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Campbell MacDiarmid, Journalist

Campbell MacDiarmid

Journalist

Abu Dhabi

Campbell has worked as a multimedia journalist in the Middle East since 2011, living in Egypt, Iraq and the UAE. He followed the upheavals of the 2011 Arab uprisings closely from Cairo before moving to Erbil to cover the war against ISIS. He has filed from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria and Bangladesh, and has written on Kurdish hipsters, desert truffles, Iraqi heavy metal and Balti porters in the Karakoram mountains.

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Iain Overton’s book offers a history of suicide bomb attacks, such as this one in Qamishli, Syria, in July 2016 AFP

Review: 'The Price of Paradise' traces the history and impact of the suicide bomb

July 16, 2019
The unmaintained FSO Safer off Yemen's Red Sea coast has been described as a "floating bomb", pictured in March 2005. Getty

Beyond the Headlines: The 'floating bomb' off Yemen's Red Sea Coast

May 17, 2019
The unmaintained FSO Safer off Yemen's Red Sea coast has been described as a "floating bomb", pictured in March 2005. Getty

Houthi rebels are holding a ‘floating bomb’ oil tanker hostage off Yemen’s coast

May 9, 2019
ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi in his first public appearance in Mosul, Iraq on July 5, 2014, left, and at right, on Monday, April 29, 2019. ISIS / Al Furqan Media Network / AP

ISIS leader tries to rally supporters with claims of 'steadfastness' after battlefield defeats

April 30, 2019
A woman displaced from Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province carries a box in Al Hol camp for displaced people, in Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria on April 18, 2019. AFP

UK cuts cash aid to northeast Syria, citing fear of funding ISIS

April 21, 2019
A 12-year-old orphan called Mohamed speaks with a fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces after leaving Baghouz, the last ISIS-held territory in Syria. Campbell MacDiarmid for The National

The orphans of ISIS: Innocent children forsaken in 'hellish' Syrian camps

April 16, 2019
The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski

Five must-read books that uncover some of life's greatest lessons

April 13, 2019
Co-chair of the Foreign Relations Commission in North Syria AbdulKarim Omar says a political settlement in Syria is essential to preventing ISIS returning. Willy Lowry for The National

Syrian Kurds renew calls for negotiated end to the civil war

March 27, 2019
Cassandra Bodart, a Belgian former ISIS supporter, speaks at Roj Camp in north-eastern Syria, March 6, 2019. Campbell MacDiarmid for The National

In a Syrian camp for ISIS supporters, a Belgian vows she made a huge mistake

March 26, 2019
A woman holds a fern during a vigil for the victims of the mosque attacks during an ecumenical celebration in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 21, 2019. Reuters

Beyond the Headlines: New Zealanders shaken but unbowed by terrorist attacks

March 22, 2019
ISIS-held Baghouz, in Syria's Deir Ezzour province, viewed from an SDF frontline position. Campbell MacDiarmid

In Syria I learnt that ISIS may be beaten on the battlefield but its ideology is unbowed

March 14, 2019
An SDF fighter waits for surrendering ISIS members outside Baghouz ,Syria, 7 March 2019. Campbell MacDiarmid/ The National 

‘We do this for a living’: Truckers play perilous role as emptiers of ISIS’s last pocket

March 9, 2019
This image provided by New Zealand 3 News/MediaWorks via APTN shows Mark Taylor, who converted to Islam and joined ISIS in Syria, as he reads the Quran in his native New Zealand. APTN

Transcript: New Zealand’s most notorious ISIS militant on slavery, executions and citizenship

March 6, 2019
New Zealand ISIS supporter Mark Taylor inside a Kurdish jail in northern Syria after surrendering to the Syrian Democratic Forces. Campbell MacDiarmid

New Zealand ISIS runaway Mark Taylor: I feel betrayed by the group I joined and the country I left behind

March 6, 2019
Kurdish YPG fighters stand guard outside Baghouz, Syria as fighting is ongoing to clear the bastion of the last ISIS fighters, 2 March 2019. Campbell MacDiarmid

‘Each metre might be a mine’: ISIS riddles Baghouz with IEDs to slow capture of final enclave

March 3, 2019