MARY FOGARTY – UPDATED 22 MAY 2014 03:02 PM ACCLAIMED journalist Robert Fisk was in Enniskerry recently, where he was interviewed by David McWilliams for a live and enraptured audience. Fisk lives and works in the Lebanon, basing his existence around a flat in Beirut. He is the Middle Eastern […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent No one in the Middle East will be studying Ukraine’s violent tragedy with more fascination – and deeper concern – than President Bashar al-Assad of […]
By Robert Fisk, The Independent Watershed. It’s the only word for it. Once Lebanon and Syria and Egypt trembled when Washington spoke. Now they laugh. It’s not just a question of what happened to the statesmen of the past. No one believed that Cameron was Churchill or that the silly […]
Talks in Rome did nothing to hide the fact Syria’s people have been betrayed by Robert Fisk, The Independent I sniff treachery. Because – let’s be frank about it – something is going very wrong with the narrative of the Syrian war. Our Western lords and masters – as untrustworthy […]
“If you believe in free speech,” said the email, “please cancel Robert Fisk’s tour.” Now, where have I seen these ruthless tactics before… by Robert Fisk, The Independent The Syrian civil war has “spilled over” into… Canada. Now you might say that the land Generals Wolfe and Montcalm died for […]
Why is anonymity, the bane of every newspaper Letters Editor in the world, accepted as cyber-journalism – the more hateful, the more understandable? by Robert Fisk, The Independent, UK He tells “lie upon lie, all of them directly or indirectly aimed at the destruction of Israel”. And he has received […]
The Iron Dome kept missiles at bay, but another ‘dome’ shields the people from reality by Robert Fisk, The Independent, UK Israelis are congratulating themselves on the success of their Iron Dome missile shield. But across Israel these past years has fallen a different kind of iron dome, one that […]
When Syrian gunmen stormed Damascus last month, an angry, middle-aged and bespectacled man appeared on state television with a harsh message for Syria’s “enemies”. “They are calling this the last battle,” he roared. “Yes, I agree it is the last battle – and they will lose!” Syrian viewers were not […]
Source: The Independent By Robert Fisk: A multiple award-winning journalist on the Middle East, based in Beirut. Writing from the very region that produces more clichés per square foot than […]
A Cairo newspaper editor on why the elections will not prevent protesters from returning to Tahrir Square Source: The Independent When it comes to economics, you don’t mess with Wael Gamal. Before becoming a managing editor of Shrouq – Sunrise, to you and me – he was economics editor of […]