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  • A crowd of people celebrating, many Syrian revolutionary flags are being waved.
    Kurdish activist Siamend Hajo

    "We need to make use of Syria's transitional phase"

    As an advocate of a democratic, decentralised constitution, Siamend Hajo has been involved in the UN's Syria peace process for many years. Since Assad's fall, he has criticised the UN for kowtowing to the new rulers.

  • Mosche Zimmermann is an Israeli historian and was a visiting professor at several German universities for many years
    Israeli historian Moshe Zimmermann

    UN Gaza resolution is a "step along the way"

    On 10 June, the UN Security Council voted in favour of the U.S. plan for a ceasefire in Gaza. Israeli historian Moshe Zimmermann says this is progress towards peace. The coming days will reveal whether it is a "breakthrough"

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a ceremony marking Memorial Day for fallen soldiers of Israel's wars and victims of attacks, Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery, 13 May 2024
    International Criminal Court

    What would an arrest warrant mean for Israeli PM Netanyahu?

    The International Criminal Court could issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu along with his defence minister and three Hamas leaders. If it does, what are the potential consequences?

  • The International Criminal Court in The Hague
    Arrest warrants for Netanyahu and the Hamas leadership?

    U.S. imperialism and the "kangaroo court"

    The request for arrest warrants against Israel's prime minister and defence minister as well as three Hamas leaders is undoubtedly a historic step. For the first time, the head of state of a U.S. ally could stand trial

  • A California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer detains a protestor while clearing a pro-Palestinian camp after dispersal orders were given at UCLA campus, Los Angeles, USA, 2 May 2024
    Protests at US universities

    "What's needed now is dialogue"

    The impact of the protests and police crackdowns at US universities goes far beyond the campuses where they are taking place and is likely to affect the outcome of this year's presidential election

  • Former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya Abdoulaye Bathily
    Political transition wishful thinking in Libya?

    "Dangerous status quo" – UN Special Envoy resigns

    After "stubborn resistance" by Libya's major political stakeholders, Abdoulaye Bathily, the UN special envoy for Libya, has resigned. Analysts say his replacement will need to disrupt the "dangerous" status quo

  • Palestinian and Gaza City resident Ibrahim Kharabishi and two of his children
    Voicemail from North Gaza

    26 minutes of misery

    An extract from the diary of Palestinian Ibrahim Kharabishi, who lives with his pregnant wife Nasreen and their three children in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, where Ibrahim also looks after his two elderly parents

  • Judge Joan Donohue reads out the court ruling on a TV screen as journalists listen in a media centre
    Israel and the ICJ

    UN court ruling on Gaza 'hard to ignore'

    All eyes were on The Hague as the UN's International Court of Justice ordered Israel to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza but failed to demand a ceasefire. The decision puts Israel's allies in a difficult spot

  • A smiling woman in a black headscarf plays the oud as she is surrounded by a group of children, some of whom are clapping along to the music
    Israel-Hamas war

    Music gives Gaza children respite from horrors of war

    Hundreds of thousands of children have been displaced since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. A troupe of volunteer entertainers is travelling from camp to camp in Gaza on a mission to give children at least some respite from the fear and stress of their current situation

  • Jordanian farmer Ali Saleh Atta holds a branch of an olive tree and inspects its leaves
    Jordan's natural heritage

    Jordan's mission to save its ancient olive trees

    Many of Jordan's olive trees are an integral part of the country's identity and culture. Having survived thousands of years, they are now under threat from a series of very modern phenomena

  • A man waves a Palestinian flag and others clash with anti riot policemen outside the Israeli consulate during a protest to show solidarity with Palestinians, Istanbul, Turkey, 18 October 2023
    Turkey's Gaza policy

    Between a rock and a hard place

    Between domestic pressure to take more action against Israel and pressure from the West regarding its stance on Hamas, Turkey is struggling to balance its Israel policy as it seeks permanent peace in the Middle East

  • A child sits with his head in his hands as people salvage belongings from the rubble of a damaged building following strikes on Rafah, Gaza Strip, 12 November 2023
    Israel-Hamas war

    Arab attitudes are hardening against Israel

    The prospect of normalised relations between Israel and Arab nations is fading as public anger at Israel's on-going bombardment of Gaza grows. Could it lead to radicalisation or violent extremism in the Middle East?

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