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Shock, awe, death, joy and looting: how the Guardian covered the outbreak of the Iraq war
ByIan Mayes February 3, 2026

In spring 2003, exuberance at the fall of Saddam was swiftly followed by a descent into deadly chaos. Whether moving independently or embedded with troops, Guardian reporters witnessed the violence on the groundThe allied attack on Iraq began on 20 Mar…

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Peter Arnett, Pulitzer prize-winner who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, dies aged 91
ByAssociated Press December 18, 2025

Arnett won 1966 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his Vietnam War coverage for the Associated PressPeter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war …

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Cover-Up review – atrocity exposer Seymour Hersh, journalist legend, gets a moment in the spotlight
ByPeter Bradshaw December 3, 2025

Hersh’s record on uncovering the big stories, from My Lai to Abu Ghraib, speaks for itself. This documentary watches him at work: dogged, nonconformist and combativeRenowned investigative journalist Seymour Hersh was never played in a film by Robert Re…

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Cover-Up review – atrocity exposer Seymour Hersh, journalist legend, gets a moment in the spotlight
ByPeter Bradshaw December 3, 2025

Hersh’s record on uncovering the big stories, from My Lai to Abu Ghraib, speaks for itself. This documentary watches him at work: dogged, nonconformist and combativeRenowned investigative journalist Seymour Hersh was never played in a film by Robert Re…

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Guardian’s former Gaza correspondent named young journalist of the year in UK awards
ByJulian Borger, senior international correspondent November 14, 2025

Malak A Tantesh, 20, ‘showed immense talent and bravery’, said judges at Media Freedom awards in LondonThe UK’s Society of Editors has named Malak A Tantesh, the Guardian’s former Gaza correspondent, as young journalist of the year in the national pres…

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Guardian’s former Gaza correspondent named young journalist of the year in UK awards
ByJulian Borger, senior international correspondent November 14, 2025

Malak A Tantesh, 20, ‘showed immense talent and bravery’, said judges at Media Freedom awards in LondonThe UK’s Society of Editors has named Malak A Tantesh, the Guardian’s former Gaza correspondent, as young journalist of the year in the national pres…

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International journalists urge Israel to allow reporters into Gaza after ceasefire deal
ByJoseph Gedeon in Washington October 11, 2025

Foreign Press Association joins long list of global media agencies demanding press freedom in devastated territoryInternational journalists in Israel have called for reporters to be granted immediate access to Gaza after the rapidly negotiated ceasefir…

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Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia
ByJacob Silverman October 9, 2025

Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regimeAli al-Ahmed didn’t think that Elon Musk was responsible for the decline and fall of Twitter. Musk was another fac…

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Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia
ByJacob Silverman October 9, 2025

Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regimeAli al-Ahmed didn’t think that Elon Musk was responsible for the decline and fall of Twitter. Musk was another fac…

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David Hirst obituary
ByVictoria Brittain September 23, 2025

The Guardian’s Middle East correspondent for four decades whose articles were key to understanding the region’s turmoilDavid Hirst, who has died aged 89 of cancer, was the Guardian’s authoritative correspondent through four decades of dramatic change a…

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