Rachel Hagan
20 May 2026
No one wants a trial – they just want him dead
One of Bashar al Assad’s henchmen is charged by a Syrian court of horrific crimes. When senior members of a deposed regime are put on trial, is justice ever possible?
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War has returned to Iraq
The north of the country endured the war to oust Saddam, the insurgency, the war against Islamic State and now Trump’s war on Iran. No wonder people around here just want to talk about football
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