James Snell

James Snell is a British journalist.

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Smoke rises above rebel-held areas of Daraa during reported air strikes by Syrian regime forces, on July 8. (AFP)
Daraa could mark the Syrian regime’s ability to act with impunity
July 14, 2018
Difficult to uproot. A man watches a presentation on Iran’s entrenchment in Syria, on June 14. (AFP)
Despite probable US prompts, Russia unlikely to evict Iran from Syria
July 07, 2018
A hard day’s night. Alexandra Kotey (L) and El Shafee Elsheikh, who were allegedly among four British jihadis who made up a brutal ISIS cell, sit on a sofa during an interview in Kobani, last March 30. (AP)
In the face of Western discomfort, Syrian Democratic Forces trade ISIS prisoners
June 30, 2018
Two peas in a pod. Syrian regime forces ride a military truck in Eastern Ghouta. (SANA)
Iranian militias and Syrian forces become indivisible as assault on Daraa looms
June 16, 2018
An elderly woman carries a bag on her head in Manbej in Aleppo countryside, on May 10. (Reuters)
In Syria, the victors are moulding populations to their own designs
May 12, 2018
Indecision. A US soldier sits on an armoured vehicle on a road leading to the front line with Turkey-backed fighters in Manbij in northern Syria. (AP)
Tensions flare in Manbij amid rising confusion
April 21, 2018
Syrian regime forces sit by a marble mosaic monument depicting a picture of late President Hafez Assad at the entrance of Harasta in Eastern Ghouta, on March 25. (AFP)
Despite military victory in sight, Damascus faces uncertain future
March 31, 2018
A Syrian soldier distributes aid from Russian forces to civilians who fled Eastern Ghouta at a shelter in Adra near Damascus, on March 20. (Reuters)
‘Kneel or starve’: Damascus’s brutal ultimatum to population of Eastern Ghouta
March 24, 2018
A rebel fighter from Ahrar al-Sham brigade reacts as a grad rocket is fired from Idlib countryside. (Reuters)
New rebel coalition brings fresh threat to Syria’s splintering war
March 10, 2018
A government worker uses a mobile phone while standing in front of an establishment marked with a “Maute ISIS” graffiti in Marawi city in southern Philippines, last October. (Reuters)
After the fall of its caliphate, ISIS threat goes global
February 24, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Syrian President Bashar Assad watch troops marching at the Hmeimim Air Base in Syria. (AP)
Damascus’s regime is weakened but can count on allies, for now
February 17, 2018
An image grab of Hanin Ghaddar speaking at an event hosted by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. (YouTube)
The absurd sentencing of Lebanese analyst by military court
February 03, 2018
Changing alliances. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (C) meeting with Prime Minister of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Nechirvan Barzani (2nd L) in Baghdad, on January 20. (Iraqi Prime Minister’s Office)
Iraq’s alliances uncertain ahead of elections
January 26, 2018

Iran-backed Iraqi militias pose ‘serious’ threat to US
January 15, 2018

Saleh’s downfall is hardly the end of an era
December 18, 2017

Much like Iran, Iraq shows poor response to deadly earthquake
November 25, 2017

London - An earthquake of 7.3 mag­nitude struck Iraq and Iran on November 12.

Iraqi Kurds see fortunes reversed after referendum
October 28, 2017

In less than a month the for­tunes of Iraqi Kurdistan, its leaders and inhabitants have reversed.

Kurdistan’s secession from Iraq is not a done deal
October 14, 2017

Iraq’s Kurds have voted overwhelmingly to become in­dependent.

What will become of Iraq’s Hawija after ISIS?
September 16, 2017

The northern Iraqi city of Hawija represents the last Islamic State (ISIS) stronghold in the coun

Fake news and the two sides of the ‘digital caliphate’
August 26, 2017

London - Despite ground losses in Iraq’s Mosul and Syr­ia’s Raqqa, the Islamic State (ISIS) conti