From Stockholm’s suburbs to Iran, a Kurdish criminal network recruits minors to sell drugs and kill rivals, ruining families as they go

The defining moments – from the rebel takeover and Ahmed Al Shara’s rise to lifted sanctions and outbreaks of violence – that shaped Syria’s fragile first year after the civil war ended

The Kurdish militant group is laying down its weapons. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is considering expanding minority rights. But some people say they cannot forgive and forget

After the fall of the Assad regime, a small but determined group from Europe and Turkey are going back to help shape Syria’s fragile recovery

The nation has rolled our new polymer notes but what do the designs all mean?

Israel’s bombs cannot destroy the eternal ties that bind Palestinian families however

Palestinians resigned to losing their homes forever flee in cars, carts, lorries and on foot as Israel issues yet another displacement order

After the 2006 war, the world rushed to help with reconstruction but this time, and with $11bn of damage to repair, the nation is on its own