Trump is starting a war with Iran – whether it is by accident or design
Tehran will likely take time to consider its options, with few having expected the US president to go for the jugular like this
Tehran will likely take time to consider its options, with few having expected the US president to go for the jugular like this
Robert Fisk on Trump’s betrayal of the Kurds
Robert Fisk’s analysis of Israel’s role in the Indian-Pakistan conflict exposes Zionism’s dark designs. Is that why it didn’t feature in his Independent column?
Three family visits in almost six years of solitary, no access to his lawyers, even to a doctor – it all suggests that his death must have been welcomed by his jailers
Ordinary Sudanese are paying the price for Saudi Arabia’s support for the regime of Omar al-Bashir
Politics runs faster than memory, and Iraq is not yet a land fit for all its heroes
By recognising Israel’s annexation of Golan, Trump merely recognised that Israel has annexed America
Obvious similarities in way in which the West sanctioned and isolated Assad and Saddam Hussein and the way in which it hailed the opposition as the rightful heir to power
Television “experts”, the infamous “analysts” and the infamous American “think tank” personnel are a dime a dozen. But William Arkin may be different. Robert Fisk explains
The shock and horror about Khashoggi and the Saudis is primarily about Trump, writes Robert Fisk, and the need to tie him in to Khashoggi’s cruel murder
The world is indeed a vicious place – but the Middle East is its most treacherous.
Is there a deal in the making here?