Thanks to its adjacent geography and shared history, Syria has always been at the heart of the struggle for liberating Palestine. Its role, however, has fluctuated over time. After the 1973 war and Egypt’s unilateral normalization with Israel, Syria’s direct military involvement came to a halt, save sporadic confrontations during the Lebanese civil war. Its indirect role in armed resistance, […]
Peace advocates on Tuesday cautiously celebrated Israel agreeing to a cease-fire with the Lebanese political and paramilitary group Hezbollah while also stressing the need for an immediate end to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip. Despite concerns about whether the truce will actually happen, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), a U.S.-based Quaker group, welcomed the plans for it and called […]
For Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the Gaza ceasefire negotiations are an exercise in playing both sides against the middle. Raising hopes that a durable truce may be on the horizon nine months into the war, US and Israeli officials praised Hamas’ reply to new language put forward by the Biden administration in the three-stage ceasefire proposal announced in May by […]
There is no end to the Ukraine War in sight. Peace and solutions to the problems have been made conditional to too many big “ifs” and “whens”. Wrong calculations from both sides have led to the present stalemate. And instead of looking for a reasonable and mutually acceptable way out, they are trying to achieve […]
It has been five weeks since Bangladesh launched an operation against the ethnic separatist organization, the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF). Previously, law enforcement agencies discovered the KNF’s connection with the nascent Islamist terrorist organization, Jamatul Sharqia. Since then, the KNF is constantly retreating and has lost its stronghold. Apart from its physical presence and connection […]
Since the military Junta, the Tatmadaw, took control of Myanmar in February of 2021, there have been large-scale demonstrations, armed resistance and mass killings. As the fighting between military and opposition forces intensified, the security situation within Myanmar and its bordering states is deteriorating rapidly. The recent conflict between the military and the Arakan Army […]
In its declining path, the United States is willing to destroy the last vestiges of national sovereignty of its own – mainly European – allies, as well as of those who for a certain time liked to pose as neutrals. It is commonplace to note the dishonorable capitulation of European governments and not only of […]
Since last week, Myanmar is continuously violating Bangladesh’s air space and land border. Within a fortnight, the country has violated Bangladesh’s air space and sovereignty at least five times, dropped bombs in Bangladesh territory, dropped mortar shells in a refugee camp in no man’s land that killed one refugee, and is putting landmines on the […]
I am in a dilemma about how to address you. We may leave it behind. You all three are quite aware that the world is now going through the most dangerous crisis since the end of World War II mainly because of you. A single misstep can ignite apocalyptical consequences. That may lead the planet […]
“Israel’s” attempts to impose its will on Lebanon and exploit the natural resources of the Karish field will result in a resounding failure. Knowing this, will the Zionist regime in “Tel Aviv” push this case to the brink of war as its only strategy? On June 5, Lebanese President, Michel Aoun, warned “Tel Aviv” that […]