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Published in: openDemocracyUKConflict reporting – are injuries no longer news?The true impact of war – particularly on people injured by explosive weapons – is being obscured by increasingly...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDistancing to protect: the US role in preserving the Syrian regimeHow the US prevented the overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria by dissociating itself from it.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe missing three-letter word in the Iran crisisOil’s enduring sway in U.S. policy in the Middle East
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia“What does war have to do with me?”Combat viewed from Libyan rooftops and beyond.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaClemency for the lowly, free passes for the mightyTrump has already pardoned one war criminal. Who else is in line for a possible pardon?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow to lobby Washington to deathA business model from hell and the war in Yemen.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe West’s approach to Saudi Arabia: ‘one step forward, two steps back’Western powers are actively enabling the very human rights violations they seek to expose.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Iran that is accepted in SyriaIt is clear that there is consensus among the parties to the Syrian conflict to end or reduce the growing role of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMeet the Syrian regime’s trusted friendThe next phase in Syria’s brutal modern history will likely see more Khaled al-Ahmad type figures propagated by the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe forgotten history of revolutionary Raqqa, and its deep woundsAn interview with Mazen Hassoun, a young Syrian researcher and the co-founder of the online outlet Raqqa Post.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaYarmouk: a late obituary for the capital of the Palestinian diasporaThe story of the Palestinian refugee camp besieged, destroyed, and emptied it of its people before being looted by...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaRussia’s cautious role in SyriaHow far would Russia risk its international relations to protect the regime of Bashar Al Assad?
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia“Why would Assad do it?” Debunking the abstract theories surrounding Syria’s chemical attacksThe April chemical attack in the Damascus suburb of Douma provoked widely-circulated theories questioning why the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHeritage peacebuilding in IraqAfter years of funding being pumped to Iraq’s NGO sector based on US military needs, local civil society is...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAgainst solidarity of the powerfulIs it true that western powers’ silence over Yemen stands in opposition to their solidarity for the Syrians? Or, or...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaReporting Syria: this is a story about people – an interview with Rania AbouzeidA conversation with reporter Rania Abouzeid about practising journalism, the role of media in the conflict, and the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe crisis of the state in the Arab region and the rise of the Islamic StateIslamic radical groups, such as the Islamic State, seem to have become the substitute for a failed regional order...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow Assad tortures and kills Syria’s pacifist young leftistsWhy is it that the brightest peaceful activists who preach freedom against violence are the first to be killed by...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWho is the winner in post-ISIS Syria?ISIS may have been defeated, but the battle for Syria's political soul is far from over.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLet’s talk about the civilians dying in SyriaWhile recent violence in Eastern Ghouta has made international headlines throughout the first months of 2018, it has...
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