The Middle East catches diplomacy fever
Suddenly countries usually fraught with turmoil are negotiating with each other
Bashar al-Assad
Friday
Thursday
How the earthquake is strengthening Syria’s dictatorship
The West may not like it, but the Middle East is making its peace with Bashar al-Assad
Friday
How Syria became another narco-state
As in Afghanistan, the Syrian state is being rebuilt on drugs and violence
Friday
In defense of journalism
‘Citizen journalists’ are no such thing
Tuesday
Trump’s Syria missile strike was a scandal
But almost nobody dares say so
Tuesday
When will the Syria conversation turn to Trump’s ‘betrayal’ of Israel?
The media mantra of ‘Trump betrayed the Kurds’ will soon make way for ‘Trump betrayed Israel’
Thursday
Donald Trump is a man of peace – his enemies are a war machine
War brings our elite together
Ignore the hawks, Trump’s Syria withdrawal is bold and brave
It makes a conflict with Iran less likely