August, 2025

• 29 August

  Egypt says won’t accept ‘dangerous illusion’ of a Greater Israel

  

  Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty vowed that Cairo will block Netanyahu’s vision of a ‘Greater Israel’ Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has vowed that Cairo will not permit “Greater Israel” to become reality, denouncing recent Israeli statements as dangerous and destabilising. Speaking at an emergency session of the Organisation of …

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• 29 August

  Israel levels entire neighbourhoods in bid to occupy Gaza City

  

  Israel’s assault on Gaza City intensifies: tanks and airstrikes demolish entire blocks in a bid to seize control. Israel is levelling entire neighbourhoods in its push to occupy Gaza City on Wednesday, using tanks and airstrikes to flatten residential blocks. According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, Israeli forces continue …

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• 29 August

  Israeli raid on Ramallah leaves 33 Palestinians wounded

  

  Israeli forces stormed Ramallah and raided an exchange office, injuring dozens of people, amid further raids in Jerusalem and across the West Bank The Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Tuesday that 33 Palestinians were injured when Israeli forces stormed Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, using live fire, rubber …

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• 29 August

  Ethiopia’s National Dialogue needs time and an interim report | ISS Africa

  

  Ethiopia’s National Dialogue needs time and an interim report An interim report may help the National Dialogue regain credibility, seize early wins and justify its need for additional time. Many agree that Ethiopia’s ongoing National Dialogue is a much-needed initiative, if not long overdue. Launched in 2022 to tackle core …

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• 29 August

  Iran faces a perfect storm of domestic failures

  

  Blackouts and dry water taps are nothing new for Iranians, but this year the country’s infrastructure problems have become a true crisis, one that is gripping 90 million people at once. Water scarcity, extreme heat and power outages further weaken an already strained economy, in a population so disillusioned with …

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• 29 August

  Telecom Chief and United Group CEO in Talks to Weaken Serbia’s Last Independent Broadcaster

  

  Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has faced nine months of mass protests against corruption and authoritarianism, with demonstrators facing off at times against riot police and violent pro-government thugs. But most Serbian media coverage has reflected the government narrative, depicting student and other protestors, as well as journalists, as “terrorists” conspiring …

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• 29 August

  Turkey’s Push for Regime Change in Syria: The Jihadi Highway

  

  Syria’s civil war broke out in March 2011, in reaction to the brutal crackdown by the regime of Bashar al-Asad of popular protests that were part of the wider Arab Spring. In supporting the Syrian rebels, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan initially used the language of humanitarian intervention, claiming to …

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• 29 August

  UK aware of Israel’s ‘terror’ for over 20 years

  

  Declassified files show Britain has long known of Israel’s criminality against Palestinians, as Whitehall has deepened its military, trade and diplomatic support. The parallels are remarkable. There were “numerous reports that the Israeli authorities have prevented medical and other humanitarian assistance from reaching those in need”. The Red Cross was …

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• 28 August

  Libye: le renforcement des relations entre le maréchal Haftar et la Turquie se poursuit

  Initié en avril dernier, le rapprochement entre Ankara et l’homme fort de l’est libyen s’est poursuivi lundi 25 août avec la visite à Benghazi du chef des renseignements turcs, Ibrahim Kalin. Une première pour un responsable turc de ce niveau depuis 2020. Le maréchal Khalifa Haftar, qui contrôle les parties …

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• 28 August

  Syria’s Agreement with Israel Is Not as Promising as Advertised

  

  The world is celebrating the anticipated signing of a security agreement between Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Israel, hailed as evidence of Sharaa’s moderation and a departure from his radical Islamist past. However, this narrative is misleading. Islamist doctrine permits, and even encourages, temporary truces—up to 10 years—with adversaries until …

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