Just over half a year old, the new Syrian state has already accomplished much. That Syrians now enjoy freedom of speech unlike anything they could…
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US President Donald Trump’s battle with American universities stepped up a gear in early July when the president of the University of Virgina…
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The final communique of Syria’s National Dialogue Conference in February envisioned that the country would become a ‘state of citizenship’ within…
When construction of the city of Nasiriyah began in southern Iraq in the late 19th century, it inflicted a lasting wound. That wound—the fraught,…
In the second week of July, Hamas announced its rejection of Israeli withdrawal maps proposed in ceasefire and prisoner-exchange negotiations by the…
Humanitarian Aid in Gaza and more from around the world
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Hidaya, a 31-year-old Palestinian mother, carries her sick 18-month-old son Mohammed al-Mutawaq, who is also displaying signs of malnutrition, inside their tent at the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on July 24, 2025.
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Iranian Shiite Muslims arrive on foot in Basra via the Shalamcheh border crossing, to take part in the Arbaeen pilgrimage in the Iraqi city of Karbala, on July 25, 2025.
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Syrian Red Crescent trucks carrying humanitarian aid arriving at Busra al-Sham in Syria's southern Daraa province before crossing the buffer zone into Sweida province.
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People gather as a C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft drops humanitarian aid on the northern Gaza Strip on July 27, 2025.
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A Buddhist monk sits next to his dog in a bomb shelter after Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery amid their worst fighting in more than a decade, in Surin, Thailand, July 25, 2025.
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A mourner holds up a rose and a portrait of renowned Lebanese musician and composer Ziad Rahbani as crowds gathered outside Khoury Hospital in Beirut's central Hamra district to bid him farewell before his funeral procession.
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Participants release balloons during a ceremony held at the Alley of Angels on the day commemorating children killed in the region in the course of Russia-Ukraine military conflict, in Donetsk, July 27, 2025.
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Participants carry a portable shrine, or mikoshi, into the sea during a purification rite at the annual Kurihama Sumiyoshi Shrine Festival at Kurihama, Yokosuka city, south of Tokyo Sunday, July 27, 2025.
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A green circular crop field surrounded by golden wheat plains, where harvesters line up for collection during the final phase of the season at Altinova Agricultural Enterprise in Kadinhani district of Konya, Turkiye on July 22, 2025
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Undressed mannequins are tied together and left behind as a clothing market closes in Jakarta on July 26, 2025.
In Gaza, where nearly 60,000 people have been killed since October 2023 due to Israeli military operations, half a million individuals now stand on…
Saudi Arabia’s cultural renaissance is no accident. It reflects deliberate planning and a national vision informed by the Kingdom’s rich spatial and…
Around the world, an invisible threat is increasing the risk of disease, shortening lives and fraying the fabric of our communities. Between 2014 and…
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