Syria after Assad

Jailbreaks and confusion in Syrian IS prisons after sudden SDF pullout

Rushed transfers of facilities to government forces lead to chaos and raise security concerns
Syria deal with Kurdish forces hands Turkey a strategic win'The US destroyed the Kurdish nation': Fury and betrayal in northeast Syria
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Trump’s 'Board of Peace' is the nail in Gaza’s coffin
Jonathan Cook
Sudan war
Exclusive: UAE flights linked to Sudan war tracked from Israel to Ethiopia
Film
Daoud Abdel Sayed: Why the late Egyptian filmmaker was so important
Gaza aftermath
'Colonial engineering': Kushner’s Gaza vision seen as alien to indigenous culture
Yemen War
UAE abruptly cuts aid to vital hospitals after withdrawing from Yemen
Islamic State
Families fear for detainees as US moves Islamic State prisoners out of northeast Syria
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Spain refuses to join Trump's Gaza 'Board of Peace' over breach of international law
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Last Palestine Action-linked hunger striker to launch ‘thirst strike’
48 Palestinians
Palestinian parties in Israel agree to revive Joint List ahead of elections
ICC arrest warrants
Exclusive: UK confirms phone call between Cameron and ICC’s Karim Khan
Sudan war
Egypt and Saudi Arabia pressure Libya’s Haftar to stop UAE supplies to Sudan’s RSF
Iran tensions
Trump says US ‘armada’ moving towards Iran

Opinion

Israel's genocide in Gaza
Trump’s 'Board of Peace' is the nail in Gaza’s coffin
Jonathan Cook
International law
How the US system of world dominance is consuming itself
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Syria after Assad
Trump's betrayal of his Kurdish allies in Syria should have been no surprise
Christopher Phillips
Syria after Assad
Syria after Assad: The SDF is officially dead. What comes next?
Taha Ozhan
Israel's genocide in Gaza
How medical evacuation from Gaza has become another front in the war on survival
Ghada Majadli
Israel's genocide in Gaza
'Board of Peace': Trump is running Gaza, and the world, like a mafia boss
David Hearst
Sudan war
Sudan war: In the battlefield of narratives, journalists have become the enemy
Osama Abuzaid
Academic Freedom
I teach linguistics at MIT. Here's how a pro-Israel lawsuit uses language to silence critics
Iran tensions
Trump's Iran tariff: You can't save a society by bankrupting it
Mohammad Reza Farzanegan
Israel's genocide in Gaza
For Gaza's orphans, the safety of childhood vanished with their parents
Bahzad al Akhras
Trump
Trump and Israel demolished the US-led global order. At Davos the West woke up
Joe Gill
Iran protests
Will China come to Iran's aid if war breaks out?
Mohammad Eslami
US-Iran Tensions
Why Arab states now oppose a US-Israel attack on Iran
Mohamad Elmasry
Inside Israel
After occupying Palestine, the messianic settlers have captured Israel
Abed Abou Shhadeh
Energy
From Venezuela to Iran, Trump's 'Donroe Doctrine' is a push to control the world's oil
Joseph Massad
Islamophobia
How the ‘Islamist’ framing of Muslims took over UK politics and media
Faisal Hanif
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Why Starmer should say no to Trump's 'board of peace' offer
Chris Doyle
Venezuela crisis
By attacking Venezuela, Trump may have inadvertently united a battered nation
Joe Gill
Iran protests
How Israel and the US are exploiting Iranian protests
Hamid Dabashi
Israel's genocide in Gaza
International law died in Gaza. Why is the world mourning it in Greenland?
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Israel's genocide in Gaza
From Ireland to Gaza, starvation has been normalised
Barry Malone
Sudan war
Sudan's peace efforts will fail until civilians are finally put at the centre
Abdelwahab El-Affendi
Trump
How US counterterror doctrine turned Minneapolis into a war zone
Azad Essa
Venezuela crisis
With Maduro's abduction, the 'rules-based world order' is officially dead
Marco Carnelos
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Sudan war
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Syria after Assad
Exclusive: US envoy accused SDF chief of trying to drag Israel into internal Syria matters
Inside Pakistan
Why Pakistan's war with India led to a boom in arms sales and defence ties
Iran protests
How Iran's internet blackout opened the door to a deadly crackdown
Inside Egypt
Egyptian army holds billions in secret cash as country misses debt deadline, officials say
Diplomacy
Egypt shared intelligence with Saudi Arabia on UAE activities in Yemen, sources say
Somalia
Somalia cancels all agreements with the UAE, including at major ports
Somalia
UAE removing its military from Bosaso after angry Somalia ends agreement
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Inside Oman
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Israel's genocide in Gaza

Israel's genocide in Gaza
They survived the bombs, but not the virus: Fatal illness spreads in Gaza
Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Israel's genocide in Gaza
Slow genocide: Death and displacement continue in Gaza months into ceasefire
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Gaza 'dying slowly' amid collapsing buildings and severe cold
Israel's genocide in Gaza
'There is nothing to celebrate': Gaza's Christians mark sombre Christmas amid fragile truce
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Azerbaijan expresses doubts about joining Gaza international force
Israel's genocide in Gaza
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'Every border lasts until the next war': Israel’s settlers gather to ‘raise flag' in Gaza
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Israel's genocide in Gaza
Jared Kushner unveils ‘free market Gaza’ with coastal towers and data centres
Academic Freedom
Unions and students seek Columbia University board reforms after Trump deal
Trump
Middle Eastern leaders including Netanyahu and Sisi line up to join Trump 'Board of Peace'
Diplomacy
'Blowback': Iran's foreign minister says EU gets what it deserves as Trump threatens trade deal
US Politics
Photo of five-year-old boy being detained by ICE sparks outcry
US Politics
Trump administration discussed offering sanctuary to Jews in UK: Report
US Politics
New York pension fund may invest in Israel despite Gaza genocide, defying Mamdani
US Politics
Outrage after US diplomat Sarah B Rogers equates refugees with 'barbarian racist hordes'
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UK Politics

UK Politics
UK lawyers seek travel and financial sanctions against Netanyahu
Israel's genocide in Gaza
How the UK government is trying to tackle juries who may acquit pro-Palestine activists on moral grounds
Inside Israel
Number of UK Jews moving to Israel rising significantly, says minister
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Palestine Action: Recovering hunger strikers ‘preemptively’ discharged from hospital
UK Politics
Anger at UK media for framing cancellation of school visit by pro-Israel MP as antisemitic
UK Politics
UK court clears British activist Majid Freeman over role in Leicester riots
UK Politics
Peer reviewing UK protest laws signed letter backing Israel arms sales
UK Politics
Academics and intellectuals sign letter in support of Palestine Action prisoners
UK Politics
Israel's recently appointed UK ambassador banned from leaving state
UK Politics
UAE cuts funds for citizens to study in UK over refusal to ban Muslim Brotherhood
UK Politics
Reform's Laila Cunningham claimed Shabana Mahmood protects Pakistani vote base
UK Politics
Nigel Farage met senior UAE officials to discuss Muslim Brotherhood on funded trip
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Sudan Crisis

Sudan war
Egypt and Saudi Arabia pressure Libya’s Haftar to stop UAE supplies to Sudan’s RSF
Sudan war
Exclusive: UAE flights linked to Sudan war tracked from Israel to Ethiopia
Sudan war
ICC investigating Sudan’s RSF for ‘mass criminality’ during el-Fasher takeover
Sudan war
Rare protest held at Manchester City over UAE owner’s link to Sudan war
Sudan war
Giant billboard highlighting UAE role in Sudan war appears in London
Sudan war
Sudan's RSF conducting campaign to cover up mass atrocities in el-Fasher
Sudan war
US sanctions Colombians involved in Sudan war but fails to mention UAE link
International law
ICC sentences Darfur militia 'axe murderer' to 20 years over war crimes
Sudan war
Sudan war: In the battlefield of narratives, journalists have become the enemy
Osama Abuzaid
Sudan war
Children expected to die of hunger in Darfur ‘within days’, says UN Sudan chief
Sudan war
Sudan's peace efforts will fail until civilians are finally put at the centre
Abdelwahab El-Affendi
Sudan war
Sudanese government announces return to capital Khartoum
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Explainers

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What is Trump's 'Board of Peace' and who will govern Gaza?
Venezuela crisis
13 instances when the US brought about regime change
Venezuela crisis
Venezuela crisis: Five graphs explain why Trump wants the oil
Sudan war
Warlords, sheikhs and politicians: The men at the heart of Sudan's bloodshed
Yemen War
War in Yemen: Why the UAE backs the Southern Transitional Council
Sport
World Cup draw 2026: Who are your team playing next summer?
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Netanyahu corruption trials: What are the charges and will he be pardoned?
Israel's genocide in Gaza
‘Normalisation’ with Israel: What it means and why it’s not happening
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Afcon final fiasco continues as Morocco pursues legal action
Africa
IShowSpeed’s rocky stop in Algeria on Africa tour goes viral
Books
Police raid Paris bookshop over children’s colouring book about Palestine
US Politics
Outrage after US diplomat Sarah B Rogers equates refugees with 'barbarian racist hordes'
US Politics
Venezuela's Machado mocked for giving Trump her Nobel Peace Prize
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Mike Pompeo says history books should ignore Gaza’s victims
Iran protests
Social media erupts with support for Iranian protesters, trepidation about foreign interference
Boycott
Australian writers’ festival cancelled after disinviting Palestinian author
Sport
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Daoud Abdel Sayed: Why the late Egyptian filmmaker was so important
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The 10 worst Hollywood films by Middle Eastern filmmakers
Israel's genocide in Gaza
We Are Still Here: What it feels like to live through Gaza's genocide
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Erasing the Greek presence: The last of a historic community in Jerusalem are vanishing
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Dhurandhar: A Bollywood thriller gives India a win that eluded it on the battlefield
Arts
In the Shadow of the Martyr: Why art in Palestine is resistance
Books
How exiled Ottomans and an Indian billionaire plotted to recreate the caliphate
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The New Byzantines: An exploration of Greece's Middle East ties
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South Park roasts Americans taking Saudi money in Thanksgiving special
Culture
Knowing the limits: Bassem Youssef makes a ‘safe’ return to Egyptian TV screens
Occupation
Palestinian tycoon shot by British troops in 1943 seeks justice over Balfour
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Palestine 36 is a masterpiece on the 1936 Arab revolt
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The Future of the Occupation: What now for Palestine after Gaza?
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How Israel lost Hollywood: The changing face of western art on Palestine
Heritage
Before the boom: Memories of Qatar's Bedouin tradition survive in a unique Danish exhibition
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The Big Story

Academic Freedom
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Occupation
As genocide continues in Gaza, the West Bank is pushed into a new Nakba
Sport
Mohamed Salah changed Liverpool. English football changed him
Occupation
Palestinian prisoners speak out about how they were raped in Israeli jails
Syria after Assad
How Turkey helped engineer Ahmed al-Sharaa's rise to power
UK Politics
Exposed: The dirty campaign to paint Muslim MPs as anti-British
US Politics
From hope and hunger strikes to City Hall: The rise of Zohran Mamdani
Israel's genocide in Gaza
I left Gaza with guilt, sorrow and tears for the son Israel took from me
Israel's genocide in Gaza
'Relentless': How UK Lawyers for Israel targets pro-Palestinian voices
Israel's genocide in Gaza
How disability can become a death sentence in Gaza today
ICC arrest warrants
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UK Politics
In Ilford North, Leanne Mohamad and the British left set their sights on Labour
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Real Talk

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Israel wanted me to back down by killing my family | Wael al-Dahdouh
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Valerie Zink: Why I quit and cut up my Reuters press card over Gaza
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How large parts of Israeli society have come to justify war crimes
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What exactly happened in Syria’s 13-year civil war
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Azzam Tamimi on Yahya Sinwar's legacy, Israel and the likelihood of a regional war
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Joseph Massad: How Israel functions as an extension of US interests
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Jill Stein: The woman trying to upend the US political system
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Cornel West on his life and what inspired him to run for US president
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Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Occupation
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Soumaya Ghannoushi
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Doha is a warning to all Arab autocrats: The US will not protect you. Stand against Israel
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Doha strike shows that no peace can be achieved by recognising Israel
David Hearst
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Anas al-Sharif was murdered for being Gaza's voice
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Not just Israel: The Arabs and Europe are complicit in starving Gaza
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Syria after Assad
From Damascus to Gaza, Israel’s plan to fragment the region may end up uniting it
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Britain once jailed suffragettes. Now it jails Palestine activists 
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Music
'Death to the IDF' is not antisemitic. Where is the outrage over Israeli crimes in Gaza?
Joe Gill
Israel attacks Iran
Israel's failure to subdue Iran shows it can no longer dictate the regional order
David Hearst
Israel attacks Iran
A colonial reckoning: How Israel's war on Iran reopens old wounds
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International law
By threatening the ICC, David Cameron disgraced Britain
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Iran-Israel tensions
By allowing Israel to bomb Iran, Trump is pushing Tehran to go nuclear
David Hearst
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Gaza flotilla: The Madleen shows us the world as it could be
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Israel's genocide in Gaza
War on Gaza: How Israel is replicating Nazi starvation tactics
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Nakba
The West made us pay for its guilt - and now watches as Israel delivers the final Nakba
Ghada Karmi
Syria after Assad
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Gaza Under Attack
Why Hamas will not surrender
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Politics
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