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Diana Estefanía Rubio

Israel's war compounds Gaza's systematic de-development

Before the outbreak of the latest Israeli military operation in Gaza in October 2023, Gaza was already one of the most densely populated spaces in the world.Nearly half the workforce was unemployed,…

Al Majalla - London 09 April 2024
An end to the conflict is an absolute priority and a basic demand, but even if it were to come now, and the most optimistic recovery scenario played out, Gaza faces a bleak economic future Ewan White

Restoring Gaza to its pre-war state may take 70 years

An end to the conflict is an absolute priority and a basic demand, but even if it were to come now, and the most optimistic recovery scenario played out, Gaza faces a bleak economic future

Khaled Kassar 09 April 2024
Flag draped coffins of slain Palestinians killed in Israeli raid are taken through the streets of Beirut, Lebanon on April 12, 1973, during the funeral procession. AP

This day in history: Israel takes out key PLO leaders in Beirut

51 years ago, an elite unit of the Israeli army assassinated Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar, Kamal Adwan and Kamal Nasser in a dramatic operation in the upscale Beirut neighbourhood of Verdun

Sami Moubayed 09 April 2024

Six months of Israel's war on Gaza

Fares Garabet 08 April 2024
The ruins of the Iranian consulate in Damascus, which was destroyed in an Israeli bombing on 1 April 2024. AFP

Two Israeli air strikes and two Syrian mothers and sons

The remarkable precision of Israeli assassination strikes on Iranians and Hezbollah operatives in Syria has raised anxiety levels in Damascus and abroad

Andrew Tabler 08 April 2024
The US claims to champion the rules-based international system, but doing so requires that all states be held accountable for their actions - even allies. Lina Jaradat

The US is destroying the international system along with Gaza

It is time to act or to reassess the institutions—and the governments—that make international humanitarian laws futile

Assal Rad 02 April 2024
US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield votes abstain during a vote on a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during a United Nations Security Council meeting on 25 March, 2024. AFP

Why the US abstention in Gaza ceasefire vote matters

While critics say the move was only for optics and doesn't signal a shift in US support for Israel, it is yet another sign of its increasing global isolation

Con Coughlin 01 April 2024

Palestinians in Gaza are caged and starving

Fares Garabet 01 April 2024
Israel claims to have killed Marwan Issa, the second most wanted man in Hamas, who is believed to be one of the masterminds of the 7 October attacks. Axel Rangel Garcia

Marwan Issa: The 'shadow man' of Hamas

Israel claims to have killed the second most wanted man in Hamas, who is believed to be one of the masterminds of the 7 October attacks

Salem Al Rayyes 31 March 2024

Israel decimates Gaza's healthcare system

Fares Garabet 28 March 2024
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Exclusive interview with the man who caught Eli Cohen

30, Sep 2026

Ibrahim Hamidi spent years following the story of Mossad's 'spy in Damascus ', but some secrets remained untold. He then learned that the man who could answer them was still alive

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Have Ethiopia's neighbours formed an alliance against it?

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G7 agrees to release 100 million barrels of reserve diesel

03, Oct 2026

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Who will be Brazil’s next president?

04, Oct 2026

Neither Lula nor Bolsonaro won an outright majority, so the two men will face off on 25 October in an election that could serve as a bellwether of Donald Trump's influence in Latin America

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