Middle East

Israel’s prime minister has announced that the country would offer a coronavirus booster shot to those people over 60 who...

This week has shown that Arab regimes are tough on dissent, but much less interested in its causes. This will...

Bashar al-Assad has attacked a former opposition stronghold with missiles and artillery shelling in an attempt to crush a simmering...

A Syrian doctor has been charged in Germany with crimes against humanity for allegedly torturing people in military hospitals in...

Denmark’s attempt to return hundreds of Syrians to Damascus after deeming the city safe will “set a dangerous precedent” for...

Tunisia’s president has launched a purge of senior officials, including prosecutors and judges, and taken on judicial powers, days after...

A rare and ancient tablet showing part of the epic of Gilgamesh, which had been acquired by Christian arts and...

Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas carried out attacks that could amount to war crimes during the latest round...

The ancient Palestinian village of Lifta sits on a quiet hillside minutes from Jerusalem’s bustling modern centre. Abandoned when its...

Archaeologists in Morocco have announced the discovery of north Africa’s oldest stone age hand-axe manufacturing site, dating back 1.3m years,...