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Robert Fisk
Middle East correspondent for London’s Independent, often outspoken and out of step with the rest of the mainstream media
By Robert Fisk on August 31, 2012
The Syrians have learnt a lot from CNN and Al-Jazeera. Robert Fisk explains
Posted in Syria, The Media |
By Robert Fisk on August 29, 2012
The first Western journalist to report first hand from the scene of the massacre finds it may have been worse than first reported. And rather different too
Posted in Syria |
By Robert Fisk on August 29, 2012
Robert Fisk talks to Syria’s Foreign Minister Wallid Muallem, as explosions and tank fire rumble in the distance
Posted in Syria |
By Robert Fisk on August 27, 2012
War is a filthy affair and inevitably some of the dirt ends up on the participants. Robert Fisk reports first hand from Syria
Posted in Syria |
By Robert Fisk on August 26, 2012
Robert Fisk reports first hand from the conflict in Syria and confirms once again that most of those involved in the insurgency are not Syrian
Posted in Syria |
By Robert Fisk on August 25, 2012
In Aleppo, where the government claims to be winning, the battles continue. In Damascus, which the government believes it holds, the sniping continues the moment you reach the city limits
Posted in Syria |
By Robert Fisk on August 24, 2012
Robert Fisk talks to those who got caught in the crossfire when the ‘Free Syrian Army’ came to town
Posted in Behind The "News", Syria |
By Robert Fisk on August 23, 2012
Robert Fisk confirms what has long been suspected. However, even more incredibly many of those ‘Syrian rebels’ captured in Aleppo thought they were liberating Jerusalem!!
Posted in Behind The "News", Syria |
By Robert Fisk on August 22, 2012
Robert Fisk reports first hand from the battle-scarred streets of Aleppo, Syria
Posted in Syria |
By Robert Fisk on August 21, 2012
Robert Fisk reports first hand from Aleppo, Syria, where he accompanies an army patrol and confirms earlier reports of “foreigners” in the fighting
Posted in Syria |
By Robert Fisk on July 30, 2012
No, Bashar al-Assad is not Hitler, but God spare the Palestinians and the Christians of Syria during these terrible times
Posted in Syria |
By Robert Fisk on July 29, 2012
Stating what should be obvious but which, nonetheless bears repetition: the campaign against Syria’s Assad is not about ‘human rights’ or ‘justice’, its about overthrowing a key Iranian ally and undermining Tehran itself
Posted in Iran, Syria |
By Robert Fisk on July 26, 2012
Could Bashar now be winning – however briefly – against all the odds?
Posted in Syria |
By Robert Fisk on July 23, 2012
Violence spread to Aleppo this weekend, writes Robert Fisk. Meaning that if Syria’s richest city is caught in the growing unrest, then the tacit agreement between the Alawite-controlled government and the Sunni middle classes must truly be cracking
Posted in Syria |
By Robert Fisk on July 22, 2012
Interestingly, Robert Fisk’s latest assessment of Syria was given minimal prominence by the increasingly suspect Independent. Is Fisk revealing more about events in Syria than the powers that be want?
Posted in Syria |