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Why is Israel bombing Syria? – ‘because it can get away with it’, says Bishara

Asia Pacific Report Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, has condemned Israel’s extensive airstrikes on Syrian installations — reportedly almost 500 times in 72 hours, comparing them to historic...

Damascus and Gaza prisoners: Syrians and Palestinians search for ‘disappeared’ loved ones

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show in Syria, where tens of thousands of people gathered at the...

Eugene Doyle: The dismemberment of Syria is a crime

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle What we are witnessing is not just the end of a regime but quite possibly...

‘Politics is finally possible’: After surprise fall of Syria’s Assad in protracted civil war, what’s next?

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show with Syria and the aftermath of the historic collapse of the...

The ceasefire in Lebanon paused the war but not the struggle against genocide

As the world focuses on post-Assad Syria, this article reflects on Lebanon after the "ceasefire". A country with...

Israel is pillaging not just Gaza’s cities but also its natural resources – water and gas

ANALYSIS: By Sultan Barakat Over the past few months, appalling videos have emerged from the conflict zone in Gaza of Israeli troops looting the properties of...

A grim Atlas guides NZ’s right-wing politics

The three-party coalition that took power in New Zealand late in 2023, after a campaign centred on attacking the country’s founding Waitangi Treaty, has...

Jeremy Scahill: Israel has waged a ‘deliberate propaganda campaign’ to justify brutal Gaza assault

DEMOCRACY NOW! Guest Jeremy Scahill The United States and more than a dozen other countries quickly moved to suspend funding to UNRWA, the UN agency...

Waitangi 2024: how NZ’s Tiriti strengthens democracy and checks unbridled power

ANALYSIS: By Dominic O’Sullivan The ACT Party’s election promise of a referendum for Aotearoa New Zealand to redefine and enshrine the “principles” of the Te...

In Gaza, the West is enabling the most transparent genocide in human history

ANALYSIS: By Richard Falk Recall Samuel Huntington’s controversial, yet influential, 1993 Foreign Affairs article, “The Clash of Civilizations,” which ends with the provocative phrase, “The...

Golriz Ghahraman’s exit from politics shows the toll of online bullying on female MPs

ANALYSIS: By Cassandra Mudgway The high-stress nature of working in politics is increasingly taking a toll on staff and politicians. But an additional threat to...