Robert Fisk
Robert Fisk is a multiple award-winning journalist on the Middle East, based in Beirut.
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Anonymous comments are as pathetic as the anonymous "sources" that contaminate gutless journalism from the New York Times, BBC, and CNN
10 January 2013 07:00 PM
Rather than call it cyber-journalism we should stop drinking this digital poison
Army was the target audience of President's theatre at the opera house
06 January 2013 08:03 PM
The message for Syrians was clear: the army is the bedrock of power
Why the numbers game doesn’t add up in the killing fields of Syria
06 January 2013 07:26 PM
Are the dead from Assad's army even counted in these statistics?
Could Saudi Arabia be next?
31 December 2012 05:29 PM
Nobody can predict which way the ‘Arab Awakening’ will turn this year. But Robert Fisk has ventured a very tentative punt or two...
Does Arab progress founder on an ossified language?
31 December 2012 01:00 AM
The Long View: We need to understand our history better: why did Arabs disappear from ‘our’ science?
A word of advice about the Middle East – we’ve reached the ‘tipping point’ with cliches
24 December 2012 12:00 AM
You've got to be careful when Syria's rebels are perpetually "closing in"
Finucane, Sami al-Saadi and Khaled el-Musri: will we once again just 'move on' from the murky conduct of MI6 and the CIA?
16 December 2012 07:59 PM
Torture, rendition, sodomy: with ‘protectors’ like these, who needs ex-friends?
A monument to evil that can teach the modern world
09 December 2012 06:19 PM
The picture shows German tanks on the streets of Oslo in 1940. In Norway, our correspondent examines how education, terror and history are linked
Bashar al-Assad, Syria, and the truth about chemical weapons
08 December 2012 12:00 AM
Bashar’s father Hafez al-Assad was brutal but never used chemical arms. And do you know which was the first army to use gas in the Middle East?
Syria's elite used to believe the bureaucracy would continue even after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. After Makdissi’s defection, that has changed
04 December 2012 06:16 PM
The real reasons for the "dismissal" of a Syrian spokesman
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Bankers could face jail after report urges the Government to introduce new criminal offence for reckless management
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Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
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Richard Nieuwenhuizen death: Six teenagers and 50-year-old father convicted of manslaughter in shocking case of referee killed over a game of football
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Exclusive: Newcastle's star talent-spotter on brink as Joe Kinnear sparks walkout
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Vast methane 'plumes' seen in Arctic ocean as sea ice retreats
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Babies behind bars
Sonic youth: The high-pitched sound alarm
The art of living in small spaces
The story of Sir Mervyn King's reign at the Bank
Zombie nation: Our fascination with death and destruction
'Teaching bright children isn't rocket science'
Can technology lure us back to the high street?
The 10 Best new smartphones
Jenson Button: Downbeat driver cannot wait to put season behind him
James Lawton
The true effect of the badger cull
First night: The Cripple of Inishmaan
Guides drop religious reference but pledge to self and the Queen
Steve Tongue
Chris Froome: Free from 'pain in neck' after Wiggins' exit
