Middle East


‘People will lose hope’: Iranians smuggle messages to ‘Post’ begging Trump to return to war

People cross a street near a billboard on the facade of a building depicting the Strait of Hormuz with a caption in Persian reading "Forever in Iran's Hand", at Vanak Square in Tehran on May 25, 2026.

Trump's Board of Peace's official fund receives 'zero dollars' despite billions pledged - report

US President Donald Trump holds a signed resolution, during the inaugural Board of Peace meeting at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, February 19, 2026.

Syria establishes task force to find and destroy last 'Assad-era chemical weapons'

Ghouta residents commemorate the 12th anniversary of the chemical attack on August 21, 2025 in Zamalka, Syria. On 21 August 2013 President Bashar al-Assad ordered strikes on two opposition-controlled areas of Ghouta, in the suburbs around Damascus.