Bashar al-Assad

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...

October 25, 2022

BBC News silent on Palestinian faction leaders’ recent trips

In February 2012 the BBC News website reported that “Hamas political leaders leave Syria for Egypt...

June 14, 2022

BBC WS radio fails to inform on Damascus airport strike

The June 11th evening edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ included an it...

January 21, 2022

Weekend long read

1) At WINEP Elana DeLozier analyses the recent Houthi attack on the UAE. “On January 17, a series ...

October 1, 2021

Weekend long read

1) The ITIC reports on the surrender of a senior ISIS figure in the Sinai Peninsula. “Al-Qadi is c...

September 13, 2021

The Guardian’s Simon Tisdall isn’t buying Israeli ‘claims’ about Palestinian terrorism

In March we posted about a completely unsubstantiated claim by veteran Guardian foreign affairs comm...