Stories by Jonathan Steele
Grenier’s fascinating book 88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary shows just how close the Karzai-US relationship was.
Updated 14 Jun, 2015 09:17am
FRANCE’S scuppering of the carefully negotiated interim nuclear deal between Iran and the world powers was ...
Published 13 Nov, 2013 06:57am
DAMASCUS: Struck by sarin gas in the notorious dawn attack last month, the people of Moadamiyeh have a second reason...
Published 28 Sep, 2013 07:00am
WASHINGTON/DAMASCUS/JERUSALEM: The White House scrambled to regain the political initiative over Syria yesterday,...
Published 17 Sep, 2013 07:03am
WHETHER the Egyptian army’s action against Mohamed Morsi amounts to a full-scale military coup can be debated. But...
Published 05 Jul, 2013 08:40am
Hassan Rowhani’s victory in the Iranian election is truly stunning. It opens a window of hope for an easing of...
Published 18 Jun, 2013 08:29am
BY coincidence two clashes over nuclear issues are hitting the headlines together.
Published 11 Apr, 2013 05:05am
KABUL: Clouds of uncertainty and foreboding hang over Kabul as heavily as the traffic pollution, which obscures its once stunning vista of surrounding mountains. Eleven years after the west's military
Published 11 Dec, 2012 11:15pm
LONDON: When the history of Syria's catastrophic civil war comes to be written, 30 June 2012 will surely be recognised as the only true moment of hope. On that day in Geneva the five permanent members of the UN
Published 07 Aug, 2012 02:36am
LONDON: In the smoke-filled cafes of central Damascus, where young unarmed activists discuss the next protest against the Assad regime, the mood is one of determination and excitement. It takes huge courage to
Published 20 Mar, 2012 09:47pm
RUSSIA and its power-hungry leader Vladimir Putin are still reeling. The results of last week`s parliamentary elections were a surprise
Published 12 Dec, 2011 07:36pm
A YEAR ago in Cairo Barack Obama made an impassioned appeal for Arab goodwill and trust. Recognise I am a new type ...
Published 12 Aug, 2010 12:00am
JOHANNESBURG With the World Cup nearing, 2010 will be South Africa`s year. The self-proclaimed Rainbow Nation will...
Published 01 Jan, 2010 12:00am
IT is déjà vu on a huge and bloody scale. Gen Stanley McChrystal, the US commander in Afghanistan, is about to...
Published 02 Sep, 2009 12:00am
ON the dot of 7pm families and strangers took each other`s hands and stepped into the main road, some carrying ...
Published 21 Aug, 2009 12:00am
SO anxious was Georgia`s President Mikheil Saakashvili for support from the fledgling Obama administration that even...
Published 05 Aug, 2009 12:00am
LONDON The British prime minister Gordon Browns announcement of a secret inquiry into the run-up to and conduct of...
Published 17 Jun, 2009 12:00am
HISTORY is littered with the ruined reputations of national leaders who thought they had won a great military ...
Published 20 May, 2009 12:00am
THE toughest meeting of Barack Obama`s young presidency is approaching. In the next few weeks, he will have to sit...
Published 07 May, 2009 12:00am
LONDON Walking through Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, last month I was surprised by the minimal security outside...
Published 14 Apr, 2009 12:00am
