Tom Perry

Turkey’s Syria plans face setbacks as Kurds see more US support

ANKARA: Turkey has lost momentum in the war for northern Syria as the United States draws on Kurdish allies in the... Published 10 Mar, 2017 06:12am

Syrian rebels weakened in Aleppo battle by their own divisions

BEIRUT: As the Syrian government and its allies prepared to ramp up their attack on Aleppo in November, one of the... Published 05 Dec, 2016 06:40am

In Lebanon deal, Iran wins and Saudi retreats

BEIRUT: A veteran Christian leader is set to fill Lebanon’s long-vacant presidency in a deal that underlines the... Published 27 Oct, 2016 07:01am

Failure of Syrian diplomacy exposes enduring divisions over Assad

One of the biggest obstacles is a seemingly unbridgeable international divide over Assad's future. Updated 07 Sep, 2015 09:22am

Serendipity aids Egypt in struggle to recover stolen heritage

CAIRO: When French Egyptologist Olivier Perdu saw a fragment of a pharaonic statue on display in a Brussels gallery... Published 24 Apr, 2014 08:18am

As Egypt hardliners gain, scope for conflict grows

CAIRO: The most populous Arab country enters the new year with deeper divisions in its society and more bloodshed on... Published 27 Dec, 2013 08:25am

With Brotherhood out, old order shapes Egypt’s future

CAIRO: Workers in blue overalls clamber over scaffolding around Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque, whitewashing its charred... Published 30 Aug, 2013 07:29am