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Opinion

Joe Biden's Democrats just funded the world's first DEI genocide

The Democrats have funded genocide in Gaza by cloaking Israeli violence in liberal rhetoric while gaslighting Palestinians in the process, says Alex Foley.

Perspectives
Syria after Assad: Where's the right to political imagination?

Pundits have predictably used the fall of Assad to pontificate about geopolitical determinism, rather than to celebrate Syrian agency, argues Estella Carpi.

Syria wakes up from its Assadist nightmare. But what comes next?

The Assad regime remains a litmus test for the global Left, with the Syrian right to liberation suppressed in favour of false stability, says Sari Hanafi.

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The primary cause of President Bashar al-Assad's downfall is that he presided over a disintegrating social contract, writes Barak Barfi.

Trump

While it's difficult to predict how Trump will approach the region this time around, it seems clear that the challenges will be formidable, writes Daoud Kuttab.

Narrated
Gaza

Nour Elassy recounts her experience of being displaced in Israel’s so-called safe zone, & explains Palestinians will always resist being forced from their land

An ode to Refaat Alareer: My mentor and Palestine's truth-seeker

On the first anniversary of Refaat Alareer's death in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, Wesam Abo Marq pays tribute to the memory of his friend and colleague.

land theft

On the UN International Day of Solidarity with Palestinians Ayman Khwaja urges us to take action by supporting those fighting land theft & the genocide in Gaza.

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As some Lebanese return home following the ceasefire, the 1.3 million displaced won't forget the trauma inflicted by Israel's war, writes Rawan AlAmeen.

Unfiltered
Prisoner, witness and martyr Mazen al-Hamada [photo credit: Emad Hajjaj/Al-Araby Al-Jadeed]

A witness to Assad's brutality, Mazen al-Hamada's martyrdom will be remembered as his final sacrifice in Syria's fight for freedom, writes Natalie Larrison.

Women gesture as they pose during celebrations

Finally, the 54-year rule of the Assad dynasty is over and now Syrians must advance an inclusive and comprehensive national programme, writes Abdulbaset Sieda,

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After Assad, any alternative economic plan that will benefit all Syrians is likely to come from a progressive & organised base, not HTS, argues Joseph Daher.

For Bosnians, Netanyahu's genocide awakens trauma of Srebrenica

Bosnians know the road to justice after genocide is long. But, as Nidžara Ahmetašević argues, Netanyahu's legacy will ultimately be that of a war criminal.

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