Campbell MacDiarmid
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Houthi rebels are holding a ‘floating bomb’ oil tanker hostage off Yemen’s coast
UN officials warn the FSO Safer oil tanker could unleash an environmental catastrophe without urgent maintenance → Read More
UK cuts cash aid to northeast Syria, citing fear of funding ISIS
International NGOs working in the region say the decision is 'impossible to explain or justify' → Read More
The orphans of ISIS: Innocent children forsaken in 'hellish' Syrian camps
The Syrian Kurds say they cannot take care of the children of ISIS alone and few countries are rushing to their aid, Campbell MacDiarmid reports from near Baghouz → Read More
Syrian Kurds renew calls for negotiated end to the civil war
Syria’s Kurds defeated ISIS but now say a negotiated end to the country’s civil war is essential to a permanent victory → Read More
In a Syrian camp for ISIS supporters, a Belgian vows she made a huge mistake
Cassandra Bodart is fighting to return to Belgium, but Brussels refuses to repatriate her → Read More
In Syria I learnt that ISIS may be beaten on the battlefield but its ideology is unbowed
Streaming out of Baghouz, a deeply committed cadre of supporters is being placed in overcrowded camps that could become incubators of the group's revival → Read More
‘Each metre might be a mine’: ISIS riddles Baghouz with IEDs to slow capture of final enclave
The fanatics have reverted to the deadly tactic of booby-trapping homes and planting explosives before the loss of territory → Read More
'Nothing remains in Baghouz but terrorists', say SDF as final assault against ISIS begins
Hundreds of militant diehards remain inside Baghouz, ISIS' last enclave, Campbell MacDiarmid reports from Al Omar oil field in Syria → Read More
Sudan protest movement resilient despite government crackdown
Protests are posing the greatest challenge yet to Omar Al Bashir's three decades in power → Read More
Sudan's professionals lead calls for Omar Al Bashir to step down
Further protests were held across the country on Sunday → Read More
A year after ISIS defeat, Iraq continues battling insurgency
Iraq's political elites meanwhile are at loggerheads over the formation of a cabinet → Read More
Ethiopia has highest number of internally displaced people in 2018
1.4 million Ethiopians fled their homes this year, while 1.2 million Syrians left → Read More
Aung San Suu Kyi says Rohingya return depends on Bangladesh
Myanmar's civilian leader also says Rakhine State remains at risk of terrorism → Read More
For the Rohingya, now at least, anger stops short of militancy
Outrage against Myanmar's military simmers in refugee camps, but could it eventually boil over? → Read More
Rohingya find their voice in exile but not an audience
Persecuted Myanmar minority seeks to become part of the debate about its future → Read More
Number of women and children in ISIS significantly underestimated, experts say
Women and children affiliated with the militant group pose an underappreciated security threat → Read More
Behind Iran protests, analysts see hardliner effort to oust Rouhani
Protests against a collapsing currency and rising prices threaten Iran’s reformist leader → Read More
Rohingya refugees face monsoon wrath in Bangladesh camps
Aid agencies warn of impending catastrophe affecting up to 200,000 refugees from Myanmar → Read More
Are these Asia's most peculiar professions?
Crocodile wrangler, skeleton caretaker and fish surgeon are just some of the weird job titles → Read More
Iraq elections 2018: First polls since ISIS defeat
Poll will test whether Haider Al Abadi has done enough to remain prime minister → Read More