Robert Fisk
THE Near East School of Theology in Beirut is housed in a bland grey and brown building near the Mediterranean Sea. ...
Published 02 Jul, 2016 06:29am
MAJ GEN Herzl “Herzi” Halevy was at it again a few days ago. Another war in Lebanon, the chief of Israel’s...
Published 25 Jun, 2016 06:24am
THE Middle East is littered with missed opportunities, lost chances and dreams turned to dust. The Iranian nuclear...
Updated 04 Feb, 2017 12:58pm
The economic losses of the Syrian conflict are estimated, so far, at £185 billion.
Updated 13 Jun, 2016 10:07am
“MINDLESS” though the Israelis like to dub every Palestinian shooting, Wednesday night’s killing of four...
Published 11 Jun, 2016 06:34am
Erdogan is keen to encourage his 16 million Kurdish citizens to avail themselves of visa-free EU travel.
Updated 31 May, 2016 08:47am
ASK me for my nationality and I’ll tell you I’m a European, and not a Brexiteer.But there are times when I do...
Published 16 May, 2016 06:44am
But Prince also died this week.
Updated 25 Apr, 2016 08:54am
Not exactly earth-shattering stuff, and they’ve all uttered the usual prayers.
Updated 23 Apr, 2016 04:54pm
The biggest military defeat that Isis has suffered in more than two years — the recapture of Palmyra, the Roman...
Published 28 Mar, 2016 06:53am
(The first installment of this article was published in Dawn’s Tuesday issue)
Published 24 Mar, 2016 07:14am
WHEN Suzanne and Helen opened the door of the cramped, box-like apartment in Albert Road, I didn’t even notice the...
Published 22 Mar, 2016 06:54am
Five years after the start of Syria’s tragedy, the Syrian government is preparing to rebuild its towns and cities.
Updated 15 Mar, 2016 09:49am
As Gen de Gaulle set out for the Middle East in April 1941, he famously wrote that “towards the complicated ...
Updated 08 Mar, 2016 10:48am
A few days ago, on a hilltop above the Mediterranean city of Latakia, with the sun going down and the whisper of ...
Published 25 Feb, 2016 06:46am
Syria is Syria, not Iraq or Bosnia or part of a world war.
Updated 18 Feb, 2016 11:06am
If anyone wants to understand the shame of Afghanistan they have only to read the shocking UN report published in Kabul.
Updated 16 Feb, 2016 09:58am
Schools, universities are going to be more deadly to Isis than any air strike. That's how you deal with nightmares.
Updated 08 Feb, 2016 10:32am
Rebels are surrounded, along with thousands of civilians in their city sector, but have no airport to sustain them.
Updated 07 Feb, 2016 02:01pm
Why did the Israeli PM condemn UN Secretary General Ban for encouraging "terror"?
Updated 02 Feb, 2016 11:31am
