Middle East

Kidnaps and killings in Cameron’s happy place

15 March 2014 9:00 am

A few days ago I went to a talk about Syria; one of those events for the concerned layman, in…

Absent friends

15 March 2014 9:00 am

Israelis’ theories on why it’s fashionable for the West to despise them

Armageddon awaits

25 January 2014 9:00 am

Sunni vs Shia, Saudi Arabia vs Iran. A new great war has begun

Father Paolo’s personal peace process

18 January 2014 9:00 am

As Syria’s second peace conference looms, and we prepare ourselves for a lot of hot air drifting over from Geneva,…

Protect the Christians

14 December 2013 9:00 am

The Middle East’s most persecuted people need our support

Wrong track

14 December 2013 9:00 am

So many of the world’s troubles, even today, can be traced back to the empire-builders of 1914 – and the peace-makers of 1919

High Life

14 December 2013 9:00 am

This Christmas our thoughts need to be with our fellow Christians who are being threatened in the Bible lands. No…

High life

12 October 2013 9:00 am

 New York Libyans are among the most civilised people on earth. When a Russian hooker (I assume) killed a Libyan…

Egyptian supporters of the deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi (back) clash with riot police in Cairo early on July 27, 2013. Mass rallies by supporters and opponents of Mohamed Morsi swept Egypt Friday, as the authorities formally detained the ousted Islamist president accusing him of conspiring with the Palestinian group Hamas. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit:STR/AFP/Getty Images)

How to run a revolution

3 August 2013 9:00 am

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood should have learnt from Nasser

Arab Spring

3 August 2013 9:00 am

Two hundred and forty-years ago next Tuesday, Thomas Gray was buried in his mother’s grave in Stoke Poges churchyard. In…

The good Iranian

27 July 2013 9:00 am

If President Hassan Rouhani is anything like his mentor, peace has another chance

The real Arab Spring

13 July 2013 9:00 am

Middle East protest has its roots not in Islam but in frustrated enterprise