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Martin Jay

Martin Jay is an award-winning British journalist based in Morocco where he is a correspondent for The Daily Mail (UK) who previously reported on the Arab Spring there for CNN, as well as Euronews. From 2012 to 2019 he was based in Beirut where he worked for a number of international media titles including BBC, Al Jazeera, RT, DW, as well as reporting on a freelance basis for the UK’s Daily Mail, The Sunday Times plus TRT World. His career has led him to work in almost 50 countries in Africa, The Middle East and Europe for a host of major media titles. He has lived and worked in Morocco, Belgium, Kenya and Lebanon.

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October 13, 2025
Afghanistan and Pakistan eye each other for a war, but what was Trump’s role?

There’s a lot at stake and the flare-up could easily escalate sliding all these players into a regional war against the Taliban.

October 7, 2025
Tomahawk talk is cheap and Putin knows it

Trump doesn’t genuinely want Ukraine to take back territories, Martin Jay writes.

October 3, 2025
Board of Peace offer by dogs of war: Trump’s Gaza deal unveiled

Trump’s plan casts a shadow over the UN’s one and any whining by craven EU leaders who want to pretend to be in support for a Palestinian state.

September 29, 2025
The Blair Gaza idea is hair-brained, but it might just work

Trump seems to be panicking and wants a solution as soon as possible, Martin Jay writes.

September 26, 2025
Is white supremacy killing black journalism in America?

The dismissal of Karen Attiah at the Washington Post has caused ripples in the aftermath of the murder of Charlie Kirk. But was the Post’s decision to fire her racist?

September 24, 2025
Was it a smart move to announce the support of a Palestinian state?

The gesture by Canada, Australia and the UK is aimed largely at two camps, but in reality isn’t going to make any real impact.

September 22, 2025
Trump’s attack on satire is no laughing matter

Things have become so bad, that even the U.S. president can no longer complain about Britain’s lack of free speech

September 13, 2025
Qatar bombing shakes the Arab world up over ‘greater cause’ but what now?

A U.S. ally, supposedly operating under its own steam, bombed the most important U.S. ally in the region.

September 11, 2025
Germans’ Nord Stream story is pure comedy, Moscow points finger at Brits

One has to wonder why at this precise moment these unfortunate souls have been framed for crimes they didn’t commit.

September 9, 2025
Fake news is growing at an alarming rate during Trump’s second term in office

The Epstein case, the Trump assassination and Russian double agents being poisoned in the UK are all stories which read like spy novels.

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