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Young Christian Man Shot Dead in Targeted Attack in Mahardah, Syria
MAHARDAH, HAMA COUNTRYSIDE, SYRIA – A 21-year-old man was shot and killed in a targeted attack in Mahardah city, Hama countryside, on January 31, 2026, in what appears to be a premeditated assassination linked to threats he had been receiving for two years. Elie Simon Elias Najjar Takla was killed by masked assailants who had been waiting for the vehicle…
Will the War Everyone Is Talking About Actually Begin?
The simultaneous use of military threats, ambiguous messaging, and a war of narratives suggests that the United States is neither on the brink of war with Iran nor ready for an agreement. Washington is deliberately keeping the region in a state of suspension in order to keep its options open without paying the political cost of making a definitive decision.…
Why Palestinians Carried Out the October 7 Operation
Maryam Yousefi Sadr Analyzes the Gaza Siege (Palestine), White Phosphorus Allegations, and International War Crimes Claims
Why Is Tel Aviv Pursuing the Annulment of the Oslo Accords?
Israel's push to formally revoke the 1993 Oslo Agreement signals not a new policy, but the open acknowledgment of one…
Why Do Warships Arrive with Smiles?
The deployment of warships is less a prelude to conflict and more a bargaining tool to impose maximum demands at…
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الجولاني من إرهابي إلى شريك الغرب
قبل عام، رُوِّج لسقوط بشار الأسد على أنه تحرير. رقص السوريون في ساحة الأمويين. ودوّت عدسات العالم. لكن التحرير في الشرق الأوسط عادةً ما يأتي مشروطًا، وشروط سوريا، كما اتضح، كانت دائمًا تحت سيطرة جهة ما لم يكن السؤال أبدًا ما إذا كانت سوريا ستتحرر، بل من سيحدد معنى هذه…
سوریه – سال صفر
یک سال پیش، سقوط بشار اسد به عنوان آزادی روایت میشد. مردم سوریه در میدان اموی رقصیدند. دوربینهای جهان در حال فیلمبرداری بودند. با این حال، آزادی در خاورمیانه معمولاً با قید و بندهایی همراه است - و معلوم شد که قید و بندهای سوریه همیشه در دست کسی خواهد…
Rebranding Terror in Syria’s Year Zero
A year ago, the fall of Bashar al-Assad was narrated as liberation. Syrians danced in Umayyad Square. The world’s cameras were rolling. Yet liberation, in the Middle East, has a habit of arriving with strings attached — and Syria’s strings, it turns out, were always going to be held by…
Syria’s Year Zero: When the Liberator Looks Like the Problem
A year ago, the fall of Bashar al-Assad was narrated as liberation. Syrians danced in Umayyad Square. The world's cameras were rolling. Yet liberation, in the Middle East, has a habit of arriving with strings attached — and Syria's strings, it turns out, were always going to be held by…
81 Filmmakers Condemn Berlinale’s “Institutional Silence” on Gaza
A group of 81 prominent film industry figures, including Oscar-winning actors Tilda Swinton and Javier Bardem, have signed an open letter published in Variety on Tuesday, February 17, sharply condemning the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) for its silence on Israel's ongoing war in Gaza. he letter, coordinated by the…
Why Do Warships Arrive with Smiles?
The simultaneous military posturing by Washington alongside explicit messages about imposing “livelihood pressure” on Iranians indicates that the United States’ main equation is not direct war, but the engineering of economic and social attrition. The deployment of warships is less a prelude to conflict and more a bargaining tool to…
Syria’s Future Doctors Glorify ISIS
Long queues of young Syrians waiting to receive books by the controversial 13th-century Islamic scholar Ibn Taymiyyah in Damascus have sparked international concern that Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, is systematically recruiting a new generation of extremist fighters in the heart of the Middle East. ideo…
Israel’s Secret Plans for Permanent Occupation in Southern Lebanon Exposed
The regional geopolitical landscape is witnessing a dangerous escalation as new reports reveal the Israeli regime’s hidden agenda to prolong its military presence in Southern Lebanon. Contrary to the narrative of "temporary operations" promoted by Tel Aviv's propaganda machine, evidence on the ground confirms a systematic attempt to establish a…
EU Deflects French Pressure to Oust UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
The European Commission has officially declined to join France’s aggressive diplomatic campaign aimed at forcing the resignation of Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories. Despite heavy lobbying from Paris, the EU has opted to distance itself from the personnel dispute, stating…
CENTCOM Confirms Completion of ISIS Elements Transfer from Syria to Iraq
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has officially announced the conclusion of operations to transfer ISIS elements and their affiliated families from northeastern Syria into Iraqi territory. ccording to official reports, the relocation process primarily involved individuals previously detained at the Al-Hol refugee camp in Syria. This facility has long…