Theo Clarke: British aid is giving hope and purpose to Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan

We are not just helping them – we are empowering them to help themselves. That transforms individual lives and helps the region to stabilise.

James Watt: For all the grim headlines, peace in the Middle East really is achievable

It won’t be easy but regional powers can make it happen if they make the right choices.

Bob Blackman: Ministers must not yield to Iran’s blackmail in their struggle to get Nazanin back home

Her release will only happen without a far higher cost if we are to penalise the regime for its unacceptable actions and make them costly instead of profitable.

Garvan Walshe: In Lebanon, Saudi Arabia plays with fire. And there is no American adult to provide supervision.

The Saudi crown prince is in a hurry on every front – if anyone is advising him to take care, then he is certainly not listening to them.

Nadhim Zahawi: No one will win if the cold war between Iran and Saudi Arabia turns hot

The goals of the young Crown Prince are broadly in line with ours. But we should be urging calm thinking and cool heads.

Tim Loughton: Brexit can make it safer and easier for refugee children to rejoin their families

I voted Leave because I felt it would present chances to do things better. This is just such a chance.

Martin Parsons: Why the Conservative manifesto commitment to overseas aid is so radical

The way in which the 0.7 per cent target is defined is out of date. Lack of money is not necessarily the primary cause of underdevelopment.

Douglas Hansen-Luke: Here’s how we can help Syria – by feeding, educating and treating its refugees.

To advocate regime change without a plan for the future would be criminally negligent. What we can do is to influence, support and invest in the people of Syria.

Graeme Archer: Murdered gays. Banned Jews. But stick to those anti-Trump protests, comrade – and avert your eyes.

Thank God for great European leaders, like Merkel, whose idiosyncratic approach to border control played such an understated role in last year’s Brexit vote.

Mike Freer: Our Government is shamed by others brave enough to stand up to Iran

The US rightly considers it to be the world’s biggest state sponsor of terror – and it has too often played a malicious role in the geopolitical morass of the Arab world.

Mark Field: It has war on its doorstep, economic woes, and no President to represent it. But here’s why I’m hopeful about Lebanon.

Here is a people who maintain a firm desire to persist with their finely-balanced political system and build their government’s capability.

David Davis: What I saw in Syria. And what Britain should do to help end its barbarous civil war – in its own interest, ours, and the world’s

This is better way of dealing with both migration and the terror threat than the patchwork measures taken so far by the EU.

Lord Risby: Syria has suffered for our slowness to strike

So much of the present crisis – and of the intervening suffering – can be traced to our failure to move decisively against Assad two years ago.

Sir Eric Pickles MP: Business innovation. Humanitarian effort. And ceaseless security threats. What I found during a visit to Israel.

There is much more to the country than the political controversies which are the focus of most reports.

Hicham Felter: Iran is a menace to our interests, and this nuclear deal with it shows weakness

Tehran’s approach of destabilisation and domination threatens a nuclear arms race and the destruction of Israel.