Published by The i paper (16th April, 2018) One year ago the newly-elected president of the United States was watching cable news when it showed distressing images of […]
Syria / World
White Helmets hit back at Russian slurs
Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th April, 2018) Leaders of the Syrian rescue squad accused by Russia of faking footage of gassed children in the chemical weapons assault […]
Syria / World
What’s the point of gesture bombing in Syria without a wider strategy?
Published by CapX (12th April, 2018) There is one fact that everyone can agree: the war in Syria is utterly appalling, an eruption of hell that stains humanity. […]
Syria / World
The Assad files
Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd December, 2017) The room looks harmless enough, with dull grey shelves and stacks of cardboard boxes packed to overflowing with maps […]
Syria / United States / World
A president guided by television news and emotional whims
Published by The ipaper (10th April, 2017) Even in the whirlwind world of Donald Trump, last week’s events were mind-blowing. It began with the 45th president of the […]
Syria / World
Assad’s 21st century holocaust
Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th February, 2017) Every day, the bodies were delivered to the hospital: battered beyond belief and hideously scarred from months of the […]
Iraq / Syria / World
The face of raw courage
Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th January, 2017) She stood defiant in the dock. Blood poured from her mouth and nose, while her body was covered with […]
Europe / European Union / Greece / Immigration / Policy / Politics / Syria / World
Pope’s humanity puts others to shame
Published by The iPaper (17th April, 2016) Hasan and Nour Essa are both engineers, who fled their besieged, bombed and battered home town in Syria with their young […]