Middle East Articles

Let's have a straight-talking and honest political debate about Syria, Iraq and the refugee crisis. Our accepting 4,000, 40,000 or 400,000 Syrian refugees would alleviate problems, massively for those who settle here, but make little difference to millions displaced...

Iraq remains a four-letter word in British politics that just keeps giving. Owen Jones' recent effusive encomium in the Guardian to Jeremy Corbyn and his pledge to apologise for what Jones calls 'the greatest western foreign policy catastrophe of our time' also lists...

The terrorist group calling itself Islamic State is far from defeatist – it believes it will win. Given the defeatism displayed by the international community, especially the west, who can blame them? Defeatism leads to inaction. Inaction has consequences, for the...

The prime minster made headlines over the weekend as he warned that Muslim communities in Britain were ‘quietly condoning’ the ideology of Islamic State. Cameron called for more ‘personal responsibility’ to address the continued threat of British civilians travelling...