Paul McLoughlin

McLoughlin

Paul is a senior news editor with The New Arab and author of Syria Insight, a regular feature on TNA. Paul graduated with a BA in Modern Middle Eastern History and worked in the Middle East as a journalist, including Oman and Jordan, for close to a decade before joining The New Arab prior to its launch in 2014.

Areas of focus: Syria, Iran and Gulf issues.

Follow him on Twitter: @PaullMcLoughli

Syria Insight: Elections mark a fragile new chapter after Assad

Syria's upcoming parliamentary elections appear designed to push through a legislature needed to make the state functional, amid fears of a power grab

24 September, 2025

Kneecap light up London Wembley with pro-Palestine message

Belfast band Kneecap played their second-ever arena concert on Thursday, in a gig that was as much a rally for the Palestinian cause as it was a music event.

19 September, 2025

MyHomeland: The charity giving children a fresh start in Syria

MyHomeland has helped scores of Syrian refugee children living in camps in Lebanon and Turkey. The charity is now assisting some of them to a new life in Syria

11 August, 2025

‘Let them play’: Palestine kids barred from Irish hurling final

GAA Palestine is at the heart of a political scandal in Ireland after Dublin refused visas for Palestinian children hoping to watch the hurling final on Sunday.

19 July, 2025

Syria's Circassians mark genocide for first time in Damascus

The Syrian Circassian community took to the streets of Damascus on Wednesday to mark a genocide against their community by Imperial Russian forces.

22 May, 2025

Syria's Druze figureheads on why Suweida is waking from slumber

Suweida has become a microcosm of the challenges and divisions facing the new Syrian government amid a regional powerplay

07 May, 2025

Syrian security restore order after communal clashes in Damascus

Syria has witnessed another bout of communal tensions this week, following clashes be armed Sunni and Druze groups in the Damascus suburbs and southern Syria.

01 May, 2025

Syria Insight: Sharaa's shrewd manoeuvre fells Daraa warlord

There are hopes the security situation in Daraa can be stabilised after the 8th Brigade headed by Ahmed Al-Awda was dissolved and brought under state control.

24 April, 2025

Sheikh Al-Aql: Suweida's kingmakers could decide Syria's future

In-depth: As the Druze discuss just how far the Suweida province should integrate into the new Syrian state, the Sheikh Al-Aql wield immense influence.

16 April, 2025

UAE-linked Eighth Brigade in Syria to disband and join army

A UAE-linked militia in southern Syria, the Eighth Brigade, has announced its dissolution and integration into the Syrian army.

14 April, 2025