Chemical attacks

January 17, 2025

Looking back at the BBC’s record on Syria

Over the past few weeks, the BBC News website has published a considerable amount of content relatin...

March 16, 2022

BBC News recycles Syrian civil war feature

On March 15th an item headlined “Why has the Syrian war lasted 11 years?” appeared on the BBC Ne...

November 5, 2021

Weekend long read

1) At the INSS Yoel Guzansky and Sarah J Feuer analyse ‘The Abraham Accords at One Year’. “A l...

March 21, 2021

Reviewing a decade of BBC reporting on Syria

A decade of BBC reporting on the civil war in Syria has produced some memorable moments such as the ...

March 4, 2019

More false balance in BBC News report on Douma chemical attack

The BBC uncritically repeats a Syrian claim already proven untrue....

October 19, 2018

Catching up with some recent BBC Middle East reporting

Following up BBC reporting on three topics....

August 7, 2018

BBC News still promoting false balance on Syrian regime chemical weapons

Yet again BBC audiences get a dose of Assad's propaganda....

July 22, 2018

BBC promotes what it described in April as ‘conspiracy theories’

Three months ago BBC Trending reported on conspiracy theories surrounding the 'White Helmets'. Now B...

July 2, 2018

Looking behind a BBC News website tag

The BBC's curious choice of tag for an article which accurately portrayed Syrian chemical attacks. ...

April 20, 2018

Weekend long read

Our weekly round-up of Middle East related background reading. ...