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Ambulances wait in line at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian Gaza Strip, in northeastern Egypt on the first day of the evacuation of some 50 Palestinian, at the Rafah crossing on 2 February 2026. AFP

The Rafah crossing is open, but so is the battle for Gaza

Israel wants Palestinians to leave the Strip as part of its 'depopulation and resettlement' strategy, but Egypt is fighting to give them the option to return to their homeland

Amr Emam 04 February 2026
Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip on July 17, 2025. Jack Guez/AFP

A ‘concentration camp’ in Gaza will put Egypt in a tough spot

For Benjamin Netanyahu, it would be a 'humanitarian zone'. For most countries, it would be a war crime. For Egypt, it could be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

Amr Emam 21 July 2025
Palestinian children receive malnourishment treatment at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on May 30, 2024. Bashar TALEB / AFP

Israel under mounting international pressure to let aid into Gaza

The UK, France and Canada issue their toughest warning yet to Israel, with the UK suspending trade talks. Meanwhile, the UN warns 14,000 babies could die if aid is not let in.

Salem Al Rayyes 20 May 2025
Spanish actor Lluís Marco

Taha in Barcelona: Spain learns of the life of a Palestinian poet

Taha Muhammad Ali felt the lifelong pain of displacement after Israeli forces took control of his beloved village in 1948. A pared-back one-man show of his life leaves the audience thinking of Gaza.

Samer Abou Hawwach 27 April 2025
Israel forcibly evacuates Palestinians from southern Gaza on January 26, 2024. AFP

Israel’s ‘voluntary’ migration policy in Gaza is anything but

Palestinians are beginning to dribble out of the battered enclave as Israel starts implementing its "voluntary migration" plan. Gaza is being ethnically cleansed before our very eyes.

Amr Emam 30 March 2025
A man raises the Palestinian flag as he watches the return of displaced people to northern Gaza via the Netzarim Corridor. Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP

The dabke of resilience: Why Gazans dance amidst the ruins

An epic journey on foot back up to the devastated north has been one of emotion, symbolism, and defiance. It has also confused those who do not understand the Palestinian psyche.

Samer Abou Hawwach 12 February 2025
People erect tents amidst the rubble of destroyed buildings as displaced Palestinians return to the northern areas of the Gaza Strip in Jabalia on January 23, 2025, during a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was reached. Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP

After truce, Gazans find nothing—or no one—to return back to

Palestinians rejoiced when the news broke last week that a ceasefire was finally reached, but many didn't get the chance to celebrate with their loved ones who Israel killed before the deal took hold

Salem Al Rayyes 25 January 2025
Members of a Lebanese family displaced from a village near the Israeli border to the town of Hasbaya on 26 October 2023. AFP

The differing fortunes of those displaced from southern Lebanon

Allegiance, community, faction, and religion all matters when it comes to the inequality of provision for families fleeing Israeli bombing. Unsurprisingly, Hezbollah families get the best deal.

Badia Fahs 14 May 2024
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Iran's new war cabinet is really an old one

15 August 2026

The appointments show how Tehran is drawing lessons from successive wars and preparing for a prolonged period of insecurity

Alex Vatanka
US political commentator Tucker Carlson speaks during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 18 July 2024. ANGELA WEISS / AFP
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Tucker Carlson: America’s right-wing insurgent-in-chief

12 August 2026

The former Fox News presenter, who now wields more influence over US politics than he did at the network from 2009-23, is now a vehement critic of Trump in recent months, in part over Israel

Kamal Alam
 Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters arrive after eight hours of walking in Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region, Ethiopia, on 29 June 2021. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
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Why clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are ominous

11 August 2026

Both the government in Addis Ababa and armed Tigrayan independence fighters have their supporters, from as near as next door to as far away as Tel Aviv

Amr Emam
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Why cotton fibres could be key in the global arms race

13 August 2026

War is driving demand for munitions, and the fibres from cotton seeds are used to produce artillery shells. With only a few producers, demand is soaring.

Abdulfattah Khattab
Lina Jaradat
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Preserving Amazigh heritage: from oral tradition to AI

15 August 2026

The spoken word has kept a key component of Algeria's social mosaic alive for generations, but now technology is stepping in to do the heavy lifting

Noureddine Bessaadi

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