Janine di Giovanni

Sierra Leone, a Successful Intervention

There is one place in the world where Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, is not vilified for his part in the 2003 invasion of Iraq: a West African country where, less than three years earlier, his government’s intervention helped to end one of the most vicious conflicts in recent history.

Why Assad and Russia Target the White Helmets

“We operate on the pretty infallible assumption that any government which refuses to let us in has something big to hide from us,” UN Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights Andrew Gilmour told me. The Assad regime and the Russians are trying to neutralize the White Helmets because they are potential witnesses to war crimes.

Lebanon: About to Blow?

No one seems to have any idea what to do with the refugees from the Syrian war