April, 2025

• 23 April

  Gaza Mourns Amid Ceasefire Collapse and Paramedic Massacre

  

  Since the breakdown of the ceasefire in Gaza on March 18, the embattled population has weathered renewed attacks on civilian populations and a massacre of humanitarian workers. In between the atrocities, Eid al-Fitr, the holy celebration at the end of Ramadan, brought mourning rather than festivities. UN Secretary-General António Guterres …

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• 23 April

  A Deep Look at Iraqi Kurdistan’s ‘Republic of Dreams’

  To really know a place is to see it through the experiences of those who live there. This is all too often lost in writing about global affairs that revolves around the high politics of security, trade, and great power competition. It is especially true for communities that are marginalized. …

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• 23 April

  A Crusader Castle in Syria Tells its Own War Stories

  

  Krak des Chevaliers was built in 1142 and has witnessed one conflict after the next. Standing proudly in the sun on a high ridge in western Syria is the best-preserved crusader castle in the world. Built almost a millennium ago, Krak des Chevaliers sits on what was once known as …

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• 23 April

  Orban-Netanyahu Alliance Divides Hungary’s Partners and Its Jewish Community

  

  The reverberations from Netanyahu’s visit to Hungary continue to be felt, with Orban’s move to leave the ICC drawing criticism from across Europe. The country’s Jewish community has also been left divided on the ever-closer alliance between the two leaders. Hungary’s decision to leave the jurisdiction of the International Criminal …

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• 15 April

  The Israeli army is facing its biggest refusal crisis in decades

  

  Over 100,000 Israelis have reportedly stopped showing up for reserve duty. While their reasons differ, the scale demonstrates the war’s waning legitimacy. No one can state precise numbers. No political party or leader calls for it explicitly. But anyone who has spent time at anti-government protests or on Hebrew-language social …

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• 15 April

  In southern Syria, a violent new Israeli occupation emerges

  

  Israeli forces have advanced miles into Syrian territory — confiscating land and homes, killing farmers, and seeking to divide the region’s diverse population. As it resumes military operations in the Gaza Strip, Israel has expanded its ground incursions across southern Syria in recent weeks, while also launching airstrikes throughout the …

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• 15 April

  ‘They’ll kill us all’: Gazans plead for intervention as Israeli attacks intensify

  

  Israel’s army is pummeling Gaza with an intensity that parallels the deadliest phase of the war, displacing civilians en masse from Rafah and Gaza City. Since Israel shattered the ceasefire in Gaza last month, Palestinians have been facing horrors reminiscent of the first days of Israel’s genocidal onslaught. According to …

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• 15 April

  Les bases militaires russes à l’étranger : le cas de l’Arménie

  

  Après plusieurs désillusions, le gouvernement arménien remet en question l’existence de la base militaire russe hautement stratégique de Gyumri. Gyumri, Arménie – Arrivé par l’aéroport international de Tbilisi (Géorgie), il faut compter deux jours sur place pour obtenir l’acte notarié1 qui permettra de passer avec un véhicule de location géorgien …

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• 15 April

  Pourquoi la Chine ne suivra pas un «barbare brandissant des droits de douane»

  

  Trois singes sages sont parfaitement conscients de ce qu’un pigeon se faisant passer pour un aigle est réellement en train de faire. La frénésie tarifaire de Trump (TTT), digne d’une crise de colère infantile, désormais accélérée à 145% – et à suivre – est un nouveau coup de poker tonitruant …

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• 13 April

  The IMF’s Bottomless Bottom-Line Cruelty

  

  How the IMF & the World Bank—in the name of progress—succeed in keeping poor countries poor. Everyone knows there are many extremely poor countries in the world, but people rarely talk about why. These nations are sometimes collectively called the Third World (being neither the Western First World or the …

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