Middle East

Why the aid worker attack in Gaza highlights the hypocrisy of the West

By Tom Lowe Since Hamas’ attacks against Israel on October 7, 33,000 Palestinians, including 25,000 women and children, have died in...

David vs Goliath or Eve and the Serpent?

By William Hall A recent article written by Syed Wadih-Hussein on the crisis in the Red Sea has taken the liberty of applying the famous...

Yemen's Houthis: David against Goliath

By Syed Wadih Hussain The Red Sea has become an unlikely centerstage for resistance as Yemen’s Houthi rebels challenge global powers far...

How recent national politics in Lebanon and Israel intensify the conflict at the Blue Line

BY EMMA KÜHNELT “If … an escalation or conflict develops here, we will return Lebanon to the Stone Age” said Israel’s Minister of...

Tensions spike in historic Cyprus split

By JAMES PRESTON As of September 16, 2022, the US Department of State commenced a further lifting of the arms embargo on the Republic of...

Swept under the rug: UK government disguises child fatalities in Afghanistan with “compensations”

By LEEN ALKHLAIFAT The charity organisation “Action On Armed Violence” (AOAV) has released a worrisome report which revealed that Britain...

Qatar 2022: making a stand and the hypocrisy of doing so

By JAKUB FEGYVERES Even as the 2022 FIFA World Cup gets underway, the excitement has failed to build-up. The characteristic...

Bibi bounces back: Can anything stop Israel's rightward drift?

By ZAC HILLS Last Tuesday, Israelis returned to the polls for the fifth time in almost four years and, despite his party making overall...

The fight for women's freedom ensues in Iran

By MILLIANA GILL-MEHAN Protests have taken place across the world in solidarity with Mahsa Amini and Iranian women Iranian women are...

Knesset elections and the PIJ: Scapegoating the Gaza siege

As featured in Edition 41, available here. By SELMA SAIK (2nd year - History and Politics - London, United Kingdom) Just months prior to...

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