since the outbreak of the Syrian war nearly a decade ago, which followed the outbreak of popular protests against President Bashar al-Assad in various regions of the country in mid-March of 2011,…
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky may not get everything right, but one thing is for sure – since becoming president in May 2019, he has worked tirelessly to resolve Ukraine’s territorial…
April marked seven years since the Russia-backed separatist conflict broke out in eastern Ukraine. Despite countless ceasefire attempts and much international outrage the conflict remains unresolved,…
The shadow of the lack of consensus on how to tackle illegal migration still looms large over the European Union which has shown marked progress otherwise in building consensus on matters such as…
On US President-elect Joe Biden’s lenghthy to do list is a pledge to rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear deal - the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), - one of the signature, if hotly debated,…
Donald Trumpdidn’t win, and neither did Trumpism. For the world beyondthe United States, these facts are of fundamental importance. Whatever happens in the coming weeks and months, most American…
OnAugust 14, 1941,U.S.PresidentFranklin Rooseveltand British Prime MinisterWinston Churchillsecretly met aboard a ship off theNewfoundlandcoast. The two leaders discussed war strategy, but more…
Ahead of a crucial round of talks between London and Brussels over the future trading relationship between the UK and the European Union, Boris Johnson is facing a backlash from the EU, US and from…
After years of wrangling since the referendum in 2016, theUnited Kingdomformally left theEuropean Unionat the end of January. “Leavers” were jubilant, claiming that the country had broken free of…
Back in February of this year, Health ministers from the EU 27 held a summit where they discussed the Coronavirus outbreak. German health minister, Jens Spahn, had praised the EU member states’…
No sooner did Washington greenlight Ukraine's use of long-range missiles than Russia announced it had signed a law allowing a nuclear strike in response to such an attack
As we bear witness to the endless livestream of death and destruction on our phones, it is important to call Israel's war on Gaza what it truly is: a genocide
The cost of this war already dwarfs those from 2006, yet it shows no signs of ending. Israel can absorb some losses; Lebanon cannot. If its people turn on each other, it will get a lot worse.
Christian Zionists have long prided themselves on their undeviating support for Israel, but a closer look exposes an allegiance rooted in white supremacy, antisemitism, and Islamaphobia
With dreamy vocals evoking images of hills and homeland, the star and her husband together wove a new and more romantic version of Lebanon in the years before the civil war that feels very distant now