the Caliphate

For God or Allah: the savage wars between Christians and Muslims over the ages

14 December 2024 9:00 am

It’s impossible to say which side excelled in imaginative barbarism in this blood-soaked history spanning 1,300 years

A state of terror: Islamic State longs to be left alone to establish its blood-stained utopia

31 January 2015 9:00 am

The Sykes-Picot agreement will be 100 years old next year, but there will be no congratulatory telegrams winging their way…