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India–Pakistan standoff: Who is fanning nuclear flames?
Amid escalating tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, a deadly attack by unknown forces in Kashmir has sparked a dangerous chain of events, drawing in global powers and pushing the region...
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India–Pakistan standoff: Who is fanning nuclear flames?
Amid escalating tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, a deadly attack by unknown forces in Kashmir has sparked a dangerous chain of events, pushing the region closer to the brink of war.
By F.M. Shakil
Amid escalating tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, a deadly attack by unknown forces in Kashmir has sparked a dangerous chain of events, pushing the region closer to the brink of war.
By F.M. Shakil
India–Pakistan standoff: Who is fanning nuclear flames?
Amid escalating tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, a deadly attack by unknown forces in Kashmir has sparked a dangerous chain of events, pushing the region closer to the brink of war.
By F.M. Shakil
Amid escalating tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, a deadly attack by unknown forces in Kashmir has sparked a dangerous chain of events, pushing the region closer to the brink of war.
By F.M. Shakil
India–Pakistan standoff: Who is fanning nuclear flames?
Amid escalating tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, a deadly attack by unknown forces in Kashmir has sparked a dangerous chain of events, drawing in global powers and pushing the region...
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April 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
India–Pakistan standoff: Who is fanning nuclear flames?
Amid escalating tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, a deadly attack by unknown forces in Kashmir has sparked a dangerous chain of events, pushing the region closer to the brink of war.
By F.M. Shakil
Amid escalating tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, a deadly attack by unknown forces in Kashmir has sparked a dangerous chain of events, pushing the region closer to the brink of war.
By F.M. Shakil
WATCH | Is the India-Pakistan conflict the latest step in Trump's war creep toward China? | Ep.75
Is the India-Pakistan conflict the latest step in Trump's war creep toward China? | Ep.75
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April 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
WATCH | Is the India-Pakistan conflict the latest step in Trump's war creep toward China? | Ep.75
WATCH | Pakistan's Defense Minister admits his country funded terrorists on behalf of the US and the west.
April 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
WATCH | Pakistan's Defense Minister admits his country funded terrorists on behalf of the US and the west.
'Jews will kill Jews': Israel's top politicos warn of impending civil war
Netanyahu’s war is not just on Gaza, the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iran, Iraq – it is on Israel's own institutions, opposition parties, and the last shreds of internal dissent.
By Robert Inlakesh
Netanyahu’s war is not just on Gaza, the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iran, Iraq – it is on Israel's own institutions, opposition parties, and the last shreds of internal dissent.
By Robert Inlakesh
'Jews will kill Jews': Israel's top politicos warn of impending civil war
Netanyahu’s war is not just on Gaza, the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iran, Iraq – it is on Israel's own institutions, opposition parties, and the last shreds of internal dissent. Now, t...
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April 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
'Jews will kill Jews': Israel's top politicos warn of impending civil war
Netanyahu’s war is not just on Gaza, the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iran, Iraq – it is on Israel's own institutions, opposition parties, and the last shreds of internal dissent.
By Robert Inlakesh
Netanyahu’s war is not just on Gaza, the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iran, Iraq – it is on Israel's own institutions, opposition parties, and the last shreds of internal dissent.
By Robert Inlakesh
Senior Israeli officers leak classified data, including ‘preparations’ for Iran attack
Senior Israeli officers leak classified data, including ‘preparations’ for Iran attack
Members of the air force’s elite Squadron 69 uploaded the documents onto a file management system available to hundreds of thousands of reservists and recruits
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April 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Senior Israeli officers leak classified data, including ‘preparations’ for Iran attack
Spain terminates multimillion deal with Israeli weapons maker
Spain terminates multimillion deal with Israeli weapons maker
Coalition authorities in Madrid have stressed their commitment to 'the Palestinian cause and peace in West Asia'
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April 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Spain terminates multimillion deal with Israeli weapons maker
Turkiye expands military occupation of northern Iraq: Report
Turkiye expands military occupation of northern Iraq: Report
Turkish forces occupy Iraq under the pretext of combatting the Kurdish PKK group, which recently declared a ceasefire after its leader issued a call to disarm
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April 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Turkiye expands military occupation of northern Iraq: Report
Pakistan shuts airspace to India as tensions surge over Kashmir attack
Pakistan shuts airspace to India as tensions surge over Kashmir attack
The nuclear-powered neighbors have exchanged escalating measures in response to a terror attack in the Baisaran Valley of Indian-administered Kashmir
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April 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Pakistan shuts airspace to India as tensions surge over Kashmir attack
BREAKING | A number of casualties in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Jabalia, northern Gaza.
April 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
BREAKING | A number of casualties in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Jabalia, northern Gaza.
Return of the Ikhwan: Erdogan reboots the Muslim Brotherhood in West Asia
With Damascus fallen and Sanaa under bombardment, Erdogan is seizing a renewed opportunity to reassert Muslim Brotherhood influence across the Arab world – from Syria and Lebanon to Jordan and Yemen.
By Musa Ozugurlu
With Damascus fallen and Sanaa under bombardment, Erdogan is seizing a renewed opportunity to reassert Muslim Brotherhood influence across the Arab world – from Syria and Lebanon to Jordan and Yemen.
By Musa Ozugurlu
Return of the Ikhwan: Erdogan reboots the Muslim Brotherhood in West Asia
With Damascus fallen and Sanaa under bombardment, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seizing a renewed opportunity to reassert Muslim Brotherhood influence across the Arab world – from Syria an...
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April 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Return of the Ikhwan: Erdogan reboots the Muslim Brotherhood in West Asia
With Damascus fallen and Sanaa under bombardment, Erdogan is seizing a renewed opportunity to reassert Muslim Brotherhood influence across the Arab world – from Syria and Lebanon to Jordan and Yemen.
By Musa Ozugurlu
With Damascus fallen and Sanaa under bombardment, Erdogan is seizing a renewed opportunity to reassert Muslim Brotherhood influence across the Arab world – from Syria and Lebanon to Jordan and Yemen.
By Musa Ozugurlu
EXCLUSIVE | Syria’s stolen daughters: The HTS campaign to enslave Alawite women
In post-Assad Syria, the mass abduction and sexual enslavement of Alawite women under Sharaa’s rule mirrors the darkest atrocities of ISIS—yet is met with global silence.
In post-Assad Syria, the mass abduction and sexual enslavement of Alawite women under Sharaa’s rule mirrors the darkest atrocities of ISIS—yet is met with global silence.
Syria’s stolen daughters: The HTS campaign to enslave Alawite women
In post-Assad Syria, the mass abduction and sexual enslavement of Alawite women under Sharaa’s rule mirrors the darkest atrocities of ISIS—yet is met with global silence.
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April 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
EXCLUSIVE | Syria’s stolen daughters: The HTS campaign to enslave Alawite women
In post-Assad Syria, the mass abduction and sexual enslavement of Alawite women under Sharaa’s rule mirrors the darkest atrocities of ISIS—yet is met with global silence.
In post-Assad Syria, the mass abduction and sexual enslavement of Alawite women under Sharaa’s rule mirrors the darkest atrocities of ISIS—yet is met with global silence.
April 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Israel has dropped 90,000 tons of US explosives on Gaza—40 kilograms (88 pounds) for every man, woman, and child. That’s 6.5 Hiroshima bombs.
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April 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Israel has dropped 90,000 tons of US explosives on Gaza—40 kilograms (88 pounds) for every man, woman, and child. That’s 6.5 Hiroshima bombs.
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Russia–Iran–China: All for one, and one for all?
A US war on Iran will be viewed as one against Russia and China too. Both Putin and Xi know that Trump's war is singularly directed at the transformational global 'changes they are driving together.'
By Pepe Escobar
A US war on Iran will be viewed as one against Russia and China too. Both Putin and Xi know that Trump's war is singularly directed at the transformational global 'changes they are driving together.'
By Pepe Escobar
Russia–Iran–China: All for one, and one for all?
Although perhaps not yet obvious to Washington, a US war on Iran will be viewed as one against Russia and China too. Both Putin and Xi know that Trump's war is singularly directed at the transformatio...
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April 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Russia–Iran–China: All for one, and one for all?
A US war on Iran will be viewed as one against Russia and China too. Both Putin and Xi know that Trump's war is singularly directed at the transformational global 'changes they are driving together.'
By Pepe Escobar
A US war on Iran will be viewed as one against Russia and China too. Both Putin and Xi know that Trump's war is singularly directed at the transformational global 'changes they are driving together.'
By Pepe Escobar
Lebanon front: Why the US-Israeli war isn’t over
Tel Aviv's military escalation to force Hezbollah’s disarmament risks backfiring entirely. The biggest losers will be the US-backed Lebanese government and army, followed by a complete resurgence of a more hardline Lebanese resistance.
Tel Aviv's military escalation to force Hezbollah’s disarmament risks backfiring entirely. The biggest losers will be the US-backed Lebanese government and army, followed by a complete resurgence of a more hardline Lebanese resistance.
Lebanon front: Why the US-Israeli war isn’t over
Tel Aviv's military escalation to force Hezbollah’s disarmament risks backfiring entirely. The biggest losers will be the US-backed Lebanese government and army, followed by a complete resurgence of a...
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April 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Lebanon front: Why the US-Israeli war isn’t over
Tel Aviv's military escalation to force Hezbollah’s disarmament risks backfiring entirely. The biggest losers will be the US-backed Lebanese government and army, followed by a complete resurgence of a more hardline Lebanese resistance.
Tel Aviv's military escalation to force Hezbollah’s disarmament risks backfiring entirely. The biggest losers will be the US-backed Lebanese government and army, followed by a complete resurgence of a more hardline Lebanese resistance.
The 'Hidden Hands' guiding Lebanese–Syrian strife
Border violence and coastal massacres have reignited tensions between Lebanon and Syria, amid concerns that hidden actors are stoking Sunni–Shia sedition to benefit Israel.
By Tamjid Kobaissy
Border violence and coastal massacres have reignited tensions between Lebanon and Syria, amid concerns that hidden actors are stoking Sunni–Shia sedition to benefit Israel.
By Tamjid Kobaissy
The 'Hidden Hands' guiding Lebanese–Syrian strife
Border violence and coastal massacres have reignited tensions between Lebanon and Syria, amid concerns that hidden actors are stoking Sunni–Shia sedition to benefit Israel.
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March 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The 'Hidden Hands' guiding Lebanese–Syrian strife
Border violence and coastal massacres have reignited tensions between Lebanon and Syria, amid concerns that hidden actors are stoking Sunni–Shia sedition to benefit Israel.
By Tamjid Kobaissy
Border violence and coastal massacres have reignited tensions between Lebanon and Syria, amid concerns that hidden actors are stoking Sunni–Shia sedition to benefit Israel.
By Tamjid Kobaissy
Netanyahu vows to ‘seize territory’ in Gaza if captives not released
Netanyahu vows to ‘seize territory’ in Gaza if captives not released
Israeli forces have reentered Gaza on the ground, recently marching into the Netzarim corridor, which Tel Aviv was supposed to withdraw from as part of the ceasefire agreement
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March 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Netanyahu vows to ‘seize territory’ in Gaza if captives not released
All of Lebanon rejects normalization: PM
All of Lebanon rejects normalization: PM
Lebanon’s parliament speaker recently warned that Israel is trying to ‘lure’ the country into normalization talks
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March 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
All of Lebanon rejects normalization: PM
The Trump Doctrine: Brinkmanship and blowback in a unipolar hangover
Trump’s attempt to reinvent US power through economic coercion, proxy discipline, and selective warfare may be speeding up the decline of US global dominance in a world no longer willing to play by American rules.
By Aymun Mosavi
Trump’s attempt to reinvent US power through economic coercion, proxy discipline, and selective warfare may be speeding up the decline of US global dominance in a world no longer willing to play by American rules.
By Aymun Mosavi
The Trump Doctrine: Brinkmanship and blowback in a unipolar hangover
Trump’s attempt to reinvent US power through economic coercion, proxy discipline, and selective warfare may be speeding up the decline of US global dominance in a world no longer willing to play by Am...
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March 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Trump Doctrine: Brinkmanship and blowback in a unipolar hangover
Trump’s attempt to reinvent US power through economic coercion, proxy discipline, and selective warfare may be speeding up the decline of US global dominance in a world no longer willing to play by American rules.
By Aymun Mosavi
Trump’s attempt to reinvent US power through economic coercion, proxy discipline, and selective warfare may be speeding up the decline of US global dominance in a world no longer willing to play by American rules.
By Aymun Mosavi
WATCH | Western media seems more absorbed in the drama of a leaked group chat among US officials than in the grave reality of its intended purpose.
Trump's administration has killed over a hundred Yemeni civilians since launching its airstrike campaign on March 15.
Trump's administration has killed over a hundred Yemeni civilians since launching its airstrike campaign on March 15.
March 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
WATCH | Western media seems more absorbed in the drama of a leaked group chat among US officials than in the grave reality of its intended purpose.
Trump's administration has killed over a hundred Yemeni civilians since launching its airstrike campaign on March 15.
Trump's administration has killed over a hundred Yemeni civilians since launching its airstrike campaign on March 15.
How Syria's HTS is quietly dismantling the Palestinian cause
Syria’s new Islamist leaders are systematically sidelining Palestinian factions, favoring the US-backed PA and reshaping refugee dynamics in alignment with a broader US-backed strategy to neutralize the Palestinian resistance.
Syria’s new Islamist leaders are systematically sidelining Palestinian factions, favoring the US-backed PA and reshaping refugee dynamics in alignment with a broader US-backed strategy to neutralize the Palestinian resistance.
How Syria's HTS is quietly dismantling the Palestinian cause
Under Ahmad al-Sharaa's direction, Syria’s new Islamist leaders are systematically sidelining Palestinian factions, favoring the US-backed PA, dismantling Iran-linked groups, and reshaping refugee dyn...
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March 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
How Syria's HTS is quietly dismantling the Palestinian cause
Syria’s new Islamist leaders are systematically sidelining Palestinian factions, favoring the US-backed PA and reshaping refugee dynamics in alignment with a broader US-backed strategy to neutralize the Palestinian resistance.
Syria’s new Islamist leaders are systematically sidelining Palestinian factions, favoring the US-backed PA and reshaping refugee dynamics in alignment with a broader US-backed strategy to neutralize the Palestinian resistance.
Syria's de facto government receives list of US demands for 'sanctions relief': Report
Syria's de facto government receives list of US demands for 'sanctions relief': Report
Washington's outreach to Damascus occurred just days after government-led sectarian massacres in Syria's coastal regions
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March 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Syria's de facto government receives list of US demands for 'sanctions relief': Report
Multiple casualties following new Israeli attacks on Syria
Multiple casualties following new Israeli attacks on Syria
The Israeli army said it opened fire and called in an airstrike on ‘terrorists’ in the town of Koya, west of Deraa
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March 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Multiple casualties following new Israeli attacks on Syria
US intel report determines Iran 'not building nuclear weapon'
US intel report determines Iran 'not building nuclear weapon'
Tehran says it is 'carefully preparing' its response to a letter from Donald Trump that reportedly gave the Islamic Republic a two-month deadline for reaching a new nuclear deal
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March 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
US intel report determines Iran 'not building nuclear weapon'