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Le site de la Commission européenne a informé le monde assoiffé d’empathie et de compassion que «la huitième conférence de Bruxelles renouvelle l’aide internationale en faveur de la Syrie et des pays de la région en récoltant plus de 7,5 milliards d’euros ». Il a ajouté que cet engagement « témoigne une fois de plus de la volonté de l’UE et de la communauté internationale d’atténuer les conséquences de la crise syrienne et de soutenir les populations tant en Syrie que dans les pays voisins»[efn_note]La huitième conférence de Bruxelles renouvelle l’aide internationale en faveur de la Syrie et des pays de la région en récoltant plus de 7,5 milliards d’euros https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/fr/ip_24_2843[/efn_note].

The Biden administration’s plan for the “day after” in Gaza would be disastrous without the promise of Palestinian statehood.

With the war in Gaza in a brutal stalemate, the Biden administration appears to be talking once again of the “day after.” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated publicly on May 12 that Washington has “been working for many, many weeks on developing credible plans for security, for governance, for rebuilding” in Gaza.

Islamists in Turkey do not teach schoolchildren that Jews have been indigenous to Israel for nearly 4000 years — since the Bronze Age — and that the reestablishment of Israel in 1948 was actually an anti-colonialist step.

Iran has recently reconciled with Saudi Arabia, with China’s backing, and it has been seeking to open a new page of ties with Egypt.

The Middle East appears to be perpetually at a crossroads.

[Other groups that] participated in the October 7 massacre…. include Palestinian Islamic Jihad — and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of the Fatah faction headed by none other than the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mahmoud Abbas.

Saudi Arabia’s state-run SPA media agency announced on Sunday that it is sending an ambassador to Damascus for the first time in more than a decade.

Faisal Al-Mujfel will fill the ambassadorship, according to SPA.

The popular Shia cleric Moqtada Al Sadr is preparing to return his movement to Iraq’s intra-Shia and broader political competition, potentially upending Iran’s influence in Iraq.

Outmaneuvered by pro-Iranian Shia rivals in 2021-2022, Sadr’s movement commands the loyalty of many Iraqi Shias who want political and economic reform.

Sadr’s willingness and ability to mobilize mass demonstrations could produce short-term instability, but his return might ultimately curb the influence exerted by Iran-backed militia commanders.

Sadr agrees with the current government on the need to balance Iraq’s relations with Washington and Tehran, but he is ideologically opposed to many U.S. interests and allies.

After more than seven months of war, analysts say Israel’s aims may be to destroy Gaza and displace its population.

Washington, DC – Each day, the images emerging from Gaza remain largely the same: Israeli bombs killing civilians. Palestinians fleeing their homes and makeshift shelters. Hamas targetting Israeli forces and posting the footage online.

The deaths of the president and other officials in a helicopter crash are not likely to lead to major policy changes.

The deaths of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a helicopter crash on Sunday have now been confirmed by Iranian authorities.