The best of the long read in 2025

The long read: Our 20 favourite pieces of in-depth reporting, essays and profiles from the year

The Guardian
The best of the long read in 2025

The long read: Our 20 favourite pieces of in-depth reporting, essays and profiles from the year

The Guardian
The best of the long read in 2025

The long read: Our 20 favourite pieces of in-depth reporting, essays and profiles from the year

The Guardian
UN expert urged to investigate Lebanon over alleged torture of Egyptian-Turkish poet

Abdulrahman al-Qaradawi has been imprisoned in the UAE for almost a year for criticising Emirati, Egyptian and Saudi governments

The Guardian
The Guardian view on Syria’s hopes and fears: stability can’t be built without the people

Editorial: Brutal sectarian violence has left minorities terrified and is unravelling the tentative promise of a better future

The Guardian
The Guardian view on a new Syria: nurturing fragile hope amid the rubble

Editorial: Sanctions relief thanks to Donald Trump’s unexpected embrace of the new president gives a shattered country the chance to rebuild

The Guardian
Sean Penn says he’d work with Woody Allen again ‘in a heartbeat’

The actor, who was speaking on The Louis Theroux Podcast, also cast new light on his meeting with former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, and had harsh comments on both Donald Trump and Elon Musk

The Guardian
The international criminal court should prosecute Syria’s Assad

For the foreseeable future, international courts provide the only realistic prospect of justice for Syrians

The Guardian
‘A dream come true’: Syrian twin actors return home after 14 years of exile in France

For the 41-year-old brothers, returning to their flat is bittersweet. Their apartment was more than just a home. It was once a stage, a space where they performed original theatre plays away from the watchful eye of the Bashar al-Assad regime

The Guardian

Bashar al-Assad is ousted after decades of rule, sparking celebrations across Syria as citizens look toward a hopeful future free from authoritarianism.

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https://globalcommons.onrender.com/international/syrians-celebrate-ouster-of-bashar-al-assad/

Syrians Celebrate Ouster of Bashar al-Assad

Bashar al-Assad is ousted after decades of rule, sparking celebrations across Syria as citizens look toward a hopeful future free from authoritarianism.

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