Samples of work by John Davison
Iraq
How a 92-year-old cleric silently halted Iraq’s slide back into war
Iraq cleric Sadr calls of protests after worst Baghdad violence in years
Clashes in Iraq’s Basra kill four as crisis flares in oil-rich south
Deadly clashes rage in Baghdad in Shi’ite power struggle
Special Report: Rift between Tehran and Shi’ite cleric fuels instability in Iraq
Former activists dismayed as powerful groups use protest tactics
Analysis: Al Qaeda will pursue attacks undeterred by Zawahiri loss, experts say
Analysis: Crisis in Iraq tests its stability and Iran’s sway
Deadlock gives Iraq record run without a government, hampering reform
Iraqi cleric Sadr’s supporters throng Baghdad streets in show of strength
Iran strike on Iraq signals defiance to U.S. allies in region
Islamic State likely to pick battle-hardened Iraqi as next leader
Abu Ibrahim al-Quraishi, Islamic State’s slain leader
Iraqi olive farmers look to the sun to power production
Islamic State hits back, aided by power vacuum in Iraq and Syria
Iraqi cleric’s push to sideline Iran-backed factions risks clash
Iran seeks to cool tensions in Iraq
Iran-backed militia staged drone attack on Iraqi PM - officials
Analysis: Iraqi cleric's push to sideline Iran-backed factions risks clash
Analysis: Iraqi voters spurn Iran's allies, but Tehran could still fight for clout
Iraqis to vote in ballot marked by growing social and political fractures
Special Report: In Iraq, an old U.S. foe grows his political power
In tactical shift, Iran grows new, loyal elite from among Iraqi militias
Pope, starting risky trip, urges Iraq to end violence
An ancient monastery in Iraq is a symbol of Christian survival
In Iraq's Biblical lands, scattered Christians ask 'should I stay or go?'
In Saddam strongholds that fought America, Iraqis fear a U.S. departure
Special Report: Iran expands shrines and influence in Iraq
Iraq trains U.S.-sanctioned militia leader for army position - sources
Iraqi leader battles pressure from friends and foes in security crackdown
Special Report: Inside The Proxy Battle That Keeps An Iraqi City On Its Knees
Advisor’s Killing Deepens Iraqi Leader’s Face-Off With Militias
Pandemic Pushes Some Iraqis, Broken By Conflict, Into Poverty
Fractures Grow Among Iraq Militias, Spell Political Retreat
In Iraq, Coronavirus Terrifies Even Doctors Hardened By Conflict
Tehran-backed Hezbollah Steps In To Guide Iraqi Militias In Soleimani’s Wake
Coronavirus And Sanctions Hit Iran’s Support Of Proxies In Iraq
To Preserve Shi’ite Power In Iraq, Iran-backed Groups Turn To Renegade Cleric
Abandoned And Attacked, Some Iraqi Protesters Look To An Ayatollah
In Death, Iran’s Soleimani Bequeaths Perilous Dilemma For Iraq
US Troops Describe ‘Miraculous’ Escape At Iraqi Base Attacked By Iran
How One Deadly Day Prompted Iraqi Leader’s Exit
With Sorrow And Anger, Clans Mourn Kin Gunned Down On Bridge In Southern Iraq
Threats, Arrests, Targeted Killings Silence Iraqi Dissidents
Tuktuk, Newspaper Of Iraq’s Uprising, Aspires To Be A Vehicle For Change
Deadly Civil Unrest - What Is Happening In Iraq?
In Iraqi Holy City, Row Over Female Violinist At Soccer Match Shows Social Rift
Iraq Shi’ite Groups Deepen Control In Strategic Sunni Areas
Iraq Weighs Captives’ Rights Against Fear Of New Islamic State
Iran-backed Groups Corner Iraq’s Postwar Scrap Metal Market
At Khomeini’s Place Of Exile, Iranians Remember Revolution Leader
No Plan For Mosul: Chaos And Neglect Slow Iraqi City’s Recovery
On Iraq’s Border With Syria, Iran-backed Militia Warily Eye US Forces
Shi’ite Rivalry Paralyses Iraq’s Government
Iraq Militia Leader Urges Formal Border Security Role For Shi’ite Fighters
Iraq Rail Service Back On Track After War with Islamic State
Shi’ite Cleric’s Election Win Puts Iran To The Test In Iraq
Iraqi Kurdish Fortunes Reversed In City They Longed For As Capital
Brothers In Arms: Iraqi Armed Groups Grow As Islamic State Shrinks
Inside Mosul, A Huge Blast, Then Screams, Dust And Horror
Iraqi Farmers Desperate To Go Home As Cattle Perish
Bomb Factories, Village Command Posts: Islamic State’s Rural Fight
Iraqis Pouring Out Of Mosul Find No Place At Crowded Camps
Under Cover Of Rain, Islamic State Fights For Mosul Old City
Weary And Wary, Iraq Special Forces Fight House-By-House In Mosul
Surviving On The Front Line In Mosul’s Street Battles
Iraqis Desperate To Return To Homes Rigged With Bombs By Islamic State
Islamic State Sniper Hits Iraqi Unit As Army Inches Forward In Mosul
In Northern Iraq, Yazidis Risk All To Flee Islamic State
Civilian Victims Of Mortar, Sniper Fire Pour Into Mosul Clinic
In Mosul Camps, Traders Profit As Aid Falls Short
After IS Kidnap And Oppression, Iraqi Girls Eager To Get Lives Back
To Mosul And Back: Sunni Arabs Seek Place In A Shifting Iraq
Wounded, Hungry, Determined To Stay: Life In The Line Of Fire In Mosul
Islamic State Victims Suffer As Evidence Of Chemical Attacks Grows
Mosul Families Squat In Squalor Between Frontline And Camps
Traces Of Islamic State ‘Mass Grave’ Rot In Iraqi Spa Town
Escaping IS Clutches In Mosul, Civilians Are Targeted And Trapped
Syria
Islamic State hits back, aided by power vacuum in Iraq and Syria
Special Report: A Generation Of Syrian Children Who Don’t Count
Debris And Dust: Raqqa ‘Sacrificed’ To Defeat Islamic State
Teenage Brides Trapped Between Islamic State And Its Victors
Snipers, Starvation And Death: IS ‘Caliphate’ Ended In Bloodbath
Islamic State Recruit Says Many Foreign Fighters Jailed Or Killed
Starved Infants, Wounded Women Crowd Syrian Hospitals After IS Defeat
Islamic State Defeated In Its Syrian Capital Raqqa
After Islamic State, Ruined Raqqa Fears New Strife
Some Syrian Schools Erase Assad But Tensions Rise Over Kurdish
Kurds Face Tricky Peace After Victory Over IS In Raqqa
Syrian Town Struggles To Cope Alone After Key Victory Over Islamic State
Final Assault Starts On Syria’s Raqqa As Some IS Fighters Quit
US-backed SDF To Let Syrian Islamic State Fighters Leave Raqqa
IS Hostages, Strongholds Stand Between US-backed Forces And Raqqa’s Capture
US Forces To Stay In Syria For Decades, Say Militia Allies
Arab Fighters Struggle To Assert Role In Raqqa Assault
Militants Trapped In Raqqa Centre But Syrian Kurd Commander Sees Long Battle
Trapped By War And A Turkish Wall, Syrians Dig In For Long Exile
Air Strikes Hit Aid Convoy As Syria Says Ceasefire Over
Living Like Ghosts In the Ruins Of Syria’s Besieged Aleppo
Families Fleeing Syria’s Raqqa Say Air Strikes Bring Heavy Toll
Fighters On Raqqa Front Line Brace For Final Showdown With Islamic State
Raqqa Families Make Daring Escapes From Islamic State Stronghold
Former Syrian Rebels Flee, Hide From Army Conscription
For Syrian Evacuees, Bus Bombing A Tragic End To A Tragic Deal
Bombing Of Syrian Bus Convoy Kills Dozens Outside Aleppo
Assad’s Aleppo Victory Dashes Syrians’ Hopes Of Return
Aleppo Displaced Hide Out In Last Rebel Districts As Army Closes In
Damascus Camp Residents Run Deadly Gauntlet To Fetch Aid
US-backed Forces Open Major Front In Syrian War
Bombs Kill Nearly 150 In Syrian Government-Held Cities
Water A ‘Weapon Of War’ In Syria’s Divided Aleppo
US Airdrops Ammunition To Syria Rebels
Islamic State Destroys Syrian Monastery, Moves Christian Captives
Lebanon
Special Report: A Generation Of Syrian Children Who Don’t Count
Lebanon’s Hezbollah Faces Tough Terrain In Border Battle
In Lebanon, Getting Syrian Children Into School A Huge Task
Syrians In Lebanon Hit By Arrests, Curfews And Hostility After Bombings
Seeing No Future, Deserters And Draft-Dodgers Flee Syria
Through Theater, Syrian Refugees Recount Migration, Look To Europe
On Sacred Mourning Day, Hezbollah Rallies Support For Syria Fight
Migrant Tragedies Dampen Syrian Refugees’ Hope Of Safe Passage To Europe
Lebanon's struggling hospitals could collapse if war escalates, doctors fear
Egypt
Demolition On The Nile Puts Squeeze On Two Cairo Districts
Egypt Arrests Leave Few Vocal Critics Of Sisi
Egypt’s Sisi Wins 97 Percent In Election With No Real Opposition
Cairo’s Poor Districts Show Little Interest In Sisi Vote
After Turmoil At Home, Egypt Struggles To Revive Power Abroad
Egypt’s Ex-Army Officers Pose Growing Security Threat
Egypt’s Streets Reflect Divisions Over Referendum
Morsi Supporters Hoist Islamist Flags At Cairo Rally
Israel & Palestinian Territories
U.S. ready to send more military aid to Israel, says Austin
West Bank a possible 'third front' for Israel
Israeli settler attacks fuel the fire as Gaza war rages
Beleaguered Hamas Struggles To Mend Damaged Iran Ties
Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox shocked by synagogue massacre
Gulf
Red Sea attacks force rerouting of vessels, disrupting supply chains
US launches Red Sea force as ships reroute to avoid attacks
Gulf crisis a "blessing in disguise" for Qatar seaport
As Gulf crisis bites, Qatari food factories seek to fill gap
Qatar 'extremely comfortable' despite sanctions, markets stabilise