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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe UK must immediately stop selling arms that are killing Yemeni civilians
After more than five years of war, governments, including the UK, can no longer credibly claim to be fooled by...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaYemen: the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the war torn country
The 5th anniversary of the war in Yemen is a time for stock taking about the changes in the past year and prospects...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCasualties of ‘war on terror’ in Iraq: life, security and liberty
Mapping the conflict and its casualties can change our understanding of this war and any war.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaYemen’s hopes and expectations - Part 3: living conditions and humanitarian aid
Corruption, war profiteering, and outrageous governance are deepening the severe humanitarian disaster in Yemen.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaYemen’s hopes and expectations - Part 2: Can Saudi Arabia leave Yemen?
While Saudi Arabia seeks an exit from the Yemen war, it is deepening its involvement in the South instead.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaYemen’s hopes and expectations - Part 1: the Stockholm agreement
What has been the outcome of the Stockholm agreement, a year after it was reached?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIran: wanting revenge but needing compromise
How is Soleimani’s demise likely to alter Iran’s policy options?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTurkey’s occupation and expansion in Syria
Turkish-backed violations intensify in Northeast Syria: why we should not be surprised.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTrump's bankrupt Syria policy: civilians will pay the price
Trump's decision confirms the decline of US power in the Middle East and globally.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaReflections on “peace” in Afghanistan
Leaving a misguided war and choosing not to look back.
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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 regime
How 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 crisis
Oil’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 mighty
Trump 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 death
A 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 Syria
It 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 friend
The 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 wounds
An interview with Mazen Hassoun, a young Syrian researcher and the co-founder of the online outlet Raqqa Post.