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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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Recent Articles

  • I’ve seen the fragility of our way of life, how precious is peace and the need for constant vigilance against tyranny
  • Town of the Damned
  • World’s most infamous mercenary steps out the shadows
  • Slaughter of the conscripts
  • How to fix the NHS and social care

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Have we forgotten Syria?

Published by UnHerd (20th September, 2019) A few weeks ago, I bumped into Omran, a musician friend, who was serving... Read Full Article

She said she was terrified her son would die in camp

Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th March, 2019) Shamima Begum told me she was ‘terrified’ her baby son Jarrah... Read Full Article

Plight of the little boys brainwashed into being ISIS suicide bombers

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd March, 2019) Milad was just seven when Islamic State gunmen tore him from his... Read Full Article

IS zealots face final assault as coalition forces close

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd March, 2019) Thick black smoke rose over the Syrian village of Baghouz yesterday... Read Full Article

Hello Syria! Joss Stone plays the world’s most unlikely gig

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd March, 2019) When British singer Joss Stone, barefoot as usual, walked on stage... Read Full Article

The doctor stitching up Syria’s wounded

Published by The Times (2nd March, 2019) War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line by David Nott (Picador) David Nott was... Read Full Article

Human rights are a given, not a gift

Published by The i paper (25th February, 2019) Last Thursday, standing inside Al-Hol camp in northern Syria, I came across... Read Full Article

More British jihadi brides hide among us in camp, say IS women

Published by The Mail on Sunday (24th February, 2019) British women fleeing from Islamic State’s last pocket of land are... Read Full Article

This war is far from over

Published by The i paper (18th February, 2019) How little they learn from history. Just 16 years ago President George... Read Full Article

Death squads roam in the ruins of the caliphate

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th February, 2019) The civilians able to escape have fled. Now there are just... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • I’ve seen the fragility of our way of life, how precious is peace and the need for constant vigilance against tyranny
  • Town of the Damned
  • World’s most infamous mercenary steps out the shadows
  • Slaughter of the conscripts
  • How to fix the NHS and social care

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

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