Comment: Assad taking Palmyra does not bring Syria closer to peace
There is no individual cruelty IS has committed that the regime has not at least matched
There is no individual cruelty IS has committed that the regime has not at least matched
The Syrians who still take to the streets demanding freedom, dignity and democracy are a beacon of hope
David Cameron promised to welcome 20,000 Syrians — by the end of December 2015, just 1,085 had arrived
Assad and Hezbollah are deliberately starving civilians. If we can drop bombs, why not food?
David Cameron is trying to have it both ways
Not everyone will be convinced by the need to be a good ally to the US and France
A mature power, at ease with its place in the world and conscious of its limitations, would refuse to join in the war in Syria
The Stop the War Coalition event in Parliament on 2 November was only the latest in a series where they have tried to exclude Syrians from discussion of their own country
Only Westerners are allowed to talk about Syria
The paper hails Vladimir Putin’s ‘heroic efforts’