Patrick Wintour

Iran's supreme leader has claimed the US and Israel acted as the command centre that engineered the downfall of Syria's former president, Bashar al-Assad, and the ousting of Iran from the country.

Laila Soueif to sit outside Foreign Office over Cairo’s extended detention of her British-Egyptian dissident son

· 3-min read The US is seeking global support to give the UN clearer powers to interdict ships in the Red Sea heading for

Pentagon also considering redesignating Iranian-backed Houthis as terrorist group

Japan’s complex defence alliances built up over years as protection against China could be put at risk in a Trump-launched trade war

Arguably, no country in Asia has better reason to be in a state of anxiety over the return of Donald Trump to the White House than Japan, since the

The Iranian government is attempting to salvage some influence with Syria's new leaders, as Tehran reels from its sudden loss of authority in Damascus after the collapse of the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

For some months, Lord Mandelson had been going round London suggesting he had no desire to be appointed to the role of Washington ambassador, saying he would rather not become a hotel manager so late in his career.

Russia's move to reinforce its military base in eastern Libya after the toppling of the Assad regime in Syria is facing resistance from the country's UN-backed government.

Abdul Hamid Dabaiba says country would not be a platform for settling international scores after fall of Assad in Syria