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Turkey / World

Standing in the blood of vengeance… against a coup beaten by FaceTime

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th July, 2016) It was an astonishing call to arms, made from an iPhone held in the trembling hand of a newsreader, […]

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United States / World

Muhammad Ali’s politics shaped the world

Published by the ipaper (6th June, 2016) There has been debate recently over whether tennis player Serena Williams is a modern incarnation of ‘The Greatest’. She may have […]

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Aid / Turkey / World

Human rights, hypocrisy and a humanitarian summit

Published by The ipaper (23rd March, 2016) Four years ago United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon announced his idea for a giant summit to discuss the stumbling response systems […]

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Politics / Venezuela / World

A modern tragedy applauded by deluded leftists

Published by The Daily Telegraph (18th May, 2016) To understand why the thought of Jeremy Corbyn as prime minister is so alarming, take a look at the unfurling […]

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Aid / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Stop giving aid cash to terrorists, say Jewish leaders

Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th May, 2016) Jewish groups are launching a campaign to stop British aid being used to fund Palestinian terrorists following shocking revelations […]

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Politics / United States / World

Special relationship? It might have to wait until Cameron bids farewell

Published by The Daily Telegraph (5th May, 2016) One thing united experts as they surveyed an over-crowded field many months ago: Donald Trump stood no chance of winning […]

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Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Policy / Race / World

Whatever they do, Muslims can’t win in our society

Published by The Guardian (28th April, 2016) It is enough to make you feel proud to be British, citizens of a nation that loves little better than to […]

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Europe / European Union / Greece / Immigration / Policy / Politics / Syria / World

Pope’s humanity puts others to shame

Published by The iPaper (17th April, 2016) Hasan and Nour Essa are both engineers, who fled their besieged, bombed and battered home town in Syria with their young […]

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Arts / Books / Syria / World

Further dispatches from Syria’s maelstrom

Published by The Spectator (14th April, 2016) The Morning They Came For Us: Dispatches from Syria by Janine di Giovanni (Bloomsbury). Syria Burning: A Short History of Catastrophe […]

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Aid / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Cash for terror: how the Palestinian Authority duped British backers

Published by The Jewish Chronicle (31st March, 2016) Ahmad Musa looks like a character in a gangster movie with his black leather jacket, slicked back hair and self-possessed […]

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Aid / Europe / European Union / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

How British aid ends up funding terrorists

Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th March, 2015) Ahmad Musa sits beside me, a convicted double murderer sentenced to life in prison. As we talk, I ask […]

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Aid / Jordan / Syria / World

Dispelling the myth of humane refugee camps

Published by The i Paper & The Independent (7th March 2016) The young mother told me her horror story as we sat drinking tea near the Syrian border. […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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