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Symbolic air-strike in Syria

7th April 2017 HughWinter Middle East, wars

Donald Trump has acted swiftly in response to Assad’s recent use of chemical weapons in Syria, by bombing the airfield from which the attacks had been launched.  A failure to […]

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Syrian Peace Process

14th February 2016 HughWinter Middle East, terrorism, wars

On 12 February, after talks in Munich, world powers agreed a “cessation of hostilities” in Syria to begin a week later.  Much subsequent commentary is dismissive, for example the Telegraph’s […]

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Combating ISIS

17th November 2015 HughWinter Middle East, terrorism

French President Francois Hollande reportedly described the recent attacks in Paris as an “act of war” by the organisation calling itself Islamic State (ISIS) – which has claimed responsibility for […]

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Time for realism in Syria

14th October 2015 HughWinter Middle East, wars

William Hague’s thoughtful article in Tuesday’s Telegraph (13 Oct 2015) is based on the mistaken assumption that a Western military intervention in Syria could be helpful.  When you have a […]

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Hopes for a UN relaunch in Syria

29th September 2015 HughWinter Middle East, wars, World

Yesterday President Obama made a speech to the UN in which he endorsed the aims of the organisation and offered his support to it as the best hope for achieving […]

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Being provoked into intervention

31st August 2015 HughWinter Middle East, wars

Lord Richards, a former chief of Britain’s defence staff, is reported as opining that “David Cameron lacked the “balls” to take the military action in Syria that could have prevented […]

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Intervention in Syria is a Bad Idea

22nd September 2013 HughWinter Middle East, wars

In response to contributors to Prospect Magazine who still advocate intervention in Syria on “moral” grounds, Hugh Winter submitted this comment: President Obama’s concept of a ‘surgical strike’ against Syria […]

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American moral authority

6th September 2013 HughWinter Middle East, World

The Economist asserted that “Meeting Mr Assad’s atrocities with appropriate force will help to rebuild American moral authority in the world” (Leading Article, 7 Sept: Fight this war, not the […]

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Proposed Intervention in Syria

29th August 2013 HughWinter human rights, Middle East, wars, World

There are obvious comparisons between the current considerations being given to intervention in Syria and the previous political processes which led to the NATO intervention in Kosovo in 1999 and […]

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