Israel lost its war. Will Assad's enemies lose, too? Robert Fisk assadenemyisrael Change image and share on social
The biggest problem I have in journalism is being quoted or misquoted and then being asked to defend something I haven't said. Robert Fisk askbigdefend Change image and share on social
The dead cannot speak. But hitherto unknown information has emerged from the confidential archives of the Syrian presidency and foreign ministry, published in a new book by Bouthaina Shaaban, who spent ten years as Hafez's interpreter and is still an adviser to his son Bashar. Robert Fisk adviserarchivebashar share on social
The Syrian army is tired of corruption. It is tired of party nepotism. It is becoming very angry with those it blames for the war. Robert Fisk angryarmyblame Change image and share on social
Bin Laden always wanted to get rid of Mubarek and Ben Ali and Gaddafi and so on, claiming that they were all infidels working for America, and in fact, it was millions of ordinary people who peacefully, more or less - certainly in the case of Tunisia and Egypt - got rid of them. Robert Fisk aliamericaben share on social
In one way, I fear all Damascus is a dungeon. Or do you have to live here to appreciate that? Robert Fisk damascusdungeonfear Change image and share on social
It is always an eerie experience to sit among Bashar al-Assad's soldiers. Robert Fisk assadbashareerie Change image and share on social
It's a journalist's job to be a witness to history. We're not there to worry about ourselves. We're there to try and get as near as we can, in an imperfect world, to the truth and get the truth out. Robert Fisk historyimperfectjob Change image and share on social
And it's true, you hear things in Damascus and, after a few hours, the human double-take stops operating. Robert Fisk damascusdoublehear Change image and share on social
