Middle Orient

Who By Fire? The Burning of Rafah’s Tent People

“Oh hell, what do mine eyes with grief behold?” – John Milton, Paradise Lost People were saying their evening prayers when the IDF attacked the refuge camp at Tel al-Sultan in southern Gaza, where thousands had fled from the Israeli invasion of Rafah. They were told by the Israelis this …

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Blaming Soros for Campus Protests is Anti-Semitic — Just Ask Israel

The Israeli government has criticized others for peddling conspiracy theories related to the Jewish philanthropist. From The New York Post to The Wall Street Journal, right-wing pundits have lined up to malign students across the United States who have rightfully criticized their schools for supporting the ongoing Israeli genocide in …

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Will HTS change its way of handling with demonstrators after Washington’s condemnation?

The United States condemned the practices of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) against peaceful demonstrators in Idlib, describing its handling of them as “intimidation and brutality” akin to the methods of the Syrian regime. The US Embassy in Damascus said on Wednesday, May 29, that it condemns this approach against peaceful …

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«Un coup direct» : le Yémen cible le porte-avions américain USS Eisenhower en mer Rouge avec des missiles balistiques

Le porte-parole militaire du Yémen a déclaré que les forces armées du pays ont ciblé le porte-avions américain USS Dwight D. Eisenhower dans la mer Rouge en réponse aux attaques meurtrières menées pendant la nuit par les États-Unis contre ce pays arabe. «La force de missiles et la force navale …

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Turkey’s Dwindling International Role

Multiple crises have taken the international spotlight off Turkey. This, combined with Ankara’s contradictory foreign policy ambitions and rule-of-law deficiencies, limits the country’s global clout. This month marks the first year of Turkey’s current five-year legislature. When Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was elected for his third presidential mandate with 52 percent …

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It’s not just boomers, young people are voting far right too

Ahead of the European election, striking data shows where Gen Z and millennials’ allegiances lie. Far-right parties are surging across Europe — and young voters are buying in. Many parties with anti-immigrant agendas are even seeing support from first-time young voters in the upcoming June 6-9 European Parliament election. In …

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Setting Up an Arab Civil War

With the war in Gaza in a brutal stalemate, the Biden administration appears to be talking once again of the “day after.” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated publicly on May 12 that Washington has “been working for many, many weeks on developing credible plans for security, for governance, …

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Ahmad Alamolhoda, Representative Of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Addresses Families Of Slain Fighters From Syria-Based Afghan Shi’ite Group Fatemiyoun Brigade

On May 14, 2024, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) news agency published a report on a speech delivered by Ayatollah Ahmad Alamolhoda, the representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Razavi Khorasan province, at a gathering of the families of the martyrs of the Fatemiyoun Brigade, a …

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Iran Says Its Naval Ballistic Missile’s Technology At Disposal Of Houthis

Inspired by Iran, the Houthi military forces have obtained the technology to manufacture anti-ship ballistic missiles. Iran’s first homegrown naval ballistic missile, called ‘Qadr’, was developed by late Iranian commander Brigadier General Hassan Tehrani-Moqaddam more than a decade ago. Iran’s technical know-how to produce such anti-ship missiles is now at …

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