Ruth Pollard
Ruth Pollard is the Middle East Correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Her job takes her throughout the Middle East and North Africa, reporting on the Arab revolutions from Egypt, Libya, Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Tunisia and on the conflict in Israel and Palestine.
Sanctions key to avoiding Iran strikes, say experts
Ruth Pollard, Simon Mann JERUSALEM: Only tougher sanctions from Western powers, including severe restrictions on oil and travel, will slow Iran's nuclear progress and avoid the need for military action, experts have warned...
Bedouin face bulldozers as Israel reshapes the desert
Ruth Pollard The Israeli authorities came without warning and the house Rifa al-Oqbi shared with her two young sons was demolished.
Bedouin battle to stay in their villages ends in rubble
Ruth Pollard AL-SIRA, Israel: The Israeli authorities came without warning last week, and despite her pleas for time to pack, the house Rifa al-Oqbi shared with her two young sons was demolished, and with it,...
Israelis split over military strike on Iran
Ruth Pollard, Middle East Correspondent Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly pressing ministers to support an attack on Iran.
Israel tests missile as warning to Iranians
Ruth Pollard AS ISRAEL'S Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, reportedly continues to press senior ministers to support an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, the government and the Israeli people remain deeply...
Palestinians slam Israeli settlement expansion
Ruth Pollard JERUSALEM: Israel's decision to withhold at least $US100 million in tax transfers to the Palestinian Authority and fast-track new settlement development had put the final nail in the coffin of the...
Israel speeds up settlements drive
Ruth Pollard Israel's decision to withhold at least $US100 million in tax transfers put the final nail in the coffin of the peace process, Palestinian officials said last night.
West Bank religious sites first for world heritage request
Ruth Pollard JERUSALEM: Significant religious sites throughout the West Bank, including the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem and Joseph's Tomb in Nablus, will be among the first to be pushed forward for world...
Heritage status for West Bank sites
Ruth Pollard Religious sites will be among the first to be pushed forward for world heritage status thanks to Palestine's UNESCO membership.
Soft touch as Syria may tip region
Ruth Pollard The besuited diplomats sit stiffly in the white plastic chairs, while around them, Syrian men bow their heads in grief.
Call for controlled collapse in Syria or face war
Ruth Pollard The suited diplomats sit stiffly in white plastic chairs, while around them Syrian men bow in grief.
US recalls ambassador over safety fears in Syria
Ruth Pollard RELATIONS between Syria and the US have descended into tit-for-tat diplomacy as international concern mounted about military violence against protesters and fresh allegations emerged of injured...
Syria, US withdraw diplomats in tit-for-tat blows
Ruth Pollard Concern mounts about military violence against protesters and fresh allegations about injured activists and staff being tortured in hospitals.
Gaddafi's end clears road to a new Libya
Ruth Pollard AS THE body of the ousted Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi lies in cold storage in a Misrata vegetable market, a macabre attraction for the people whose lives he dominated for 42 years, the National...
Libyans promised poll by 2013
Ruth Pollard Libya's National Transitional Council has announced elections and the formation of an interim government.
Uncertain future awaits a people set free
Ruth Pollard It is a country awash with weapons and beset by tribal rivalries, stunted by four decades of repression by a dictator who crushed any semblance of a civil society.
The rise and fall of a tyrant
Ruth Pollard There appeared to be no limits to his cruelty or his madness. The man who surrounded himself with dozens of female bodyguards and made a show of carrying a giant Bedouin tent on his diplomatic...
Free at last, from the outer limits of tyranny
Ruth Pollard There appeared to be no limits to his cruelty or his madness. The man who surrounded himself with dozens of female bodyguards and made a show of carrying a giant Bedouin tent on his diplomatic...
End of a dictator, now the work begins
Ruth Pollard IT IS a country awash with weapons and beset by tribal rivalries, stunted by four decades of repression by a dictator who crushed any semblance of a civil society.
'Gaddafi is dead'
Ruth Pollard Muammar Gaddafi – the dictator who ruled Libya with an iron fist for nearly 42 years before being driven from power in a bloody uprising – has been killed as he tried to flee his hometown of Sirte.
