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Filippo Dionigi

@filippodionigi.bsky.social
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Senior lecturer of international relations at Bristol University. IR theory and Middle East politics: f.dionigi@bristol.ac.uk. t.co/CGcAdQY3Dz

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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
As #Israel escalates its attacks on #Lebanon and #Hezbollah, yesterday I spoke with al-Jazeera on how this cycle of violence perpetuates itself. Find an excerpt below, if interested, or the full interview in the reply.
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Earlier today, I spoke with France 24 En about the prospects of the current talks between #Lebanon and #Israel as well as broader considerations on the current situation in Lebanon #Hezbollah. If you are interested, below is the full interview. youtu.be/9LXgvHF5VN4?...
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
#Israel and #Hezbollah escalation in #Lebanon. My interview with @en.france24.com yesterday 12 March. ⬇️ youtube.com/watch?v=ERZ5...
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
"Is this #Hezbollah’s last stand?" - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com
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Is this Hizbollah’s last stand?
The Lebanese militant group has been battered by two years of conflict. Now it has entered an ‘existential’ war
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 03/03/2026
🔴 France has pledged to send anti-missile and anti-drone systems, as well as a frigate, to Cyprus after a British air base on the island was attacked by drones yesterday. Follow our live blog as the tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate: www.politico.eu/article/us-i...
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FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 03/03/2026
🔴 BREAKING - Live: Israel military says it is establishing buffer zone in southern Lebanon
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Live: Israel military says it is establishing buffer zone in southern Lebanon
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said Tuesday the Lebanese army was evacuating "advanced positions" along the Israeli border as Israel’s military said it was establishing a buffer zone in southern…
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Reuters @reuters.com · 02/03/2026
Iran's Revolutionary Guards commander said the Strait of Hormuz is closed and Iran is to set any ship trying to pass on fire, Iranian media reported. Live updates ➡️ reut.rs/4aK7TEn
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Inside the plan to kill Ali #Khamenei - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com
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Inside the plan to kill Ali Khamenei
Israel spent years hacking Tehran’s traffic cameras and monitoring bodyguards ahead of the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader
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The Debate - France 24 @f24debate.france24.com · 02/03/2026
“President Trump will decide when this war ends” says David Makovsky as US-Israel campaign against #Iran escalates More in #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/Bm8A
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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
My reporting from today. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
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Israel intensifies war on Lebanon after Hezbollah attack
Israel's response to Hezbollah attack kills at least 31 people and leads to mass displacement in Lebanon.
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
WSJ story with further details on the US-Israeli attack that killed #Khamenei and others in #Tehran yesterday.
WSJ story on Khamenei'assassination
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
"#America’s attack on Iran turns a taboo into a method" Five free accesses via @economist.com www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
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America’s attack on Iran turns a taboo into a method
It is rare for air power alone to bring about regime change, writes Steven Simon
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Netanyahu claims #Khamenei has been killed.
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Military briefing: What have the #US and #Israel hit and how can Iran respond? - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com
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Military briefing: What have the US and Israel hit and how can Iran respond?
American military assets in the region and Gulf oil supplies are vulnerable to retaliation and Israel is a renewed target
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
'The pessimist who became a prophet': interesting read #Sandel but overstating the foresight of his philosophy - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com by @martinsandbu.ft.com
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The pessimist who became a prophet
Philosopher Michael Sandel was ignored by a generation of political optimists. Now he is searching for a way out of the mess he saw coming
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FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 03/02/2026
Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of Libya's late dictator, killed in the northern African country, report say
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Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of Libya's late dictator, killed in the northern African country, report say
Get the latest Breaking News Alerts from France 24 in real time on Facebook and Twitter: @BreakingF24
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Frederick Deknatel @freddydeknatel.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
More Saudi investment in Syria, part of Sharaa's vision of using foreign investment (mostly Gulf money) to fund reconstruction — except how does a new private Syrian airline, or real estate "in the old towns," help house millions of displaced Syrians? www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Saudi Arabia set to announce major new Syria investments, Syrian official says
Saudi Arabia will invest in a new private Syrian airline as part of a multi-billion-dollar investment package expected to be announced on Saturday, the head of the Syrian Investment Authority said, re...
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
US shoots down #Iranian drone as #MiddleEast tensions escalate - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com
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US shoots down Iranian drone as Middle East tensions escalate
Iranian gunboats also challenged US-flagged tanker in Strait of Hormuz days before planned negotiations
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The #UN reports #Israel dropped an unknown chemical substance over land in South #Lebanon. Substance is said to be non toxic by IL but peacekeepers were asked to stay away and undercover...🤔 There is concern for the consequences of such actions for agriculture: essential economic activity there.
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com
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Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown
Palantir and Deloitte among beneficiaries of spending by government agencies
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Disappeared bodies, mass burials and ‘30,000 dead’: what is the truth of Iran’s death toll? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Disappeared bodies, mass burials and ‘30,000 dead’: what is the truth of Iran’s death toll?
Testimony from medics, morgue and graveyard staff reveals huge state effort to conceal systematic killing of protesters
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
' #Greenland, #America and the end of #Atlanticism' - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com
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Greenland, America and the end of Atlanticism
Behind the crisis caused by Donald Trump’s threats is a much bigger change: the waning of US hegemony and the coming of a multi-polar age
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Israel bombed 5 towns in Lebanon today. Another day of an Israeli ceasefire: you cease, we fire
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 21/01/2026
Before a signing ceremony planned for Thursday, several nations have agreed to join the board. But many haven't.
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Trump's ‘board of peace': Who has joined, who hasn’t – and why
Before a signing ceremony planned for Thursday, several nations have agreed to join the board. But many haven't.
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
#Lebanon/#Israel carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
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Simon Karam’s Poisoned Gift
The negotiator will have a delicate task of preserving Lebanon’s eroding sovereignty and getting on with Nabih Berri.
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Fifty years later, Tal al-Zaatar returns... to the stage #Lebanon #Palestine today.lorientlejour.com/article/1485...
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Fifty years later, Tal al-Zaatar returns... to the stage
Fifty years after the massacre at Tel al-Zaatar, Chrystèle Khodr's play revives memories and highlights the plight of Palestinians through powerful testimonies.
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
#Israel strike on #Palestinian refugee camp in #Lebanon kills 13 and raises fears of new offensive - on.ft.com/4r5u128 via @financialtimes.com
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Israeli strike on Lebanon refugee camp raises fears of new offensive
Drone strike on Palestinian camp one of deadliest since Israel and Hizbollah agreed ceasefire last year
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Exceptional report by @financialtimes.com on #KSA #Neom megaproject. ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
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Middle East Research and Information Project @merip.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
NEW: "Material Politics of Normalization" the Summer/Fall Issue of Middle East Report! A hard hitting collection of 11 essays, reviews, and interviews on the architecture of normalization with Israel, from the Abraham Accords to the Gaza Genocide. buff.ly/ZmeaAty
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Material Politics of Normalization
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don #McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures | #Photography | @theguardian.com share.google/PNxDzXoMgkwY...
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‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures
At 90, McCullin has spent seven decades recording conflict and tragedy – while escaping snipers, mortar fire and capture. He reflects on pain, pride and regret
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FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 29/10/2025
Live: Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 60, including dozens of children
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Live: Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 60, including dozens of children
At least 60 people, of which more than half are children, have been killed in fresh Israeli strikes on Gaza, local hospital officials said Wednesday. Despite the many dead, US President Donald Trump said “nothing’s going to jeapordise” the truce between Israel and Hamas, saying the deadly strikes were launched after the killing of an Israeli soldier “so the Israelis hit back. And they should hit back.” Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments. 
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
"Freed Palestinian prisoners recount beatings and abuse in Israeli jails" - on.ft.com/4hulOA2 via @financialtimes.com free access for the first few click.
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Freed Palestinian prisoners recount beatings and abuse in Israeli jails
Testimonies from former detainees spotlight worsening conditions since October 7 2023 attack
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Woodward is praised for his impeccable factual reporting, but at least this page from 'War' does not make much sense to me. He claims that Bibi reported to Biden about imminent Hezbollah's attacks on 11/10. But #Hezbollah began attacking already in the night of 7-8/10. 乁⁠(⁠ ⁠⁰͡⁠ ⁠Ĺ̯⁠ ⁠⁰͡⁠ ⁠)⁠ ⁠ㄏ
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Interesting podcast "What to make of #Trump's #Gaza plan?" via @crisisgroup.org open.spotify.com/episode/0ZVc...
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What to Make of Trump’s Gaza Plan?
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
103 civilians killed in #Lebanon since cease-fire, says UN today.lorientlejour.com/article/1479...
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103 civilians killed in Lebanon since cease-fire, says UN | LIVE
Hamas is moving towards rejecting Trump's plan for Gaza, according to a senior official, amidst ongoing developments in the region.
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
How Donald #Trump’s #Gaza deal came together - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com
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How Donald Trump’s Gaza deal came together
The hurried diplomacy and backroom arm-twisting that shaped the White House plan
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Full text of Donald #Trump’s proposal to end the war in #Gaza - on.ft.com/46uvmrd via @financialtimes.com
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Full text of Donald Trump’s proposal to end the war in Gaza
The White House published its plan ahead of a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Another consideration relevant to this thesis (Musa al-Sadr killed by Qaddafi, due to Iran hardliners' pressure) is that it fits with the the antagonism between Khomeini and Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, cousin of Musa, and equally politically active in Iraq. www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
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Musa al Sadr: Body seen in Libyan mortuary could solve 50-year mystery of vanished religious leader - BBC News
Compelling evidence to suggest Lebanese Shia leader Musa al-Sadr was killed in Libya is uncovered by BBC.
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Timing may or may not be casual, but #KSA #Pakistan defence treaty is another sign of the eastward shift of the barycentre of power in world politics, caused *also* by Western states to support #Israel unconditionally. on.ft.com/4mkzajd via @financialtimes.com
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Petrodollars and the ‘Islamic Bomb’: how a Saudi-Pakistan pact was forged
Gulf nation backed Islamabad’s nuclear weapons programme, say experts. A new defence pact draws the Sunni allies closer
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Illuminating and yet deeply depressing report on how #Israel extreme right exploits what is left of #Oslo to cripple the West Bank and the Palestinians. Free access link👇. on.ft.com/46EBkWl via @financialtimes.com
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How Israel is dismantling the dream of a Palestinian state
While attention has been focused on Gaza, Israel has undermined the delicate architecture of governance in the West Bank built up over three decades
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
A very deep and important report by L'Orient Le Jour on the pagers attack against Hezbollah by #Israel in #Lebanon a year ago. today.lorientlejour.com/article/1477...
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One year on, scars of the Hezbollah pager attack: A crack in the armor
Neife Awad, 31, takes off her sunglasses to reveal two empty eye sockets. Around them, a constellation of scars marks the moment when a booby-trapped pager exploded in her face, plunging her into...
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
An interview with France 24 on the events in #Doha #Qatar yesterday. Key points: hard to believe US did not know about this in advance, #Qatar and other Gulf countries concerned about their security, evidence of #Israel crimes in #Palestine piles up... Link to video: 📺https://youtu.be/P2k1hvb3BTU
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Important steps in re-establishing #Lebanon-#Syria relations as equal partners. Major points: border demarcation, #Hezbollah, and the rescission of the infamous Treaty of Brotherhood and Cooperation. today.lorientlejour.com/article/1475...
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Syrian delegation in Beirut: Mitri reveals the behind the scenes
After being postponed for several days, the coordination meeting between Lebanon and Syria finally took place on Monday in Beirut, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri, who welcomed a...
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
www.clingendael.org/publication/... via @clingendael.bsky.social
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The Silent Frontlines: Why the “Axis of Resistance” Stayed Quiet in the Iran-Israel War
By Renad Mansour and Hamidreza AziziEditor’s introduction
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
#Israel confirms that has no intention to de-escalate and give sufficient respite to the GoL to lay the basis for the monopoly of force in #Lebanon. Instead violence continues reinforcing #Hezbollah's narrative and weakening the government. today.lorientlejour.com/article/1475...
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Israeli air force strikes several areas in Jezzine district, southern Lebanon
SOUTH LEBANON — The Israeli air force carried out a series of strikes in southern Lebanon on Thursday afternoon, targeting several areas in the Jezzine district, north of the Litani River, our...
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Prof Anastasia Shesterinina @ashesterinina.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Thanks to the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social research team for your contributions & @filippodionigi.bsky.social @rtapscott.bsky.social @marniehowlett.bsky.social for bringing this Forum together! #UKRIFLF @uoypolitics.bsky.social
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
"As all eyes are on #Iran, the horror in #Gaza persists" Free access to this article from The Economist. You can open the link five times within seven days www.economist.com/middle-east-...
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As all eyes are on Iran, the horror in Gaza persists
Where people once died in air strikes, now they are dying as they try to find food
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
My two cents on the latest developments #USA, #Israel, #Iran for BBC Radio Bristol 🎙️. Listen via the link below if interested. 👇 youtu.be/0bMtXw2gFMc
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Rather hilarious piece on @alphaville.ft.com regarding defence, AI and all that... Link below gives free access to a few of those who click on it. on.ft.com/3ZAN9sM
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Meanwhile, in the British army…
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
🎁Free article: You can open the link five times within seven days. #Trump’s three excruciating choices on #Iran www.economist.com/middle-east-...
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Trump’s three excruciating choices on Iran
Israel started the Iran war. Only America can finish it
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