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Ian Birrell

  • Award-winning columnist and foreign reporter. Contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday and weekly columnist in the 'i' paper. Writes regularly for many other papers, platforms and magazines. Frequent broadcaster and speaker at events. Co-founder wth Damon Albarn of the Africa Express music project and executive producer of 4 albums...Read more
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Escape from the Isis hell

Published by The Times (18th November, 2017) ‘The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity and My Fight Against the Islamic... Read Full Article

Don’t be fooled by this defeat for Daesh

Published by The ipaper (10th July 2017) Some Iraqi troops started celebrating the defeat of Isis in Mosul even as... Read Full Article

Death throes of the caliphate

Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th July, 2017) The scenes of destruction were simply apocalyptic. Every street pockmarked by... Read Full Article

The face of raw courage

Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th January, 2017) She stood defiant in the dock. Blood poured from her mouth... Read Full Article

Dreams, despair and dictators

Published by The Observer (24th August, 2015) Shifting Sands: The Unravelling of the Old Order in the Middle East (Profile)... Read Full Article

Britain should beware sliding back into Middle Eastern war

Published by The Independent (20th July, 2015) Slowly but surely, Britain is being dragged back into wider military intervention in... Read Full Article

The deepening dilemma over hostages

Published by The Independent (September 15th, 2014) The fact that it was almost expected does not make it any less... Read Full Article

A sick British hostage and torture by Taser

Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th September, 2014) The British aid worker threatened with beheading by Islamic militants in... Read Full Article

Boasts and brutality of British jihadists

Published by The Mail on Sunday (24th August, 2014) British jihadis involved in the brutal beheading of American reporter James... Read Full Article

Slaughter after ultimatum exposed by MoS

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th August, 2014) Islamic State militants have massacred most of the men living in... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • Take back control of our destiny
  • Trump: emboldened and dangerous
  • The debasing of democracy
  • No place for defeatism in the struggle for democracy
  • Putin is not strong – it’s we who’ve grown weak

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aid Blair Boris Brexit Cameron China coalition Conservatives Corbyn crime Daily Mail democracy Dfid Disability drugs Ethiopia EU Gaddafi Guardian human rights immigration Independent ipaper Isis Kenya Labour LibDems Libya May Miliband MoS NHS Nigeria Observer Putin Russia Standard Syria Telegraph Times Trump Ukip Ukraine UN USA

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