Israel’s Plan for Armed Militias in Gaza: Where Will They Go?

August 8, 2026

The US-Israeli war on Iran has sparked a broad debate inside the United States over the future of Washington’s role...

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Drones, Surveillance and Air Defence: What Did the UAE Secretly Request From ‘Israel’?

In the six years following the signing of the normalisation agreements in September 2020, military cooperation between the United Arab...

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Gaza: Peace on Paper, Air Strikes and Destruction on the Ground

While world capitals discuss US President Donald Trump’s “peace plan” and a “new phase” of security and political arrangements, Palestinians...

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‘Greater Israel’ and Proxy War: Writer Warns of a Regional Conflict Fought by Everyone

Writer Jeffrey Silverman argues that bombing alone has never decided a war, and that the current air campaign against Iran...

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Misread as passive, the Gulf is quietly ending fifty years of dependence

Peace has been announced in the Gulf more often than it has been kept. A ceasefire arrived within weeks of...

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Why genocide keeps repeating in Sudan

Last month, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk declared a “red alert” for el-Obeid. The city is...

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The resurrection of Hezbollah

August 6, 2026

The Lebanese party has been defeated, degraded and written off. Yet it has managed to resuscitate itself despite pressure from...

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Beatings, Electric Shocks and Rubber Bullets: Dr Hussam Abu Safiya’s Health Deteriorates in Israeli Prison

August 6, 2026

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office has warned that detained Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, is...

War or Agreement? Trump Names His Preferred Option on Iran

August 6, 2026