Patrick Cockburn

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Threat of nuclear conflict is higher now than in Cold War, and a paranoid Putin is ready to act 2yrs
Vladimir Putin's snap invasion could turn into a long war, and an historic mistake Russia Ukraine 2yrs
Putin's advance into Ukraine compares with Saddam's invasion of Kuwait - a disaster for Russia Kuwait Russia Ukraine 2yrs
CIA plot to kidnap Assange in London is being mistakenly ignored | Patrick Cockburn 3yrs
CIA plot to kidnap Assange in London is being mistakenly ignored | Patrick Cockburn 3yrs
What the 20 year Afghan war tells us about the country’s future Afghanistan 3yrs
Rumsfeld was the symbol of America’s plunge into the quagmire in Iraq and Afghanistan | Patrick... US Iraq Afghanistan 3yrs
There are similarities between the fall of Netanyahu and that of Trump US 3yrs
Biden’s timid Gaza intervention won’t count for much but US reaction against Israel has changed... US Israel 3yrs
Our Middle East correspondent discusses ‘tragic’ realities in Iraq Iraq 3yrs
The cause that won’t go away: Latest conflict shows Palestine is back on the international agen... Palestine 3yrs
Can the papal visit stem the tide of Christians leaving Iraq Iraq 3yrs
Has Trump’s foreign policy been all bad? 4yrs
How freeing the slaves enabled the British to burn Washington US UK 4yrs
We visited the site of Isis's worst-ever atrocity Iraq 4yrs
Donald Trump’s withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan represents a huge failure | Patrick Cockbu... US Afghanistan 4yrs
Turkey’s ethnic cleansing of the Kurds in Syria is ongoing - Independent | Ahval Syria Turkey 5yrs
How Tehran-backed forces are taking over in Iraq: 'The Iranians always have a plan' Iraq 5yrs
Patrick Cockburn: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was a brutal tyrant but he had no answer to the crumblin... 5yrs
 

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“A Shakespearean Act of Betrayal”: Trump Agrees to Let Turkey Invade Kurdish-Controlled Syrian... US Syria Iraq Turkey 5yrs
Inside the Shia city where Isis are trying to make their presence known 5yrs
Yemen is the Middle East’s arms bazaar – and the Saudis would be unwise to underestimate the Ho... Yemen Saudi Arabia 5yrs
Patrick Cockburn: The Saudi Crown Prince plans to make us forget about Khashoggi Saudi Arabia 5yrs
After series of calamitous defeats, is Isis about to lose its last town? Iraq 5yrs
Chaos reigns in the country even Saddam Hussein ‘found difficult to rule’ Iraq 5yrs
Man-made drought threatens to ravage Iraq Iran Syria Iraq Turkey 5yrs
How the Islamic State’s brutal project was finally overthrown 5yrs
Patrick Cockburn: 'By backing Israel's Golan claim, Trump rips up rules that keep a fragile pea... Israel Syria 5yrs
How Brexit could end 20 years of peace on the Irish border Ireland 5yrs
Brexit or no Brexit, life offers little hope for the residents of south Wales UK 5yrs
US withdrawal from Syria might provide exactly the anarchic conditions in which Isis has always... US Syria 6yrs
How war reporting has changed 6yrs
Patrick Cockburn: 'A nation divided by history' 6yrs
Free at last from Isis, millions of Muslims stage the greatest religious march in the world Iraq 6yrs
When Saudi Arabia’s credibility is damaged, so is America’s US Saudi Arabia 6yrs
New Iraqi leadership is a sign the country is finally stabilising Iraq 6yrs
Russia's new missile defense system in Syria will likely change balance of power in Middle East Russia Syria 6yrs
Iraq protests: Demonstrators blame 'bad government, bad roads, bad weather, bad people' Iraq 6yrs