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After Assad: Syria’s real battle has just begun

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Tatiana Svorou

President Trump, say goodbye to your dream of winning the Nobel Peace Prize

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

The hypocrisy of India’s democracy and why the Middle East should rethink its ties

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Ronny P Sasmita

The return of ‘Lord Blair of Kut-el-Amara’

The return of ‘Lord Blair of Kut-el-Amara’

Anyone old enough may remember Robert Fisk, the late and acclaimed British journalist, bestowing the title ‘Lord Blair’ on the (still very much...

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Sahar Huneidi

The maximalist politics of compromise

The maximalist politics of compromise

Even in the context of Israel’s genocide in Palestine, calls for compromise have not abated. One recent call for compromise comes from Anwar...

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Ramona Wadi

Bolivia after the elections: How the rise of the right could reframe the Palestinian cause

Bolivia after the elections: How the rise of the right could reframe the Palestinian cause

In October 2025, Bolivia stunned observers at home and abroad by electing Rodrigo Paz, a center-right candidate from the Christian Democratic Party...

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Dr Rassem Bisharat

Ceasefire in name, war in fact: The greatest deal or the oldest trick?

Ceasefire in name, war in fact: The greatest deal or the oldest trick?

In Gaza, the word “ceasefire” feels more like a loophole than a real promise. The 10 October truce, hailed by Washington as a “turning point” was...

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Muhammad Azhar Mohamad

Is Libya’s UN-facilitated political process stalling again?

Is Libya’s UN-facilitated political process stalling again?

When Hanna Tetteh, the new UN envoy to Libya, unveiled her “roadmap for renewed political consensus” on 21 August, it was meant to signal a fresh...

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

Reviving UNRWA’s remit: The ICJ, Israel and humanitarian aid in Gaza

Reviving UNRWA’s remit: The ICJ, Israel and humanitarian aid in Gaza

Few times in its history has the International Court of Justice been this busy, if ever.  For anyone ignorant of the world court’s existence till...

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

In the struggle for superiority, peace was killed

In the struggle for superiority, peace was killed

The Middle East stands at a critical juncture. On one front lies the longstanding conflict between Israel and Palestine; on another, a covert but...

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Azmat Ali

The unvanquished will: Gaza’s triumph of spirit against the architecture of genocide

The unvanquished will: Gaza’s triumph of spirit against the architecture of genocide

For the last two years, my social media algorithm has been relentlessly dominated by Gaza, particularly by the voices of ordinary Gazans, displaying...

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

Hizballah’s last stand: Disarmament, defiance, and Tehran’s shadow over Lebanon

Hizballah’s last stand: Disarmament, defiance, and Tehran’s shadow over Lebanon

As Lebanon approaches parliamentary elections in May 2026, the country stands at a crossroads. Hizballah, the mighty image of Lebanese politics and...

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

How the Middle East can help power Indonesia’s green transition

How the Middle East can help power Indonesia’s green transition

A Saudi delegation is scheduled to arrive in Jakarta on Thursday, 23 October 2025, for high-level talks between the Indonesian government and the...

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Drifting from the US: Gulf states look East to explore new security guarantors

Drifting from the US: Gulf states look East to explore new security guarantors

The Arab Gulf states have long been a far cry from the battered and hardened Levant; their oil-fuelled enrichment and inheritance of global...

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Muhammad Hussein

Complicity with colonialism and genocide

Complicity with colonialism and genocide

All world leaders who quickly endorsed US President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza found common ground with the perpetuated lie that Israel is not...

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Ramona Wadi

Israel cheats on the ceasefire and jails a nation

Israel cheats on the ceasefire and jails a nation

Israel cheats on ceasefires as it cheats on the very notion of peace. No truce holds, because Israel never intends one to hold. Even as the world...

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Ranjan Solomon

Growing international criticism of German anti-Palestinian repression

Growing international criticism of German anti-Palestinian repression

For several years now, the Palestine solidarity movement in Germany has faced severe repression. Yet after 7 October 2023, this harassment reached...

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Leon Wystrychowski

The Kurds and the tyranny of geography

The Kurds and the tyranny of geography

For a people without a country, the dream of statehood is not merely political—it is existential. The Kurds, a mountainous people of shepherds and...

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Options before Hamas on the question of disarmament

Options before Hamas on the question of disarmament

The issue of disarming the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has emerged as one of the most complex and sensitive files under discussion in the...

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Mahmoud Hassan