Why Avigdor Lieberman is the worst thing that could happen to the Middle East
The growth of such an extremist administration in Israel can only be dangerous news for the Middle East
Don’t mention the war in Afghanistan
The near collapse of peace in this savage land is a narrative erased from the mind of Americans
Slaughter in Quana
“Lest we forget”; the veteran Middle East correspondent chronicles the aftermath of a massacre
Beirut Diary: A land reduced to rubble
A chronicle of turbulent times direct from downtown Beirut
The army is back, but don’t expect it to disarm Hizbollah
Lebanese troops are returning to southern Lebanon while one of their senior commanders sits in jail, awaiting trial for treason and collaboration with Israel, writes Robert Fisk
Desert of trapped corpses testifies to Israel’s failure
Far from driving the Hizbollah north across the Litani river, Israel has entrenched them in their Lebanese villages as never before
Hezbollah’s iron discipline is match for military machine
The Israeli army are not winning their war in southern Lebanon, writes Robert Fisk. The furthest they could reach in an armoured column Thursday was only two miles inside Lebanon
Secrets of the morgue: Baghdad’s body count
Last month was the bloodiest month in modern Baghdad’s history with an unprecedented number of dead brought to the city’s morgue. Nearly four times the number prior to the invasion and most of them unrecorded and unreported
From Syria’s Retreat to Civil War?
Rafik Hariri’s death threatens to reopen old wounds and rivalries in the Lebanon, writes Robert Fisk. So that democracy, if it comes, may arrive drenched in blood
Rafik Hariri assassinated in Beirut bomb blast
I saw the blast wave coming down the Corniche. My home is only a few hundred metres from the detonation, writes Robert Fisk in Beirut
Deputy of Baghdad police assassinated in car with his son
With Iraq’s elections looming ever closer, Robert Fisk reports that Iraq has become a Vietnam-style world in which statistics are increasingly more important than reality. And where “accidents” often turn out to be the work of insurgents
Powell’s Baghdad briefing ignores high price of failure
Occupation authorities no longer distribute nightly security warnings. If they did they would show that US forces are now being attacked up to 50 times a night and missiles are being fired at planes daily