans to ease sanctions on Syria and normalise relation. Video: Sally Hayden
In Lebanon I eat lunch and listen for the thrum of planes, the blasts of bombs
Beirut Letter: I am unused to the sudden contrast between joy and violence, and feel a deep disquiet
Voicenotes from Gaza: ‘I can’t bear to see my children fighting over a loaf of bread’
Messages from Gaza reveal distressing stories of hunger, crime and a mental health crisis
‘So much gratitude in West Bank for Irish solidarity’: How Nobel Prize-winners are raising Palestinians’ plight
Delegation of women hears of ‘system of violence and impunity’ on visit to territory occupied by Israel
Humanitarian response in Gaza ‘on verge of collapse’, say aid agencies
Thousands more deaths in Gaza Strip are imminent, humanitarian agencies warn
‘We are nice people, but poor’: After Assad’s fall, economic problems are Syrians’ biggest concern
War, corruption and sanctions have taken a heavy toll on Syria, whose deepening poverty is ‘a dangerous accelerant in an already volatile environment’
The ghosts of Khaldiyeh, a Homs neighbourhood devastated by Syria’s war
Khaldiyeh, in Syria’s third-largest city, is a former opposition stronghold once under siege during the country’s long war
Lebanon marks 50th anniversary since outbreak of its civil war
Call for anniversary to be ‘a turning point, and not just a moment of remembrance’
In Homs, efforts to rebuild but trauma haunts the streets
Syria’s new government is walking a tightrope, trying to state-build in a devastated country with a diverse and deeply divided society
‘They destroyed this moment of joy’: On the frontlines of the Israeli incursion into Syria
Days after the fall of the Assad regime, Israeli forces entered southern Syria, where many locals now want protection from the UN
‘We try to make a new future now. You can speak, you can go out’
Public spaces, some of them scarred by Syria’s conflict, host civilian and community-organised events