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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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May 23, 2026
ICC court’s credibility plummets further over Israel’s West Bank revenge

ICC is a fake court that operates on the basis of only holding poorer countries in Africa to account — or more specifically, their leaders — and not Israel nor the U.S.

May 21, 2026
Can Trump really bomb Iran now?

The recalibration of relations between the GCC and Iran, and their views of Israel, will be Trump’s legacy.

May 18, 2026
UK is in a tailspin with its latest political scandals

Britain, it would seem, is in the midst of a political quandary.

May 16, 2026
How Farage’s unique style of politics allows him and his party to cash in

Farage went ahead with his new model in the parliamentary system as he had two chief advantages from players on the sidelines, Martin Jay writes.

May 14, 2026
Who exactly is Nigel Farage and what really was UKIP, the party that created him?

This is the UKIP brand that made Farage who he is today, that defines him and his policies, even down to his vulgar fashion sense, which has included yellow pantaloons.

May 11, 2026
The two-party system of voting in the UK has not been replaced

But British politics is never going to be the same again, Martin Jay writes.

May 10, 2026
Il “Project Freedom” di Trump è appena andato in fumo. E adesso?

La trappola dell’escalation sembra trascinare Donald Trump sempre più in profondità nelle sabbie mobili della guerra con l’Iran.

May 9, 2026
Saudi prince defied Trump and blocked U.S. planes from hitting Iran

MbS has shown verve and leadership, and his defiance now resets the game.

May 7, 2026
Has the handling of the Iran war divided the GCC permanently?

Saudi Arabia and the UAE are both very much victims of the war, but each has an entirely different approach to finding a working solution – if the Trump-Iran deal holds.

May 6, 2026
Trump’s ’Project Freedom’ just got blown out of the water. What now?

The escalation trap seems to be pulling Donald Trump deeper and deeper into the quicksand of the Iran war.

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