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 Birds fly during sunset with the Cairo skyline visible in the background during foggy cold weather, Egypt, February 1, 2024.

Eight confirmed dead in Cairo building collapse

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
 PEOPLE PROTEST in Berlin outside Humboldt University in support of Israel and against antisemitism, in October. The charge that Israel is perpetrating a genocide is culturally rooted, springing from antisemitic tropes, Cold War politics, and settler-colonial academic theory, insists the writer.

Anti-Zionist rhetoric: Loud but fundamentally flawed

 A general view of the Grand Al-Nuri Mosque after it was evacuated due to the discovery of explosive devices inside it dating back to the time of the Islamic State in Mosul, Iraq, June 29, 2024.

Is France contributing to ongoing problems in the Middle East?

 SYRIAN FORCES escape through the border at Al Qaim, Iraq, last Saturday, just before the declared overthrow of the Assad regime. The writer ponders: Imagine renting a car in Tel Aviv and embarking on a scenic road trip through Syria to Iraq.

From fantasy to reality: The vision of an Israel-Iraq highway

By ERIC GALLAGHER
 SYRIAN CARETAKER prime minister Mohammed al-Bashir attends a meeting with the transitional cabinet in Damascus yesterday. The demise of the Assad regime will not turn Syria, nor the Middle East as a whole, into a better place, the writer maintains.

The fall of Assad does not mean Syria, the Middle East is a safer place

 A bombed hangar after the IDF hit weapons depots near the Mazzeh military airport, outside Damascus, on December 9, 2024

Israel’s frenzied reality: When destroying an enemy navy isn’t the top news story

 Antisemitic graffiti spray painted on a San Francisco Hillel house.

San Francisco Hillel building defaced with 'Khaybar' graffiti

IDF soldiers gather near the ceasefire line between Syria and Israel, in the Golan Heights, December 9, 2024

'Any sane country would do this': Bennett denies IDF advance on Damascus, outlines defensive needs

 Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations, Koussay Aldahhak

Syrian mission to UN to continue work after regime exit, calls for Israel's withdrawal

A northern Gaza tunnel uncovered and dismantled by the IDF.

IDF dismantles Hamas underground terror tunnel in northern Gaza

 A member of Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah attends the funeral of a commander who was killed in a strike in the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday, September 22, 2024.

Will Iranian-backed militias in Iraq march to Syria? Orders awaited

 SAUDI CROWN PRINCE Mohammed bin Salman attends a cabinet meeting in May. Only Saudi Arabia and the Arab world can convert, circumvent, or disempower rejectionist organizations like Hamas, the writer maintains.

Saudi Arabia abandons pursuit of US defense treaty over Israel stalemate

By REUTERS
 Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand

Iran-Russia cooperation reaches new levels

 Smoke rises from Syria's Kurdish-controlled northeast city of Qamishli, Syria October 5, 2023.

Airstrikes conducted across smuggling routes in Syria's Homs province, IDF confirms

 Dubai police deploys emergency response drones to boost security

UAE arrests three suspects in killing of Israeli-Moldovan rabbi

IRAQI KURDS people celebrate Nowruz Day last month, a festival marking the first day of spring and the new year, in the town of Akra.

Why did Israel's new foreign minister embrace the Kurdish people?

  Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khameini seen over an AI image of the Iranian octopus (illustrative)

Khamenei’s global network, jihad, and the hope for Iranian democracy

 THE FLAGS (from right) of Iran, Hezbollah, and Lebanon are on display in Tehran. The Lebanese people should not allow Iran to build a Shi’ite crescent from Tehran to the Mediterranean Sea; they should stop suffering for the sake of Hezbollah, the writer urges.

Between proxies and a new attack on Israel: Iran’s dilemma