Decades after deploying mass violence and rendering citizens grotesquely ignorant of the world, U.S.-led powers appear willing to risk world war, while reinventing a terrorist to lead what was a secular nation until last week.
There are parallels between their roles in Syria and Ukraine. But can Abu Mohammad Jolani be as easily controlled by the U.S., Israel and Turkey (who may have conflicting interests) as Volodymyr Zelensky?
Netanyahu’s ambition to transform the region through war, which dates back almost three decades, is playing out in front of our eyes, writes Jeffrey Sachs.
After Australian prosecutors dropped the case for “advocating genocide” against Israeli official Mark Regev, the plaintiff says the matter will now be sent to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Jonathan Cook on the sudden capacity of the Western press — in the case of Syria — to distinguish between jihadists and Islamic nationalists.
A year ago on Dec. 6, 2023, Israel murdered Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer in Gaza. His poems, however, remain, condemning his killers and beseeching us to honor our shared humanity.
In Washington, some of the same “terrorists” who are bad enough to justify Israel’s land grab in Syria are considered good enough to run a U.S. puppet regime, says Caitlin Johnstone.
Now what? Former British diplomat Alastair Crooke discusses the ramifications of a 55-year dynasty in Syria coming to an end.
Jordan Elgrably discusses new fiction about the Middle East by 25 authors whose tales offer a nuanced and substantive portrayal of the region.
The Assad family regime, sustained by force, was destined to collapse and the infighting between the various armed militias now may produce a situation not unlike Afghanistan.