Robert Fisk

US air strike in Syria was a move to end Iran’s supply of forces to the country

Six of the pro-Syrian militiamen were killed in the American air strike and 25 wounded. Updated 21 May, 2017 09:01am

You can’t erase imperialism from Lebanon’s history — no matter how hard some try

WHEN British artist Tom Young was invited to exhibit his paintings of Beirut at the former home of past British... Updated 12 May, 2017 06:59am

Trump hasn’t quite thought through his first foreign trip

NOT since Ibn Battuta, travelled the Middle East in the 14th century has anyone set out with higher ambitions that... Updated 07 May, 2017 06:36am

Problems faced by Egypt’s Coptic Christians run deeper than IS attacks

JUST as Pope Francis was holding a mass for 25,000 Coptic Christians in a Cairo stadium this weekend, around 30... Updated 02 May, 2017 06:05am

Trump’s first 100 days: the madder he gets, the more seriously the world takes him

THE more dangerous America’s crackpot president becomes, the saner the world believes him to be. Just look back at... Published 24 Apr, 2017 07:09am

Assad is not the only one ‘responsible’ for rise and deeds of IS

Who are the killers? Who gave them the orders? Updated 22 Apr, 2017 12:32pm

Middle East’s ‘blackest day’

THE Middle East on April 18 experienced its blackest day since the launch of the Arab-Israeli peace process,... Published 20 Apr, 2017 06:54am

Lebanese keep tabs on Islamists

Until this Wednesday, the sound of mortar and rifle fire has echoed across the streets of the southern Lebanese city... Published 15 Apr, 2017 06:42am

Trump, who doesn’t read books, is ignorant of history — and so is his pet chump

A President who doesn’t read books and reacts to night-time TV news pictures obviously doesn’t know his history. Updated 14 Apr, 2017 01:06pm

IS has reached Cairo, but that’s not Sisi’s biggest problem

SO it’s back to Egypt’s ghastly prisons, no arrest warrants, fearful interrogations, and a presidential state of... Published 13 Apr, 2017 06:54am

How IS turns normal towns into theatres of death

For Islamic State, holy judgement is about punishment and death. The only joy is to be sought in paradise. Updated 06 Apr, 2017 10:47am

‘They are monsters. At least Israel makes normal war’

IT must be the most beautiful front line in the world. Turn right at the ancient city of Qatna, drive east for 40... Published 28 Mar, 2017 07:02am

A dangerous crossroads

“They came in suicide cars and when we tried to rocket them, they came out of tunnels under the ground.” Updated 26 Mar, 2017 09:18am

On the 40th anniversary of Kamal Jumblatt’s death, is trouble brewing in Lebanon?

WALID Jumblatt looked a worried man on Saturday. He seemed a trifle frail. He was, after all, commemorating the... Published 21 Mar, 2017 06:29am

Trump has opened his arms to immigrants, but only if they’re white Canadians

Funny how another nation’s sectarian hatred comes seeping over the national frontier of its neighbours. Updated 11 Mar, 2017 12:06pm

Le Pen has found out that the Lebanese Christians aren’t on her side at all

MARINE Le Pen has been doing a little Trumping in Beirut. Yes, all the way from Paris she came to ride her French... Published 25 Feb, 2017 07:23am

When the circus eventually leaves town, how will we get over our Trump addiction?

The insidious nature of Trump presidency is going to be the enormous withdrawal symptoms world will suffer afterwards. Updated 20 Feb, 2017 11:49am

Laughter is the only response to Trump’s woeful knowledge of West Bank

IT was almost as funny to listen to the “experts” on US channels trying to summarise Donald Trump’s ravings on... Published 19 Feb, 2017 06:00am

Despite appearances, Israel is in for a rough ride under Trump

The White House is making some Israelis deeply concerned. Updated 11 Feb, 2017 10:29am

What the history of Greece can tell us about the fight against IS

MASS beheadings, public throat-cutting, eye-gouging, the chopping up of corpses, torture and mass executions into... Published 04 Feb, 2017 06:14am