November, 2025

• 6 November

  Is the US Reclaiming the Wheel from a Self-Destructive Israel?

  

  Has Donald Trump’s sharp rebuke of Israel in his October 23 Time Magazine interview fundamentally changed the calculus in the Middle East? His comments immediately sparked two opposing views: for some, his position represents the clear demarcation of a genuine shift in US foreign policy; for others, it is nothing …

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• 6 November

  Syria Needs a Reconstruction Plan

  

  Syria needs an economic reconstruction program. Desperately. Yet nearly a year after the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad, there is still no talk of putting together a comprehensive economic reconstruction plan, whether in Damascus or among the obvious international stakeholders. Without clarity and wide-based consultation on the country’s new economic …

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• 6 November

  Hamas activity to restore its civilian governance In the Gaza Strip after the ceasefire

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• 6 November

  An Automated Occupation in South Lebanon

  

  Following the onset of the Hezbollah–Israel war on October 8, 2023, both sides deployed drones on a variety of missions, ranging from reconnaissance and message-broadcasting to espionage and targeted killings. Israel has continued the practice since its November 27, 2024, ceasefire with Hezbollah. In many ways, South Lebanon has become …

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• 6 November

  How Political Leaders Are Fast-Tracking the Islamification of Europe

  

  Manchester, England, October 2, 2025: In the most violent act of antisemitic hatred Britain has seen in years, a Muslim man rams a car into a group of Jews on a sidewalk in front of a synagogue, exits the vehicle and begins stabbing other Jews. He is shot by the …

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• 6 November

  Syria’s Sharaa to sign deal at White House to join anti-ISIS coalition

  

  US special envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said the Syrian president will formalize his country’s entry into the US-led alliance next week. Tom Barrack, the US special envoy to Syria and ambassador to Turkey, told reporters on the sidelines of the Manama Dialogue Conference in Bahrain today that Syrian President …

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• 6 November

  Turkey Hosts Meeting of Leading Islamic Foreign Ministers To Discuss Future of Gaza

  

  Latest Developments ‘Palestinians Should Govern Palestinians’: Turkey convened a meeting of foreign ministers of Muslim-majority countries on November 3 to discuss the future of the Gaza ceasefire deal, the humanitarian situation in the coastal enclave, and the proposed International Stabilization Force. “Our principle is that Palestinians should govern the Palestinians …

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• 6 November

  Did the US participate in Gaza massacre?

  

  Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinians during a hostage rescue operation last year. Why was a US navy helicopter flying next to the hostage drop-off site shortly after the massacre? On 8 June 2024, Israeli forces killed 276 Palestinians in Gaza while rescuing four hostages: Noa Argamani, Shlomi Ziv, Almog …

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• 6 November

  Israel’s Deepening Occupation Puts Southern Syria’s Water at Risk

  

  Sakhr Mahmoud al-Nader, 53, treads through his backyard, his black farming boots glinting in the southern Syrian sun. Creases appear near his eyes as he speaks of his family and work, both rooted deeply in his hometown of al-Rafid, a village in the country’s Quneitra Governorate. “In the war of …

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• 4 November

  Spies, bribes and terror ties? French corporate giant Lafarge goes on trial

  

  Decade-old allegations of spies and betrayal in the Syrian desert, involving one of the world’s biggest corporations which stands accused of crimes against humanity, are to be played out in a Paris courtroom. French cement manufacturer Lafarge and eight former executives and middlemen go on trial on November 4 in …

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