Mathilde Poncet

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Paul Scruton |Mathilde Poncet |Sarah Bertram

The passenger plane bound for London Gatwick crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Bertram |Laure Boulinier |Mathilde Poncet |Faisal Mohammed Ali

Just two days after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria last December, Israel launched a sweeping offensive, seizing the Golan Heights and carrying out hundreds of airstrikes across the country. Israel has remained militarily involved in Syria, declaring regions near their shared border a demilitarised zone and carrying out frequent attacks, patrols and raids.