“We continuously ignore democratic aspirations of the peoples of these countries... We now take the idea of civil war, instability, ungovernability as the norm. And we no longer talk about civil society, democracy, democratization, people's aspirations, coalition formation.” @daliaffahmy.bsky.social

The U.S. State Department office that funds the clearance of unexploded munitions around the world has asked humanitarian demining organizations funded by the department to cease operations “effective immediately,” according to a surprise announcement early Saturday.

“I am thinking of the tears of the Syrian people, of their suffering, their pain and their sorrow. I am crying and thinking of my city, ruined and broken, besieged and starved…I am thinking of the people who remained in Homs, while we lived in exile.”

-Ammar Azzouz, scholar and architect from Homs

“By 2011 it was estimated there was one intelligence officer for every 240 or so Syrians.”

The kingdom of fear built the Assad family, which finally crumbled. lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

Syria is at a moment of opportunity but also risk and uncertainty, US President Joe Biden said as he called the fall of Bashar al-Assad's government ‘an act of justice’.

I will be on @bloomberg.com’s shortly

The #Syria n government appears to have fallen in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the #Assad family after a lightning rebel offensive.

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@AJEnglish: The Biden administration faces a dilemma as domestic pressure, particularly from a majority of Americans advocating for a Gaza ceasefire, increases, analyst Dalia Fahmy has said.

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“When authoritarian regimes are confronted with public protest and social unrest, they often respond by violently attacking women.”

Dalia Fahmy on the gendered nature of authoritarian violence across the region: dawnmena.org/the-gendered...

"Moving forward, we can expect more of the same: U.S. policy in the region that does not create long-term stability in the Middle East, but fosters more instability by marginalizing those that have been most victimized by wars."

-Dalia Fahmy dawnmena.org/what-trumps-...

#EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has acknowledged criticism of the EU’s “double standards” in its inconsistent stance on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, saying this notion spread widely in the countries of the Global South. @aljazeera.com

#Trump’s #tariffs on #Mexico and #Canada won’t reduce grocery prices, won’t bring back manufacturing or make gas cheaper.

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#Volkswagen AG will end its activities in #Xinjiang, bowing to pressure from investors concerned about possible human-rights abuses in the western #China region. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

ICC seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar's president for crimes against Rohingya Muslims
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President elect Trump may have been elected on a mandate for change, but massive tariff hikes could increase prices as soon as he begins a second presidency, which was won partly because voters were so frustrated with inflation and costs of housing and groceries.
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“The preponderance of voters who get no news whatsoever suggests the very notion of an “informed electorate” might become a thing of the past.” @washingtonpost.com

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