“What would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide? The answer is, you’re doing it. Right now.” – Aaron Bushnell, martyred on Feb 26, 2024. The basic kernel of truth about the …
Read More »Iraq’s Development Road: Geopolitics, Rentierism, and Border Connectivity
Summary Iraq’s Development Road project aims to create an Iraqi transborder transportation network connecting the Persian Gulf with Türkiye. This network would enhance Iraq’s geopolitical status as a trade corridor and provide financial returns, reducing the state’s reliance on hydrocarbons. However, the project faces obstacles, including challenges of financing and …
Read More »How tensions between Hamas and Fatah could change Gaza
Tensions between Hamas and Fatah, the two largest Palestinian groups, appear to be growing and becoming more openly visible. While the two groups have been rivals historically, the October 7 attack led to focus on Gaza, and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, where Fatah is strongest, has appeared …
Read More »White House: Israel Killed Hamas Deputy Chief
Latest Developments U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan confirmed on March 18 that Israeli forces killed Marwan Issa, deputy chief of Hamas military operations, in an airstrike last week. Issa, 59, constitutes one of the most senior Hamas figures killed during the more than five-month-old war in Gaza. Issa, also …
Read More »Iran Update, March 17, 2024
Key Takeaways: Northern Gaza Strip: The IDF Nahal Brigade (162nd Division) conducted clearing operations in the northern and central Gaza Strip on March 17.West Bank: The IDF arrested seven wanted individuals across the West Bank on March 17. The IDF also confiscated materials needed for manufacturing improvised explosive devices during …
Read More »What are the details of the interception of a Turkish convoy in Azaz?
Individuals intercepted a convoy including Turkish figures at the “Sajo” roundabout near Azaz in the northern countryside of Aleppo, amid military alert in the region, on the evening of Sunday, March 17th. Members accompanying the delegation fired into the air to disperse the demonstrators, followed by a mobilization of the …
Read More »Iran Update, March 14, 2024
Hamas reportedly killed the head of a local clan in Gaza City on March 13 likely as part of Hamas’ effort to reassert its authority in the northern Gaza Strip.[i] Hamas targeted the head and other members of the armed Dughmush clan amid local accusations that the clan stole humanitarian …
Read More »Les troupes israéliennes se retirent de Khan Younès, laissant derrière elles un paysage de dévastation
Suite au retrait de l’armée israélienne de Khan Yunis, les dégâts observés sont considérables à Gaza. Images prises le 13 mars 2024.
Read More »Middlemen Push Up Prices As Gazans Struggle To Survive
Taxi driver Wesam Shaath has become used to scouring the street stalls and shops of the southern Gazan city of Rafah for diapers for his twin baby boys. Before the Israel-Hamas war erupted on October 7, 2023, he paid the equivalent of around $6 for a box. Now he says …
Read More »Israel strikes regime site in Quneitra
Israeli aircraft bombed a military site of the Syrian regime forces that it said was used as a launching pad for attacks carried out by the Lebanese militia Hezbollah in the province of Quneitra, southern Syria. The official account of the Israeli Air Force on platform “X” stated on Tuesday …
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