Robert Edwards

Special How Sednaya’s liberation exposed decades of systematic torture under Syria’s Assad regime

How Sednaya’s liberation exposed decades of systematic torture under Syria’s Assad regime

  • Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham captured the infamous regime jail on Dec. 8 after a dramatic 10-day campaign to oust Bashar Assad
  • Built in the 1980s, Sednaya became a symbol of state terror, with rights groups calling it a ‘human slaughterhouse’
By Nadia Al-Faour - Robert Edwards ·

Analysis Can Lebanon’s ancient cultural heritage be protected from war damage?

Can Lebanon’s ancient cultural heritage be protected from war damage?

By Robert Edwards ·

Analysis What Israel’s purported invasion of Lebanon means for Hezbollah and its Iranian backers

What Israel’s purported invasion of Lebanon means for Hezbollah and its Iranian backers

By Nadia Al-Faour - Robert Edwards ·

Analysis What will become of the Lebanese displaced by intensifying Israel-Hezbollah conflict?

What will become of the Lebanese displaced by intensifying Israel-Hezbollah conflict?

By ANAN TELLO - Robert Edwards ·

Analysis Why Israel’s assault on Lebanon’s Hezbollah puts Iran’s IRGC in an unprecedented dilemma

Why Israel’s assault on Lebanon’s Hezbollah puts Iran’s IRGC in an unprecedented dilemma

By Razia Ruknudin Desai - Robert Edwards ·

Special All along the banks of the once mighty Tigris River, farmers and fishermen have seen their livelihoods evaporate in recent years. (AN Photos/Kareem Botane)

Iraqi farmers feel the heat of extreme climate events

By Kareem Botane - Robert Edwards ·