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  • Eine Menschenmenge in warmer Kleidung vor einem Bürogebäude. Eine Frau steht erhöht und ruft etwas.
    Reporting on Palestine

    Germany cannot imagine the suffering in Gaza

    For some, the widespread publication of images of starving children from Gaza is a sign of a major shift in the German political and media discourse. Palestinian journalist Asmaa al-Ghoul disagrees.

  • A man in a crowd holds up an image of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi. There are many flags in the background, including the flag of Iran.
    Iran's monarchists

    Producing nostalgia, courting war

    Through satellite TV, viral content, and alliances with Netanyahu and Trump, Iran's monarchist elites are staging a comeback. From exile they are attempting to co-opt Iran's opposition by recasting the Pahlavi dynasty as a golden age of freedom.

  • Ali Khamenei stands in front of a crowd of listeners and raises his left hand.
    New biography of Ali Khamenei

    The man pulling Iran's strings

    Ali Khamenei is one of the most powerful figures in world politics, with influence extending far beyond Iran. Who is the man who, since 1989, has steered the Islamic Republic with an iron grip? A new biography by Ali Sadrzadeh sheds some light on the mystery.

  • An aerial view of people gathering in Umayyad Square following Friday prayers at the historic Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, performing the second Friday prayer since the fall of the Baath regime and the Assad family's rule in Damascus, Syria on December 20, 2024 (Photo: picture alliance / Anadolu | Izettin Kasim)
    Sectarian violence in Syria

    Assad's long shadow

    In Syria, "minority protection" has long been used as a pretext for pitting religious and ethnic groups against each other. We Syrians must refuse the weaponisation of our identities, because the new government is counting on division.

  • Two young boys look out from a rooftop at settlements in the West Bank.
    Books on Israel-Palestine

    The perennial question of the West

    New publications on the Israel-Palestine conflict: Alena Jabarine writes about inequality and arbitrary violence in the West Bank, Omar El Akkad settles scores with the West and Gilbert Achcar analyses the ideological roots of Hamas and Zionism.

  • A malnourished boy lies in the arms of an adult and stares blankly into the camera.
    German foreign policy

    Hunger in Gaza—made in Germany

    Starving children in Gaza, growing criticism in Germany and political leverage that remains unused. Berlin must not stand idly by and watch this atrocious catastrophe unfold.

  • A Toyota truck carrying a group of armed and masked fighters.
    Suwayda, Syria

    Not a local conflict, but geopolitics in disguise

    Sectarianism in Syria is a longstanding political project. Institutionalised under colonial rule and exploited by Assad, it's now being weaponised by the new regime and Israel, as the massacres in Suwayda make brutally clear.

  • Eine Puppe liegt eingewickelt in ein weiß-schwarz kariertes Tuch, umgeben von Kerzen und Trümmern in einer Kirche
    "Christ in the Rubble" by Munther Isaac

    The Christian case against the war on Gaza

    Munther Isaac, a West Bank pastor, rejects Bible-based justifications for war and calls Gaza a "moral compass". In "Christ in the Rubble", he presents a view of the war that is polarising without being destructive.

  • A donkey and a crowd of people are seen gathering.
    Gaza

    Caught between starvation and deadly aid centres

    In Gaza, survival now means facing not only bombs but also starvation. As some Palestinians risk their lives to receive aid from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, others turn to desperate measures to feed their children.

  • A boy looks out from the balcony of an apartment building marked with many bulletholes.
    Lebanese Civil War

    The postwar that never was

    Fifty years since its outbreak, Lebanon's Civil War continues to shape its society and political system. The postwar era has been marked by violence, foreign occupation, political paralysis and economic crisis—raising the question: did the war ever truly end?

  • Small plane flying the message ‘Thank you, President Trump’ up the Hudson River over Jersey City.
    The "New Middle East"

    Pax Israelia or bellum aeternum?

    With the support of the USA, Israel is reshaping the Middle East. Though framed as a path to stability, their strategy risks locking the region into a permanent conflict.

  • A man and a woman holding a child sit in a waiting room.
    Iran at war

    The scapegoating of Afghan refugees

    Amid conflict with Israel, Tehran's regime is fuelling mistrust of Afghan refugees. Yet they are among those most vulnerable to Israeli air strikes.

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