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Sheikh it off / Tony Blair will not be welcome in Gaza

27.09.2025 3

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Sheikh it off / Tony Blair will not be welcome in Gaza

27.09.2025 10

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Tony Blair will not be welcome in Gaza

27.09.2025 10

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State of fear / The Alawite women taken as sex slaves in Syria

08.07.2025 100

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State of fear / The Alawite women taken as sex slaves in Syria

08.07.2025 100

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State of fear / The Alawite women taken as sex slaves in Syria

03.07.2025 60

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Lost cause / The Kurds have finally given in to Erdogan

15.05.2025 5

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The secrets of ‘God’s influencer’

02.05.2025 10

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Millennial saint / The secrets of ‘God’s influencer’

01.05.2025 10

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War games / Would Trump really bomb Iran?

23.04.2025 3

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Would Trump really bomb Iran?

19.04.2025 10

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Would Trump really bomb Iran?

17.04.2025 8

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Saviour complex: Jonathan Powell is still trying to change the world

11.04.2025 4

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Will Trump join the strongman club?

27.03.2025 20

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Massacre of the innocents: the return of sectarian persecution in Syria

13.03.2025 10

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The strange beauty of the vigil for the Pope

02.03.2025 10

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Vatican notebook / The strange beauty of the vigil for the Pope

28.02.2025 9

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The strange beauty of the vigil for the Pope

27.02.2025 10

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Change of heart / I was convinced by the cholesterol sceptics

24.02.2025 30

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I was convinced by the cholesterol sceptics

23.02.2025 30

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Change of heart / I was convinced by the cholesterol sceptics

21.02.2025 40

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I was convinced by the cholesterol sceptics

20.02.2025 30

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Going rogue / Does Trump deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?

19.02.2025 5

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Going rogue / Does Trump deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?

17.02.2025 20

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Going rogue / Does Trump deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?

17.02.2025 10

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What Trump’s Gaza plan means for the Middle East

14.02.2025 10

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The Donald’s plans for the Middle East

19.01.2025 10

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The Donald’s plans for the Middle East

16.01.2025 10

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Unholy alliance / America’s new ally in the battle against Isis: the Taliban

13.01.2025 5

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Unholy alliance / America’s new ally in the battle against Isis: the Taliban

13.01.2025 3

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America’s new ally in the battle against Isis: the Taliban

12.01.2025 10

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Unholy alliance / America’s new ally in the battle against Isis: the Taliban

10.01.2025 8

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The SAS have been betrayed in the name of human rights

The SAS are worried. Britain’s most elite military unit have come face to face with the IRA, the Taliban and Isis. But the enemy that really...

28.11.2024 50

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How likely is a ceasefire with Hezbollah?

Peace is apparently closer than ever in Lebanon. So expect more bloodshed. American officials mediating between Israel and Hezbollah say the two...

26.11.2024 4

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How Trump could temper tensions in the Middle East

One of Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign ads was aimed at Jewish voters. Three stereotypical New York bubbes are kvetching about the state of the world....

07.11.2024 20

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Israel is reshaping the Middle East in its favour

Iran has fallen into the trap set by Israel. It has taken the bait after months of failing to respond to a series of devastating – and humiliating...

03.10.2024 10

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Is Israel trying to drag America into a war with Iran?

The American general David Petraeus famously asked of the invasion of Iraq: ‘Tell me how this ends.’ That’s the question as Israeli bombs and...

26.09.2024 7

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Where do Israel and Hezbollah go from here?

Israel’s security cabinet met in a bunker in the ministry of defence in Tel Aviv on Monday night. The main item on the agenda was Hezbollah, the...

19.09.2024 7

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The mad, bad, sad world of Ryan Routh

Any journalist who has covered a war will recognise Ryan Routh’s type immediately – the war zone nutter. Routh is currently all over America’s...

18.09.2024 4

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Can anything stop a full-scale conflict in the Middle East?

The fact that the Middle East stands on the brink of a catastrophic war can be explained by a scene from The Gentlemen, Guy Ritchie’s preposterous...

08.08.2024 4

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