Tom Stevenson

Why is Michael Fallon cosying up to General al-Sisi?

Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary, was in Egypt this week for the opening of the ‘New Suez Canal’ (in fact an extension to the old Suez canal elaborately advertised), and took the opportunity to express Britain’s support for the military junta that installed itself in Egypt two years ago. The presence of a senior member of the

How Tunisia became a target for terrorists

The terrorist attack at Tunisia’s Hotel Riu Imperial Marhaba that left 39 people dead was remarkable in its brashness and its detail. Islamic State were quick to name 23-year-old Seifeddine Rezgui as a ‘soldier of the caliphate’ yet on the surface Rezgui appeared to have been a regular young man. He’d never been abroad, let alone