Wars

Politics & Society

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Q&A

Q&A: What the fall of Assad means for Syria

After opposition forces seized several key Syrian cities in a matter of days, former president Bashar al-Assad has fled the country and his regime has fallen

Arts & Culture

The fight to save Syrian antiquities

Scholars across the globe have joined forces to preserve the beleaguered country’s cultural heritage for all our sakes

Politics & Society

I’ve seen war and beyond the horror lies a shared humanity

Being a humanitarian worker in conflict zones exposes you to the worst and best of humanity, showing us there’s more that unites us than divides us

Politics & Society

The impasse between Israel and Hamas

It’s increasingly difficult to see a way out of the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas that has already seen thousands of civilians lose their homes, families and lives

Politics & Society

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Q&A

Q&A: Israel, Hamas and the future of the Middle east

Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel marks a dramatic escalation in the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Politics & Society

Why Prigozhin’s march on Moscow was not a coup

The aborted Wagner group ‘mutiny’ grew out of an intensifying intra-elite feud in Russia – and it creates a growing problem for Vladimir Putin

Sciences & Technology

The treatments keeping landmine detection dogs in the field

New research identifies the best treatments to protect Cambodia’s crucial landmine detection dogs from deadly tick-borne diseases

Business & Economics

The cascading crisis of global food supply chains

The world is experiencing a food crisis linked to war and climate change – but there are some possible solutions to soften the blow

Arts & Culture

Making sense of war through art

Two former official war artists are using art to research how we respond to and cope with, conflict

Arts & Culture

How smaller can be better for memorialising history

Major historic events like 9/11 seem to demand monuments, but for many communities, smaller, more intimate memorials can provide a closer connection