Author: Andreas Noll

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Detained for days in assembly centres: Algerian Muslims in Paris on 20 October 1961 (photo: picture-alliance)

Sixty years after the Paris Massacre

When will France apologise to the Algerians?

Shot, beaten to death or drowned: a demonstration by tens of thousands of Algerians ended in the "Paris Massacre" on 17 October 1961. Sixty years on, historians and victims' associations are calling for a sign from President Macron. By Andreas NollMore

Interview with Benjamin Stora: The bitter legacy of past Franco-Algerian relationsFrance and the 50th anniversary of Algeria's independence: A pact against memoryBook review: Joseph Andras′ ″De nos freres blesses″: A shameful chapterSixty years since the beginning of the Algerian war: National fronts?
Colonel Mark Sykes (left) was a member of Britain's Conservative Party; Francois Georges-Picot (right) was a French diplomat

100 years of Sykes-Picot

"A tapestry of plans and promises"

One hundred years ago, the Middle East was divvied up between the French and the British. The historian Maurus Reinkowski talks about the long-term effects of the colonialist powers' splitting up of the spoils. Interview by Andreas NollMore

Volker Perthes: "The end of the Middle East, as we know it": The end of Sykes-Picot? The geopolitical situation in the Middle East: Between terror and the dissolution of orderThe global risks of an imploding Middle East: A region in flames