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Jason Burke

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Jason Burke is the International security correspondent of the Guardian. In 30 years as a foreign correspondent, he has reported throughout the Middle East, Europe, Africa and South Asia. He is the author of five books, most recently The Revolutionists

July 2026

  • Yara Abu Amsha, 15, playing the violin.

    Gaza’s musicians reopen bomb-shattered conservatory – in tents

    Even though most of their instruments have been destroyed, teachers are restarting classes, using music to give relief to traumatised people

June 2026

  • Boats anchored off Oman's northern Musandam peninsula near the strait of Hormuz.

    Escalating US-Iran strikes threaten interim peace agreement

  • A Houthi soldier mans a machine gun on a pick-up truck in Sanaa, Yemen

    Shadow war: how use of proxy forces by Iran, Israel and US is driving Middle East instability

  • boats in water at sunset

    US and Iran trade strikes as both sides accuse the other of endangering ceasefire

  • Smoke rises above buildings in a densely built-up area of Nabatieh

    Iran says it is closing strait of Hormuz over Israeli strikes in Lebanon

  • Israel and Hezbollah renew ceasefire after deadly flareup disrupts opening of Iran talks

  • ‘It’s a big mistake’: Israelis feel betrayed and angry after Iran peace deal

  • US-Iran deal may get oil flowing again, but region’s root problems are unsolved

  • US politics live
    California governor Gavin Newsom accuses Donald Trump of directing DoJ to investigate him and his wife – as it happened

  • Netanyahu declares victory over Iran – and rules out withdrawal from Lebanon

  • Trump declares US-Iran peace deal ‘all signed’ as G7 leaders battle to tie up loose ends

  • US and Iran reach framework peace deal to end war

  • Middle East crisis live
    Pakistan PM says signing of agreement confirmed – as it happened

  • Trump says Iran peace deal could be signed by Sunday, with strait of Hormuz to open shortly after

  • US-Iran peace deal remains elusive as Trump and Tehran trade conflicting claims

  • Israel and Iran step back from renewed conflict after Trump calls for halt

  • Today in Focus
    The jailing of Germany’s most wanted woman – podcast

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  • The Sunday read
    Could this one man have been behind terrorist attacks on Jewish communities across Europe?

  • Israel strikes southern Lebanon despite Trump’s effort to shore up ceasefire

May 2026

  • Woman and her lawyer behind security glass

    double quotation markLook at how Germany defeated the Red Army Faction. The lessons about how to fight terrorism are all there

    Jason Burke
    As Daniela Klette is jailed after three decades in hiding, it’s clear that good strategy, and principally democracy, beat the terror, bombs and guns, says author and Guardian international security correspondent Jason Burke
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