Middle East
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Closing Circles: Iran’s Exclusionary 2024 Elections
In parallel, conservatives tightened their hold on the Islamic Republic’s institutions. ICG The two trends together highlight the growing gap…
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How Israel Mastered Information Warfare in Gaza
Pro-Israel misinformation aimed at dismissing and discrediting Palestinian narratives is the fruit of a decade-long effort. Alessandro Accorsi FP The…
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Two Wars, Five Losing Nations
The increased brutalization of the Russian and Israeli military forces against the innocent civilian populations of Ukraine and Gaza has…
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The Danger of Regional War in the Middle East
Israel’s campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attacks still overshadows Middle East politics, with the spectre…
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Italy’s Meloni: If Russia hadn’t invaded Ukraine, Hamas wouldn’t have attacked Israel
“It was inevitable that such a serious violation of international law … would have cascading consequences on other areas of…
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OZ KARAHAN: THE ONLY SOLUTION IS A UNITARY, SECULAR, PLURALISTIC CYPRUS
We met Oz Karahan during our recent visit to Nicosia and had the opportunity to discuss at length the past and present…
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Time to occupy Israel
Amid end time destruction, we must liberate Gaza, march to the security wall, and Occupy Israel. Stuart Rees Pearls and…
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“Free Cyprus, without territorial and ethnic divisions”
The Initiative “Pan-Cyprian Mobilization for the Freedom of Cyprus” has issued a letter to Ms. Cuellar and requested a meeting…
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Letter to the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Cyprus, Ms. Holguin Cuellar.
Nicosia, 20.02.2024 Pan-Cyprian Mobilization for the Freedom of Cyprus * Dear Ms Cuellar, The military occupation of Cyprus by Turkey…
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Why an Israel-Saudi Deal Won’t Bring Middle East Peace
The Biden administration continues to give high priority to brokering a Saudi-Israeli diplomatic normalization agreement. Paul R. Pillar The National Interest The…
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The perfect recipe for a real antisemitism crisis
If I wanted to increase antisemitism, I imagine I’d do a lot of really evil stuff under a Star of…
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Is Germany’s support for Israel’s military campaign in Gaza wavering?
JERUSALEM — German leaders declare Israel’s security to be a raison d’etre for the German republic — or, as they…
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“Axis of Resistance” versus U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria
This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Lahib Higel, Crisis Group’s Iraq expert, to discuss the recent escalation…
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13th Luxor African Film Festival: All you need to know
The LAFF is Egypt’s only cinematic event completely dedicated to showcasing the cinema riches from the continent. Ati Metwaly Al-Ahram…
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Hamburg’s Higher Regional Court Refuses to Address Erdogan’s Influence in the Kenan Agias Case
Today, the defense filed a motion on behalf of Kenan Agias to exclude the panel of three judges because they…
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Vanished kids and rampant corruption: Horrors behind Turkey’s earthquake linger
My niece Asya is one week old. When a 7.8-magnitude earthquake leveled whole neighborhoods of her parents’ hometown of Hatay…
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