The enigma of Assad: How a painfully shy eye doctor turned into a murderous tyrant
A piece tracing Bashar al-Assad’s journey towards ever-greater tyranny.
The Syria Catastrophe
An analysis of the civil war in Syria that calls for an antimilitarist approach whilst recognising the challenges standing in the way of such a resolution.
Aleppo After the Fall
A powerful piece looking at the complex new reality emerging in a city and country so horribly affected by civil war, where the regime is now feeling a new confidence.
Breakfast In The Ruins
Destruction and regeneration at the ancient archaeological site of Palmyra over the last four thousand years of its history, from well before the Emperor Hadrian, to the present day barbarity of the Islamic State.
The Dictator’s Team
A piece looking at how Syria’s dictatorship has used football to try to win hearts and minds, and the terrible situations players have been put into, even as their national team makes an unlikely bid for World Cup qualification.
The Convert
The story of Tania Joya, who went from school in Barking to the conflict in Syria as the wife of a senior American ISIS member, to an affluent suburban life in Texas – all in a matter of years.
The ISIS Files: When Terrorists Run City Hall
The result of over a year of research, translating and anlysing caches of documents that lay bare the inner workings of ISISÕs bureaucracy.