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Postcard from AleppoHow Syria’s battered powerhouse city is coming back to life
Once a battleground, the Sheikh Najjar city is slowly being revived - but some investors remain wary
Comment What I've learnt from running the many marathons of the Middle East
From Damascus and Erbil to Bethlehem and Beirut, each race has opened a window into a political moment
Al Hol to Aleppo: Syrian families begin life after years in desert camp
Children raised amid raids and deprivation enter a new world of school, safety and hope
Dispatch‘Huge returns’ draw smugglers to rugged Syria-Lebanon border
Forces in former Hezbollah stronghold put up tough front but admit criminals still active
Special investigationA village traumatised, a nation stunned: Who killed Narin?
The National examines murder of eight-year-old girl, one of Turkey’s most high-profile child killings
DispatchIn Kurdish-held areas of Aleppo, Syria’s fractures come into focus
Sporadic clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters compound daily hardship for residents
Special reportBeyond the front line dividing northern Syria as Kurdish integration stalls
The National tours the country's longest remaining front line, speaking to anxious residents yearning for peace
Syria seizes bombs and drones in new anti-ISIS raid in Damascus
Government seizes rocket launchers heading for Lebanon as it insists it can fight extremists
DispatchThe 'forgotten' Syrians unable to return home inside their own country
The National visits the rubbish-strewn Al Karamat camp in Idlib that many residents cannot afford to leave
Two US soldiers and interpreter shot dead in ISIS ambush in Syria
President Donald Trump vows to retaliate after America's first combat deaths in the country since 2022
DispatchAleppo rises from ruins – but waits to feel richer for it
Historic citadel reopens as thousands return to Syria's second city, where people are yet to see a 'single cent' of higher salaries
Syrian pound strengthens after US vote to lift sanctions
Business leaders welcome 'positive news' after US House moves to scrap Caesar Act
Syrians miss Assad downfall celebrations after fog disrupts flights to Aleppo
Heavy fog ruins plans of travellers from across Europe to join family and friends for anniversary
Pope Leo begins Lebanon trip with emphasis on peace
Lebanese leaders greet Pope Leo as he begins three-day tour in Beirut
Humanity must ‘walk together’, Pope Leo says at Istanbul Mass
Thousands gather for service in which pontiff urged peaceful co-existence
