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
Trump and Erdogan have much in common – and the Kurds will pay the price
Robert Fisk on Trump’s betrayal of the Kurds
Analyst: Israel playing a big role in India’s escalating conflict with Pakistan
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?
Egyptian democracy died Monday in a prison cage alongside Morsi
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
Bloated bodies in the Nile show Sudan protesters were right to fear the arrival of Saudi and UAE money
Ordinary Sudanese are paying the price for Saudi Arabia’s support for the regime of Omar al-Bashir
After ISIS, Iraq’s wounded and grief-stricken tell a disturbing tale
Politics runs faster than memory, and Iraq is not yet a land fit for all its heroes
US grovels to Israel the same way ‘supporters’ fawned on Saddam
By recognising Israel’s annexation of Golan, Trump merely recognised that Israel has annexed America
We’ve seen the West’s approach to Venezuela before…
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
The US media has lost one of its sanest voices on military matters
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
Spare me America’s tears for Jamal Khashoggi
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
Middle East dictators always end up bringing their western allies down
The world is indeed a vicious place – but the Middle East is its most treacherous.
To unlock the diplomatic mysteries behind the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, take a look at Syria
Is there a deal in the making here?