Caolán Magee

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Caolan writes news and features with a particular focus on the arms industry, big tech and human rights. He is based between London, UK and Beirut, Lebanon and has previously reported for The Guardian, CNN, The Times and the Independent. In 2026, he won Amnesty International’s Gaby Rado Award for his reporting from Syria on disappearances under the Assad government, after being shortlisted for the same award in 2025 for his reporting on weapons sales to Israel. He has also covered the Israel-Lebanon war from Beirut, migration from Morocco and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the French elections from Paris.

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‘They broke his neck’: Families of Syria’s disappeared still seek closure

Najwa, 60, and Ghada, 55, sitting in a living room in Damascus.

Meta profits as ads promote illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank

Heavily armed Israeli soldiers at a barbed-wire barrier.

Orphaned by Israel, two child amputees find each other in Lebanon

A closeup of Omar's face, where the extensive scarring to the left side of his face is visible. He still smiles at the camera, the scars on the left puckering around his large eyes

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Sustainable stalemate or slow-motion strangulation? The current ‘equilibrium’ is inherently unstable, experts say.

Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf gives a press conference at an event marking 40 days since the burial of the late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at Imam Hassan al-Mujtaba Mosque in Iraq's central holy shrine city of Karbala on August 20, 2026. [Karar Jabbar/AFP]

For decades, these bases allowed the US to wage faraway wars. Now, Iran has changed that calculation.

Military ground personnel work on Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) in front of a US Air Force (USAF) B-1 Lancer bomber on the tarmac at RAF Fairford in south-west England on March 11, 2026. Fairford is one of two bases, along with the Diego Garcia facility in the Indian Ocean, that the UK has given the US permission to use for "specific defensive operations into Iran" to destroy Iranian missiles at source, the British defence minister said in a statement.

Gulf leaders emphasised the need to strengthen defence coordination to confront present and future regional challenges.

In this April 6, 2017 photo Arab soldiers take part in the Eagle Resolve exercise in Kuwait City

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called the findings ‘outrageous and frankly insulting to the public’.

These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran from Tuesday, November 10, 2026.

A female military instructor at a military training center for ordinary citizens at Azadi Square in Tehran, Iran, November 10, 2026. [Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency via Reuters]

These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran from Sunday, November 8, 2026.

FILE PHOTO: The Khor Mor gas field in Sulaymaniyah province, Iraq, November 27, 2025. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed/File Photo

The midterms showed that challenging support for Israel can win votes. But changing US foreign policy may be harder.

Poland’s centrist government says it is restoring judicial independence after years of far-right political interference.

A woman carrying a child stands in front of police officers in riot gear as protesters gather outside the headquarters of Poland's Constitutional Court in Warsaw after police blocked access to the building on October 31, 2026.

Experts say Moscow is seeking arms revenue and further diplomatic influence.

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on October 28, 2026. (Photo by Igor IVANKO / POOL / AFP)

These were the updates about the results of Israel’s election on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.

Caolán Magee

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‘They broke his neck’: Families of Syria’s disappeared still seek closure

Meta profits as ads promote illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank

Orphaned by Israel, two child amputees find each other in Lebanon

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‘No war, no peace’: Can Iran break the deadlock with the US?

From the UK to the Gulf, are US overseas bases becoming liabilities?

Why the GCC is setting up an advanced military command base in Kuwait

Firms tied to West Bank settlements win $15m UK deals despite sanctions

Iran war updates: Tehran’s security chief says no talks with US ongoing

Iran war updates: Drone hits northern Iraq; US blamed for Qeshm strikes

Could the US midterms further isolate Israel in Washington?

Protests outside Poland’s constitutional court: What’s the crisis about?

Why is Russia sending fighter jets and air defences to Ethiopia?

Israel election results updates: No winner in Netanyahu-Eisenkot blocs race

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‘They broke his neck’: Families of Syria’s disappeared still seek closure

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Orphaned by Israel, two child amputees find each other in Lebanon

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