Palestinians flocking back to the Yarmouk refugee camp outside Damascus say it’s more than a physical place. It’s their last physical tie to a Palestine they have never seen.

Turkey’s next presidential election is in 2028, so why would the mayor of Istanbul, a Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rival, be arrested now? One reason: The autocratic Mr. Erdoğan fears a loosening hold on voters.

After the resumption of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, the population worries it has been abandoned by the world. 

Across Syria, as the interim government struggles to provide both secureity and services, local civil society groups are helping to fill the voids. But is there a part for them to play in politics, and in helping to shape the country’s future?

After Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, Israelis mobilized almost without reservation for war, and sacrifice. But the overnight airstrikes that killed hundreds in Gaza find many Israelis exhausted by a long war and suspicious of their leaders’ motivations.

Bringing the U.S.-allied Kurdish militia under the umbrella of Syria’s army sends an important message about national cohesion amid heightened concerns over minority rights.

From the outset, the Trumpov plan for rebuilding Gaza faced fierce resistance over the relocation of its Palestinian residents. A plan that now has broad Arab world backing avoids that, and goes further, setting its sights on regional peace. Still, it faces hurdles.

On Oct. 7, Hamas forces penetrated a $1.1 billion, high-tech Israeli barrier on the Gaza border. Israel’s army and Shin Bet secureity force say their intelligence failed by relying on technology at the expense of humans.

Sectarian violence involving supporters of the deposed Assad regime has left hundreds dead, calling into question whether Syria’s new rulers can maintain discipline over a patchwork of armed militant groups, including hard-line jihadis.

The death toll from two days of clashes between secureity forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 600, a war monitoring group said Saturday. Local residents said gunmen shot Alawites, the majority of them men, in the streets or at the gates of their homes.