Bashar al-Assad

September 22, 2023

Weekend long read

1) At the INSS, Carmit Valensi analyses ‘Syria and the Regional Normalization with Assad’. “Wh...

July 21, 2023

Weekend long read

1) At WINEP, Assaf Orion discusses a topic that has to date been ignored by UK media outlets: ‘Hez...

July 14, 2023

Weekend long read

1) MEMRI reports on a recent spat between the Palestinian Authority and Al Jazeera. “Fatah and PA ...

June 30, 2023

BBC finally ends under-reporting on Syrian drug trafficking

Over the past two-and-a-half years we have repeatedly documented the BBC’s failure to adequately i...

June 1, 2023

Evolving stories told by the BBC’s international editor

As noted here previously, on May 30th the Times published an article by Jack Malvern about the promo...

May 31, 2023

BBC erasure of Hizballah from Syria drug trafficking story persists

The return of the Assad regime to the Arab League was the topic of no fewer than four written report...

May 19, 2023

Weekend long read

1) At the INSS, Raz Zimmt, Carmit Valensi and Sima Shine analyse ‘President Raisi’s Visit to Syr...

May 9, 2023

Omissions in BBC report on Arab League reinstatement of Syria

On the evening of May 7th a report headlined “Arab League: Syria reinstated as Assad rehabilitatio...

April 7, 2023

Weekend long read

1) NGO Monitor reports that ‘HRW Leads NGO Campaign against Consensus IHRA Definition of Antisemit...

March 31, 2023

Weekend long read

1) The ITIC reports on a lawfare conference in the Gaza Strip. “On March 18, 2023, the Internation...