Middle Orient

The Scourging of Gaza: Diary of a Genocidal War

Since the ICJ ordered preventive measures to ensure that Israel stop committing genocide in Gaza, Israeli forces have killed nearly 900 more Palestinians. Of course, the ICJʼs groundbreaking ruling was swept off the headlines of Western media by a leaked report that 12 UNRWA workers had participated in the Hamas-led …

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Putin Set to Visit NATO Member Turkey

Latest Developments Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit Turkey on February 12 — the first trip by a Russian leader to a NATO country since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will likely discuss matters related to energy cooperation, the Ukraine …

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Don’t reward Erdogan

After holding the NATO alliance hostage for nearly two years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan finally agreed to allow Sweden to join the trans-Atlantic alliance. Washington and other NATO capitals were jubilant. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken “welcome[d] Turkish President Erdogan’s signature of the Articles of Ratification for Sweden’s …

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Hamas provoque un électrochoc planétaire en dévoilant la nature génocidaire du sionisme (2)

Les Pharisiens de mèche avec l’Occident refont l’histoire, redessinent les destins des hommes et des États Les Sionistes et leurs vassaux occidentaux conquis, s’arrogèrent le droit et le pouvoir de défaire et de faire des États et des frontières (Saoudie, Jordanie, Émirats, Koweït, etc.), à leur solde, comme ils ont …

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How to End America’s Hypocrisy on Gaza

The Biden Administration Must Assess Israel’s Conduct—and Hold It to Account The military campaign that Israel launched in response to Hamas’s brutal October 7 attacks has killed more than 27,000 people in the Gaza Strip and injured more than 60,000 others, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. About 75 percent …

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Escalation scenarios between Iran and the United States in Syria and Iraq

The US-Iranian escalation has taken a new turn when Washington announced strikes on command and control centers, intelligence facilities, and weapon storage facilities used by Iran-backed militias to attack American forces and the International Coalition. Through a series of attacks, the United States targeted 85 locations in Syria and Iraq, …

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Israel’s Self-Destruction

One bright day in April 1956, Moshe Dayan, the one-eyed chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), drove south to Nahal Oz, a recently established kibbutz near the border of the Gaza Strip. Dayan came to attend the funeral of 21-year-old Roi Rotberg, who had been murdered the …

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Conflit M23 dans l’est de la RDC: intensification des combats dans le Masisi

Les combats entre la rébellion du M23 et les forces gouvernementales se sont intensifiés mercredi dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo autour de Sake, cité considérée comme stratégique sur la route de Goma, ont indiqué des habitants. Ces derniers jours, les affrontements dans le territoire de Masisi, à …

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Tyrants and expendable migrants: Dictators play with people’s lives to gain leverage

Illegal immigration through the U.S.-Mexican border is at an all-time high, straining public resources and fueling political tension in the United States. Much of what moves migrants to undertake the perilous journey is known: economic hardship, conflict, organized crime and political repression. But what is missing from our debate is …

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Why Turkey’s Syria Policy May Be About to Change

As municipal elections near, the Erdogan government feels it is facing a dangerous situation that imposes a new military intervention. Several threads are unraveling in northern Syria, northern Iraq, and the broader region, which might bring the Turkish leadership to revise its Syria policy. It has become almost customary on …

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