Biden may be better than Trump, but that means nothing to the Middle East
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq It’s safe to say that Donald Trump was one of the worst US Presidents in living history. Now he is gone the world can go back…
How is Syria handling COVID-19?
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson During the Arab Spring of 2011, protesters in Syria gathered to try and oust the Assad family regime, who have been in power since 1971. In 2012,…
Negative press ignores the necessity of the Syrian airstrikes
Commentary on the airstrikes which targeted the Assad regime early morning on April 14 has been, from right-wing to left-leaning British news outlets, overwhelmingly negative. The arguments against the strike…
The UK was wrong to join in the Syrian airstrikes
With the debate surrounding Theresa May’s decision to join France and the US in bombing a series of chemical warehouses and key targets, there has been arguably more fire and…
May plans Syrian intervention whatever the cost
The chemical attacks that occured in Douma, Syria on Saturday were barbaric and deserve a response. But rushing into world war three on the heels of a deranged despot armed…
A knee-jerk ‘humanitarian intervention’ in Syria would be ignorant
On April 7th, 2018 a number of sources reported an alleged chemical attack on the rebel-held city of Douma in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta. Exact numbers of casualties are hard to…