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Servicemen walk through a field during a combat mission near Chasiv Yar, Bakhmut district, Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on July 14, 2024.

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The Key To Ukraine Peace? A Korean-Style Buffer Zone

by Fabrizio Goria August 19, 2025August 19, 2025

photo of a rifle

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Ukraine Negotiations: Here Are Four Ways The War Could End

by Hauke Friedrichs, Mariya Martiyenko and Maxim Kireev February 13, 2025May 24, 2025

HTS (Hayaat Tahrir Al Sham) leader Ahmed Al-Shara, also known as Abu Muhammad Al-Jolani, commander in the operations department of the Syrian armed opposition watching Damascus from the Mount Qassyun, overlooking the capital after the overthrow of Bashar Al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 9, 2024.

Geopolitics buffer zone

Don’t Be Fooled, Syrians Will Wind Up Worse Off Post-Assad

by Mohamed Saad Abdel-Hafeiz and Elias Kassem December 10, 2024May 24, 2025

Photo of a hand touching the casket carrying Haj Maryam Qashqash during her funeral procession: she and her ten year old niece were both killed on April 23rd by an Israeli rocket that targeted their family home in southern Lebanon.

Geopolitics israel

Memories To Dust: A Southern Lebanon “Buffer Zone” Made By Destroying Our Homes

by Hazem El-Amin October 29, 2024May 24, 2025

Palestinians displaced from their homes go to the market to buy sweets and traditional cakes in Rafah, in preparation for Eid al-Fitr.

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Rafah’s Destiny: A Border City Split In Two, Pawn Of A Poisoned Land

by Worldcrunch and Elias Kassem April 9, 2024May 22, 2025

Palestinians inspect the damages of their home, which was bombed by Israeli army aircraft at dawn today in the city of Rafah

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The Looming Rafah Offensive Is Pushing Egypt-Israel Relations To The Brink

by Hussein Attia February 21, 2024May 21, 2025

Israeli forces demolish a building belonging to a Palestinian in Jerusalem.

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Israel’s “Buffer Zone” In Gaza Is Just A Brutal Land Grab Of Occupation

by Mustafa Ibrahim and Elias Kassem January 31, 2024May 21, 2025

More than 100,000 Syrian refugees are thought to be in Turkey

Geopolitics syria

Citing Syrian Refugee Influx, Turkey Pushes (So Far In Vain) For Buffer Zone

by Jeff Israely September 3, 2012May 23, 2025