Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump declared victory against ISIL and announced the withdrawal of approximately 2000 American troops from Syria – a move that has attracted controversy at home and abroad. His fellow Republicans have labelled it a ‘huge’ mistake…

In 2011, at the beginning of the Syrian civil war, Russia provided financial and indirect military aid to Bashar Al Assad. Then from 2015 they started providing direct military involvement. Their reasons for doing so were quite clear. Assad’s regime was favourable…

The legalities of British military action in Syria may be as controversial as the moralities of doing so. A choice with so much at stake has landed on the shoulders of another prime minister. This time the question relates to…