Middle East

First-millennium seal shows a worshipper and a wise man dressed as a fish before a stylised tree with a crescent moon and a winged disc above it. Behind this group is another plant form with a radiant star and the…

“Yeah, That’s Called World War III!” Joe Biden, Victoria Nuland, Antony Blinken and Jake Sullivan are quite aware of how devastated and depleted the Ukrainian army is and has been since this past winter. This is why President Biden continues…

On Saturday evening, May 13, an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad took effect. Almost at the same time in New York, Hasidic Jews walked in Times Square with a flag of Palestine showing their support…

The presence of displaced Syrian refugees in Lebanon is becoming a political issue in Beirut. Racist campaigns against their presence have been countered by demonstrations of solidarity. The government has made the decision to repatriate all those who are not…

A guard sits on the rubble of the house of Brigadier Fouad al-Emad, an army commander loyal to the Houthis, after air strikes destroyed it in Sanaa, Yemen June 15, 2015. Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition bombarded Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital…

Information about what is happening in the Middle East always arrives in a fragmented way and it is very difficult to follow the thread and relate one thing to another. The general feeling is that there is always something going…

Ankara and Damascus, with Moscow’s backing, are making an effort to reconcile. This could lead to a thriving, integrated region. By Bradley Blankenship Delegations from Syria, Iran and Türkiye met in Moscow with their counterparts this week to discuss the normalization…

For two consecutive nights this week, during the holy month of Ramadan, the Israeli military stormed Al-Aqsa mosque. They entered the mosque before prayer was over, firing rubber bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas at Palestinian worshippers. These events left…

For almost three months now we have had an extreme right-wing coalition government in Israel. It is headed by the ineffable Bibi Netanyahu, and its main allies are the religious orthodox and two local fascists, Itamar Ben Gvir and Betzalel…

It has long been said: “The world is on the brink of great change” and indeed there have been great changes. As historical time speeds up, the more vertiginous. By Javier Belda Today we dream of adding to the statement:…