The truth is what big brother says it is
\r\n \r\nI’ve been British Ambassador in Syria for the last four years. Last weekend I decided to start this blog after Syria passed a terrible milestone. The Syrians have now endured six months of...
View ArticleWhy you shouldn’t question what you know is true
\r\n \r\nI’ve been British Ambassador in Syria since 2008. But I first visited the country more that 30 years ago. Syria, I know well and like very much. That makes what has happened since March last...
View ArticleIt never had to be this way
\r\n \r\nThe Syrian uprising is one year old today. It shouldn’t be. What began as peaceful, legitimate protests in search of dignity and a better future need never have become the violent conflict...
View ArticleBuilding stability, prosperity and normality in Iraq
\r\n \r\nI am excited to return to Iraq seven years after I served as British Consul General in Basra. Iraq has moved on leaps and bounds since then. Iraq today is better than its image in the West....
View ArticleSayyeda Zeynab still speaks to us today
\r\n \r\nAshura, the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Husayn Ibn Ali falls each year on the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic Calendar. It is a time of mourning for victims of injustice and for...
View ArticleThe truth is what big brother says it is
\r\n \r\nI’ve been British Ambassador in Syria for the last four years. Last weekend I decided to start this blog after Syria passed a terrible milestone. The Syrians have now endured six months of...
View ArticleWhy you shouldn’t question what you know is true
\r\n \r\nI’ve been British Ambassador in Syria since 2008. But I first visited the country more that 30 years ago. Syria, I know well and like very much. That makes what has happened since March last...
View ArticleIt never had to be this way
\r\n \r\nThe Syrian uprising is one year old today. It shouldn’t be. What began as peaceful, legitimate protests in search of dignity and a better future need never have become the violent conflict...
View ArticleBuilding stability, prosperity and normality in Iraq
\r\n \r\nI am excited to return to Iraq seven years after I served as British Consul General in Basra. Iraq has moved on leaps and bounds since then. Iraq today is better than its image in the West....
View ArticleSayyeda Zeynab still speaks to us today
\r\n \r\nAshura, the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Husayn Ibn Ali falls each year on the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic Calendar. It is a time of mourning for victims of injustice and for...
View ArticleThe truth is what big brother says it is
\r\n \r\nI’ve been British Ambassador in Syria for the last four years. Last weekend I decided to start this blog after Syria passed a terrible milestone. The Syrians have now endured six months of...
View ArticleWhy you shouldn’t question what you know is true
\r\n \r\nI’ve been British Ambassador in Syria since 2008. But I first visited the country more that 30 years ago. Syria, I know well and like very much. That makes what has happened since March last...
View ArticleIt never had to be this way
\r\n \r\nThe Syrian uprising is one year old today. It shouldn’t be. What began as peaceful, legitimate protests in search of dignity and a better future need never have become the violent conflict...
View ArticleBuilding stability, prosperity and normality in Iraq
\r\n \r\nI am excited to return to Iraq seven years after I served as British Consul General in Basra. Iraq has moved on leaps and bounds since then. Iraq today is better than its image in the West....
View ArticleSayyeda Zeynab still speaks to us today
\r\n \r\nAshura, the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Husayn Ibn Ali falls each year on the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic Calendar. It is a time of mourning for victims of injustice and for...
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