Why should the victims of massacres be expected to stand beside their executioners in the name of anti-imperial resistance?

The biographies of those sitting in the People’s Assembly show that it is neither monolithic nor strictly factional, but simply the revolution's memory, given a political afterlife

Countries around the world participated in the 1976 bicentennial, in a turning point for US soft power

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Tehran built a doctrine of resistance designed for export, not for local consumption, but then Washington broke a quarter-century taboo about striking Iran

Tehran built a doctrine of resistance designed for export, not for local consumption, but then Washington broke a quarter-century taboo about striking Iran

Tehran built a doctrine of resistance designed for export, not for local consumption, but then Washington broke a quarter-century taboo about striking Iran

Tehran built a doctrine of resistance designed for export, not for local consumption, but then Washington broke a quarter-century taboo about striking Iran

Open-source evidence and satellite imagery show that the March 5 strike destroyed a first responders’ outpost in Zibashahr Park, leaving an identified military site 200 meters away untouched

In Syria, a significant government reshuffle is anticipated in the coming weeks, primarily aimed at integrating minority groups and distributing the myriad roles currently held by President Ahmad al-Sharaa. The reshuffle is poised to be narrow in scope, affecting only a handful of key portfolios, be...

Iranians are left to reckon with the political order the supreme leader shaped, while the impending succession places the Islamic republic’s future in question

The new round of attacks on Iran by the United States embodies a paradox. It is the highest-stakes campaign at least since Israel’s targeting of high-level Iranian and Hezbollah officials in early 2024. The current operation, involving B-2 bombers and naval strikes, dwarfs the June 2025 strikes on Fordow and Natanz, which already set Iran’s […]

The new round of attacks on Iran by the United States embodies a paradox. It is the highest-stakes campaign at least since Israel’s targeting of high-level Iranian and Hezbollah officials in early 2024. The current operation, involving B-2 bombers and naval strikes, dwarfs the June 2025 strikes on Fordow and Natanz, which already set Iran’s […]

The new round of attacks on Iran by the United States embodies a paradox. It is the highest-stakes campaign at least since Israel’s targeting of high-level Iranian and Hezbollah officials in early 202...

A British doctor finds fear and legal chaos being transformed into a new, decentralized model of reproductive freedom

Revoking the permits of 160,000 Palestinian workers has meant chaos for building projects and has all but destroyed the economy of the West Bank — though for some, it is a desirable place to own prope...

Revoking the permits of 160,000 Palestinian workers has meant chaos for building projects and has all but destroyed the economy of the West Bank — though for some, it is a desirable place to own prope...

The country’s new leaders are heirs to an insurgent energy that goes back decades, making them both resilient and paranoid

A conversation with journalist Sasha Abramsky about his new book American Carnage: How Trump, Musk and DOGE Butchered the U.S. Government

The country’s new leaders are heirs to an insurgent energy that goes back decades, making them both resilient and paranoid

The country’s new leaders are heirs to an insurgent energy that goes back decades, making them both resilient and paranoid

I still remember the euphoria I felt the morning Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime was toppled, writes Hassan Hassan.

"As reading declines and self-censorship grows, bookshops are shuttering in the city once hailed as the Arab world’s publishing capital."

The new government says deals with Assad-era cronies are a form of justice that protects economic recovery and provides no immunity for past abuses

The new government says deals with Assad-era cronies are a form of justice that protects economic recovery and provides no immunity for past abuses

The new government says deals with Assad-era cronies are a form of justice that protects economic recovery and provides no immunity for past abuses

Seven months after Assad’s fall, an analysis of the violence in Sweida shows how international interference and internal paralysis are pushing the country back toward chaos

Seven months after Assad’s fall, an analysis of the violence in Sweida shows how international interference and internal paralysis are pushing the country back toward chaos

Son of a prominent filmmaker and academic, the mayoral hopeful is gaining traction in progressive circles, but support for him is not unanimous within South Asian communities

The ‘Great Transfiguration Project’ promises tourists luxury in the sacred valley of St. Catherine, but locals say it's destroying centuries of heritage and pushing people off their land

By crossing a former red line and engaging in direct conflict, Tel Aviv and Tehran may have set a dangerous precedent