Caolán Magee

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Caolan writes news and features with a particular focus on the arms industry, big tech and human rights. He is based between London, UK and Beirut, Lebanon and has previously reported for The Guardian, CNN, The Times and the Independent. In 2026, he won Amnesty International’s Gaby Rado Award for his reporting from Syria on disappearances under the Assad government, after being shortlisted for the same award in 2025 for his reporting on weapons sales to Israel. He has also covered the Israel-Lebanon war from Beirut, migration from Morocco and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the French elections from Paris.

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‘They broke his neck’: Families of Syria’s disappeared still seek closure

Najwa, 60, and Ghada, 55, sitting in a living room in Damascus.

Meta profits as ads promote illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank

Heavily armed Israeli soldiers at a barbed-wire barrier.

Orphaned by Israel, two child amputees find each other in Lebanon

A closeup of Omar's face, where the extensive scarring to the left side of his face is visible. He still smiles at the camera, the scars on the left puckering around his large eyes

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Analysts say the goals range from targeting Iran’s supply lines to curbing its influence in the Strait of Hormuz.

People stand near a damaged part of a bridge.

Outgoing defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov slammed military chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, saying he had ‘split the country’.

Ukraine's Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov

Iran’s Health Ministry has said at least 35 people have been killed and more than 300 injured since fighting resumed.

A screengrab shows an explosion.

Rights groups condemn the attack and warn against recent anti-immigration rhetoric.

Valley Fair Mall

Oil prices rise as the US renews a blockade on Iranian ports and carries out a wave of air strikes.

Cargo ships anchored at sea off the coast of Khor Fakkan in the United Arab Emirates

Port Sudan trial of paramilitary leaders centres on atrocities in West Darfur.

In this Saturday, May 18, 2019 photo, Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as Hemedti, the deputy head of the military council that assumed power in Sudan after the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir, speaks at a press conference after a Ramadan event, in Khartoum, Sudan. Dagalo says he refused orders from al-Bashir to fire on the protesters, and he praised them as recently as last weekend. Many likely see him as an ally against the Islamic movement that orchestrated al-Bashir’s 1989 coup and underpinned his regime. (AP Photo)

Expensive interceptor missiles are facing mounting pressure from Iran’s cheaply produced drones.

Smoke rises after an Iranian drone was intercepted over the Bahrain Financial Harbour towers, which houses the Israeli embassy, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Manama, Bahrain, March 6, 2026.

More than 60 people have died in ICE shootings or while in detention since Donald Trump returned to power.

A large crowd gathered in an open area holding protest signs

These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Lebanon from Saturday, June 27, 2026.

Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 26, 2026. [File: Stringer/Reuters]

A cargo vessel had been struck by a projectile near Oman, as Iran says all ships must pass with its permission.

In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency on June 18, 2026, vessels are seen anchored in Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz.

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