Paul McLoughlin

London

Senior News Editor at NewArab

Head of News @The_NewArab. One-time journalist in Oman, Jordan, UAE. Writes Syria Insight. Tweets my own, RTs not endorsements, blue tick for work purposes

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Articles

On the frontlines of Israel's new war on Syria

2 weeks ago | newarab.com | Paul McLoughlin

Daraa, Syria - In southwest Syria, within the sights of Israeli artillery positioned on the hilltops of the occupied Golan Heights, there is evidence of a massacre. Shredded shoes once attached to living bodies lie among the mangled innards of rockets dispatched to support an Israeli invasion party under fire from locals.
Bloodbath on the coast underlines deep anger

1 month ago | english.alaraby.co.uk | Paul McLoughlin

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Bloodbath on the coast underlines deep anger

1 month ago | newarab.com | Paul McLoughlin

For 13 years, the discourse of the Assad regime was that once it collapsed, so too would Syria's diverse demographic mosaic. When Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) fighters marched toward Damascus last December, many, particularly minorities, believed that Syria was entering an apocalyptic moment. Yet when the capital fell no sectarian massacres took place, no minorities were expelled, and an Islamist regime that oppressed Alawites and Christians never emerged.
Could war in Yemen re-erupt this Ramadan amid a Houthi build-up?

1 month ago | english.alaraby.co.uk | Paul McLoughlin

As an unsteady truce endures in Gaza, further south in Yemen another peace hangs by a thread as barely concealed animosities and an economic crisis reach boiling point. The country has seen relative quiet following a truce between the Houthis and their opponents in the south in 2022, but when the war in Gaza erupted in 2o23 it eventually extended to the coast of Yemen.
Could war in Yemen re-erupt this Ramadan amid a Houthi build-up?

1 month ago | newarab.com | Paul McLoughlin

As an unsteady truce endures in Gaza, further south in Yemen another peace hangs by a thread as barely concealed animosities and an economic crisis reach boiling point. The country has seen relative quiet following a truce between the Houthis and their opponents in the south in 2022, but when the war in Gaza erupted in 2o23 it eventually extended to the coast of Yemen.
Lausanne ends Joseph Daher contract 'over pro-Palestine stance'

2 months ago | english.alaraby.co.uk | Paul McLoughlin

Joseph Daher, a respected Swiss-Syrian academic, one day found his module on Middle Eastern politics at Lausanne University suddenly and abruptly cancelled, leaving his around 60-plus students signed up for the classes baffled.
Lausanne ends Joseph Daher contract 'over pro-Palestine stance'

2 months ago | newarab.com | Paul McLoughlin
Lebanon 'facilitating Syrian deportation flights' from Europe

2 months ago | newarab.com | Paul McLoughlin
Syria Insight: The long road ahead to a new post-Assad future

2 months ago | english.alaraby.co.uk | Paul McLoughlin

How do you govern a country you never expected to rule? That is the question now facing Syria's transitional government, as it seeks to undo half a century of kleptocratic Baathist misrule following a stunning rebel offensive in late 2024 that saw the Assad regime fall.
The long road ahead to a new post-Assad future

2 months ago | newarab.com | Paul McLoughlin

How do you govern a country you never expected to rule? That is the question now facing Syria's transitional government, as it seeks to undo half a century of kleptocratic Baathist misrule following a stunning rebel offensive in late 2024 that saw Damascus come under the control of the opposition after a years-long stalemate.