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The Turkish bombardment of northern Syria has left casualties suffering from horrific burns injuries, probably from the illegal use of incendiary weapons. So why is the international community not investigating?
Widespread protests in Lebanon have already led to the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri. But, activists say, the revolution is just beginning.
The biggest, dirtiest deal in history.
Widespread protests show the Lebanese people have had enough of the country's suffocating sectarian system of patronage.
What the Isis head's “caliphate” achieved was as remarkable as it was horrifying.
The leader of Isis is dead. But Trump is clearly fishing for the kind of political boost received by Obama following bin Laden’s death, and he is unlikely to get it.
The Turkish president is happy to be alone in the world if it means he remains unchallenged at home.
The Kurds sacrificed their lives to fight IS and now they are being abandoned by their Western allies
Donald Trump’s ignorance and Turkey’s onslaught against the Kurds have emboldened Islamic State and the murderous Assad regime – and strengthened Russia’s control over the blighted country.
The Kurdish people are used to being let down by the West, but Donald Trump's abandonment of north-eastern Syria to Erdogan and Assad may be the most squalid betrayal of all.
Donald Trump's actions on Syria expose his catastrophic impulsiveness, but America's strategic incoherence and weakness goes well beyond the president.
