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Jordan / Syria / World

Inside Syria’s cauldron of despair

Published in The Mail on Sunday (March 10th, 2013) As she sat inside a huge hangar, Nagham recalled the moment when any last vestiges of childhood innocence were […]

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Education / Policy / Politics

Who, in this nest of vipers, stole a stack of Michael Gove’s private emails?

Published in The Mail on Sunday (September 25th, 2011) Shortly after the last General Election, Michael Gove was travelling by train to an important conference in Birmingham and […]

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Africa / Libya

How Labour secretly put Libyan dissidents under house arrest at Gaddafi’s behest following Blair’s ‘deal in the desert’

Published in The Mail on Sunday (September 11th, 2011) Labour used controversial control orders to put Libyan dissidents in Britain under house arrest – at the behest of […]

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Africa / Libya

Devastating secret files reveal Labour lies over Gaddafi

Published in The Mail on Sunday (September 4th, 2011) The startling extent to which Labour misled the world over the controversial release of the Lockerbie bomber is exposed […]

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Africa / Libya

Inside Gaddafi’s torture chamber: The bloodstained cells inside a former primary school used to brutalise his enemies

Published in The Mail on Sunday (August 27th, 2011) The secret door in the corner of the nondescript office swung open and I was ushered through. The walls were […]

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Politics

Believe it or not, Steve Hilton is the only real Thatcherite in Cameron’s No 10

Published in The Mail on Sunday (July 31st) Five years ago, as the hours ticked down to David Cameron’s first party conference speech as leader, there were nerves […]

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Africa / Aid / Somaliland

The former British colony that shows Africa doesn’t need our millions to flourish

Published in The Mail on Sunday (July 24th, 2011) The Summer Time restaurant was buzzing. On the dusty road outside, new four-wheel drive cars fought for space with […]

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Health / Policy

Great Ormond Street’s been put on a pedestal it doesn’t deserve

Published in The Mail on Sunday (June 19th, 2011) The lonely death of Baby P was one of those moments that jolted the entire nation. That picture of […]

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Pakistan / World

The troubling aftermath of Bin Laden’s killing

Published in The Mail on Sunday (May 8th, 2011) It was a scene familiar from coffee bars around the world. A student in designer clothes tapping away on […]

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Syria / World

Slaughter of the olive branch martyrs

Published in The Mail on Sunday (May 1st, 2011) The story of the Syrian uprising is being told in short sentences. The regime has driven out foreign journalists, […]

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Health / Policy

NHS rewards bosses after 1,200 ‘excess’ deaths at scandal-hit hospitals

Published in The Mail on Sunday (May 1st, 2011) Julie Bailey is still haunted by the death of her mother, who entered hospital a sprightly 86-year-old but was […]

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Syria / World

Inside Syria: Secret police tell parents of arrested protesters to forget their children and have some more

Published in The Mail on Sunday (April 17th, 2011) Khalid was not a political activist, just an ordinary middle-class man inspired by the tide of change sweeping across […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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