Browsing: Middle East
The plane carrying Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the UN General Assembly in New York has avoided French airspace, flying only…
The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the most-watched cultural events worldwide, attracting hundreds of millions of viewers each year.…
In one of the briefest speeches at the United Nations General Assembly this year, Syria’s new president broke a 60-year…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be emboldened ahead of a meeting with his “friend” US President Donald Trump on Thursday,…
World leaders gathered in New York for day two of the United Nations General Assembly, in a week where Israel’s…
I look back to the days of the Guardian during which David Hirst, who died on Monday at the age…
“Sell your furniture,” Youssef advises Palestinian journalist Ahmed Dremly, as he packs his belongings to flee Gaza City. “The bed…
“Israel is attacking everybody”, Tom Barrack declared in an interview this week, naming Syria, Lebanon and Tunisia, and noting that…
Before he set off on a suicide mission to shoot Israeli soldiers on the Allenby Bridge, the main crossing between…
Editor’s note: This piece by David Hirst, the celebrated Middle East correspondent who died on Monday 22 September 2025 at…