I came to UK from Gaza seeking hope. Instead, I found complicity

Palestinians now suffer beyond our worst nightmares, and it is terrifying to see how much latitude the world offers the Israeli killing machine, writes Saher Safi [photo credit: Getty Images]

I had just turned ten when the First Intifada began in 1987. The Israeli army reacted harshly to Palestinians rising up to demand freedom, arresting thousands, breaking children’s bones, and killing unarmed demonstrators with impunity. The reality today is worse than I ever could have imagined as a child.

Syria’s Stolen Children

Under the Assad regime, hundreds of Syrian children were hidden in orphanages to extort their parents. Families still have few answers from the new government or the international charity that kept it a secret for years.

Under the totalitarian rule of Bashar al-Assad, when opponents and defectors were jailed, their children were often taken too – and quickly vanished.

Syria’s Captagon Empire.. From factories in Europe and India to the Fourth Division’s laboratories in Syria

Four hundred drums containing a pharmaceutical agent commonly used in making antihistamines were shipped legally to Syria via Lebanon, with the approval of the ministries of health, economy and environment. But the contents of these drums was not used for making medicines. Instead they were found stacked inside one of the largest of the old Syrian regime Fourth Division’s secret Captagon factories, near the capital Damascus.

Israel is forcing us out of Gaza City, with no return

Huda Skaik shares her harrowing experience of Israel’s invasion of Gaza City, and her fear of permanent displacement & the erasure of her people.

As Israel proceeds with its occupation of Gaza City, where I live, the residents who witnessed past invasions fear the worst is coming. Despite having survived the ongoing genocide for almost two years, the approaching forced displacement feels permanent this time.

Les BRICS incarnent la fin de l’ordre libéral

Les BRICS incarnent la transition d’un ordre néolibéral vers un système international plus multipolaire et pragmatique… Les BRICS sont en effet l’incarnation mais pas la totalité du système, c’est ce sur quoi nous insistons, ni même sa véritable dynamique. Nous sommes devant un processus qui en priorité relève d’une contradiction fondamentale, celle du rapport des êtres humains à la nature dans lequel le développement scientifique et technique est le moteur de l’ébranlement. Or ce qui caractérise cette contradiction est la manière dont les pays occidentaux, les USA en particulier qui jouissaient d’un quasi-monopole dans ce domaine n’ont cessé de délocaliser leur production matérielle, l’industrie vers les pays du tiers monde qui ont connu de ce fait un essor, et le terme d’émergent définit cette transformation.

Le fiasco afghan : 20 ans d’aventure des États-Unis ont tourné au départ honteux et ont offert le pouvoir aux Taliban

L’accord de Doha comme acte de capitulation : Analyse de la faillite stratégique de l’empire américain qui, après avoir dépensé des milliers de milliards, n’a acheté que le chaos et a renforcé ses ennemis.

Août 2021 est devenu un moment de vérité non seulement pour l’Afghanistan, mais aussi pour le monde entier. Les images de la fuite panique des soldats américains de l’aéroport de Kaboul, les tentatives désespérées des Afghans de s’agripper au train d’atterrissage de l’avion de transport C-17 au décollage – ce ne sont pas simplement des images d’actualité.

Turkish Intelligence Chief’s Visit to Damascus: Strengthening Ties Amid Regional Strains

On May 20, 2025, Kalin held a landmark meeting with Syrian intelligence chief Hussein al-Salama in the Syrian capital

On Wednesday, Ibrahim Kalın, head of Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organisation (MIT), arrived in Damascus for talks with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. The visit marks a deepening of Ankara–Damascus engagement amid ongoing instability in Suweida province. According to Turkish sources, discussions will focus on regional security, bilateral coordination, and countering external interference—particularly from Israel.