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I was a guinea pig on Eurostar's first test-run, back in 1994 As Eurostar teeters on the brink of collapse, the man who knows it best pens a love letter to the train that brought Europe closer 13 April 2021 • 2:11pm Mark Smith on his beloved Eurostar Credit: Mark Smith You never forget your first time. In September 1994 I entered a spanking-new Waterloo International terminal, clutching a boarding pass that I wouldn’t have swapped for a fistful of Willy Wonka’s golden tickets. Public service was still months off and I was one of a few hundred lucky rail staff selected as guinea pigs for...

The goal, it would appear, is to pave the way for broader Gulf Arab re-engagement with Syria, and a concomitant marginalization of Iranian influence.

Hind Omar and her children were released from the camp three months ago after a tribal elder vouched for the family, allaying concern over any lingering sympathy for ISIS. The tribal sponsorship system was originally envisaged as a scheme in which those caught up in the war against ISIS could be returned to their home communities with guarantees from figures who knew them personally. But many of those released are ostracised by Syrian communities still healing from the trauma wrought by ISIS, due to their perceived links to the extremist group. Ms Omar now lives in a half-built home with her ...

Last month marked 10 years since the beginning of the Syrian uprising when peaceful protesters, galvanised by the Arab Spring, went out on to the streets demanding freedom from an authoritarian regime and were met with bullets. President Bashar al-Assad vowed to crush dissent. In doing so, he set in motion a proxy war, creating what the UN’s human rights chief has called the “worst man-made disaster the world has seen since World War II”. Countless studies have shown that women and girls are disproportionately affected by war – both during and after – as existing inequalities are am...

We have been turned into barbarians willing to sell our country to enrich ourselves, until we change the face of this country forever and transform it like any other place in the ugly world