Lindsey Hilsum
Today’s Iran deal is a triumph for international diplomacy
The most astonishing aspect of today’s deal on Iran’s nuclear capability is that neither side is negotiating the terms of its defeat.
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Lindsey Hilsum
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Lindsey Hilsum
Why an Iran nuclear deal could have unintended consequences
A deal on Iran’s nuclear programme would be a historic event – but it could come at the expense of angering some of the US’s staunchest allies.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Foreign policy: the ignored debate of election 2015
Labour and the Tories say they’ll spend 2 per cent of GDP on defence, as a Nato commitment. Both are pledged to spend 0.7 per cent of GDP on foreign aid. Why? To what end?
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Lindsey Hilsum
Iran nuclear deal could have unintended consequences for US
For the Saudis, Iran – not Islamic State – is the greatest danger in the Middle East. So nuclear détente between Iran and the US will not be cost-free.
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New CCTV of British teenagers at Turkey airport
Sabiha Gokcen airport releases footage of three teenagers – two cousins aged 17 and a man aged 19 – from London being detained as they allegedly attempt to travel to Syria to join Islamic State.
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Lindsey Hilsum
On the front line of Islamic State’s war on history
Graffiti sprayed last year on the ruins of Cyrene, in Libya, reads: “Destroy the Idols”. Islamists, including Islamic State militants, see such pre-Islamic structures as sacrilege.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Why Netanyahu wants to scupper a US deal with Iran
Israel is much more frightened by Iran than by the Islamic State group – which explains why he will today warn the US against any nuclear deal with Tehran.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Tikrit, where liberation from IS could bring yet more pain
A combined force of Iraqi army, Shia militia and Kurdish peshmerga is trying to retake Tikrit from IS. But it is more likely to want vengeance than an orderly retaking of the area.
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Why was ‘Jihadi John’ unmasked?
How did the alleged identity of Islamic State’s most wanted suspect fall into the public domain on Thursday morning? And where does the UK go from here in the fight against Islamic State?
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Lindsey Hilsum
Ceasefire in Aleppo: best option for civilians but proof of rebel despair?
The Syrian government knows it’s in a strong position. If the rebels don’t agree the ceasefire, they may be crushed. Previous ‘local ceasefires’ have been a euphemism for surrender.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Driving through a war zone to Aleppo
Driving to Aleppo, the Springsteen song My City of Ruins began to play in my head. But Aleppo is nowhere near rising up – and it may yet have further to fall.
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Kobani about to fall to Islamic State, says Turkey
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says the strategic Syrian border town of Kobani is about to fall to Islamic State militants.
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Islamic State moves to take Kobani on Syria-Turkey border
More than 2,000 Syrian Kurds are evacuating the Kurdish town of Kobani, near the border between Syria and Turkey, as Islamic State militants advance towards the city centre.
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Muslim leaders condemn Islamic State’s Alan Henning threats
The kidnap and threatened murder of British aid worker Alan Henning by Islamic State (IS) militants is not permissible under sharia law, prominent Muslim clerics have warned.
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US air strike targets Islamic State in Iraq
The US carries out its first air strike against Islamic State (IS) militants under a new strategy to defeat the group in Iraq.