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Worldcrunch » middle east » Page 2

middle east

A U.S. Marine interacts with Afghan refugees at the Evacuation Control Center at Kabul's airport backin August 2021.
Geopoliticshayat tahrir alsham

Syria Like Afghanistan? Why The U.S. Is So Bad At Judging Islamist Threats

by Mohamed Saad Abdel-Hafeiz and Elias Kassem January 10, 2025May 24, 2025
photo of 2 navy sailors looking into ocean with devices
Geopoliticsartificial intelligence

A Sideways 2025 Forecast: War, Peace And The “Noise” Theory Of Geopolitics

by Jacques Attali January 4, 2025May 24, 2025
Photo of a woman with a giant Israeli flag as part of a protest by Israeli settlers in Tel Aviv on Dec. 26
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Why Israel’s Long Game In Gaza May Be The Return Of Jewish Settlers

by Steffi Hentschke January 3, 2025May 24, 2025
photo of three soldiers with automatic rifles
Geopolitics

How The Kurdish Question Has Come To A Make-Or-Break Moment

by Pierre Haski and Sahal Ayamparambil January 2, 2025May 24, 2025
Lebanese Tears, Déjà Vu Science, French Sandwich: The Most Popular Worldcrunch Stories Of The Year
Societynews

Lebanese Tears, Déjà Vu Science, French Sandwich: The Most Popular Worldcrunch Stories Of The Year

by Worldcrunch January 1, 2025September 15, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu holds an assessment on the Syrian summit of Mt. Hermon with Defense Minister Israel Katz, IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi, Head of Northern Command Ori Gordin and ISA Director Ronen Bar, Israel, Dec. 17, 2024.​
Geopoliticstrump administration

With Assad Gone, Turkey And Israel Plan To “Share The Cake” In Syria

by Khaled Dawoud December 18, 2024May 24, 2025
A Fire That Started A Revolution To The Death Of A Dictator — On This Day In History December 17
This Happenedhistory

A Fire That Started A Revolution To The Death Of A Dictator — On This Day In History December 17

by Worldcrunch December 17, 2024May 24, 2025
photo of syrian opposition flags
Geopoliticsrussia

Why The West Is Talking To Syria’s New Leaders — For Now

by Pierre Haski December 16, 2024May 24, 2025
A protester with a Palestinian flag in Istanbul, Turkey.
Ideasexploitation

Desire And Misery: On The World’s “Fetishism” For Middle East Conflict

by Hagar Farouk December 13, 2024May 24, 2025
"Traitor Of The Family" — How Assad Sold Out His Loved Ones With His Secret Escape
Geopoliticssyria

“Traitor Of The Family” — How Assad Sold Out His Loved Ones With His Secret Escape

by Hazem El-Amin December 11, 2024May 24, 2025
Syria, The Middle East's Unfortunate Battleground
Geopoliticsdonald trump

Syria, The Middle East’s Unfortunate Battleground

by Pierre Haski December 10, 2024May 24, 2025
​President Vladimir Putin during his meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad at the Kremlin Oct. 20, 2015 in Moscow, Russia.
Geopoliticsvladimir putin

Assad’s End Is A Massive Blow To Putin — And It’s Not Just About Optics

by Maxim Kireev December 10, 2024May 24, 2025
​photo of Syrians living in Turkey holding a large poster of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, at Sarachane Square in Istanbul, Turkey, Dec. 8, 2024.
Geopoliticssyria

Trust Your Neighbors? Why Iran Regime Is So Jittery After Assad’s Fall

by Kayhan-London Staff and Worldcrunch December 9, 2024May 24, 2025
​A Lebanese woman walks past rubble of a building that was hit by an overnight Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Naqoura, March 28, 2024.
Geopoliticsisrael

Why Lebanese Have Already Lost Faith In The Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire Deal

by Hazem El-Amin and Elias Kassem December 5, 2024May 24, 2025
The Syrian Rebel Surge Is Just The Beginning Of A Much Longer War
GeopoliticsBashar al-Assad

The Syrian Rebel Surge Is Just The Beginning Of A Much Longer War

by Hani Adada December 4, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of Palestinians inspecting the al-Qassam Mosque after an Israeli attack
Geopoliticssyria

Israel To Syria To Iran, When Silence And Evil Become One And The Same

by Ammar Almamoun December 1, 2024May 24, 2025
photo of lebanese red cross first responder amid rubble in beirut
Geopoliticsdonald trump

Netanyahu’s Real Motive For Lebanon Ceasefire? To Keep Free Hand In Gaza

by Pierre Haski November 27, 2024May 24, 2025
Deadly Airstrike Hits Residential Area In Central Beirut
Geopoliticsmiddle east

It’s The Worst Moment In Modern Arab History — And Arabs Deserve Most Of The Blame

by Majed Kayali November 25, 2024May 24, 2025
​Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan poses for a photo with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) and former Head of the Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh (R, now deceased) in Ankara, Turkey, on July 26, 2023.
Geopoliticsisrael

Turkey Sees Rising Threat Of “Greater Israel” Arriving At Its Borders

by Doaa Mohamed November 24, 2024May 24, 2025
A Shocking Murder To A Women's Rise To Power — On This Day In History November 22
This Happenedhistory

A Shocking Murder To A Women’s Rise To Power — On This Day In History November 22

by Worldcrunch November 22, 2024May 24, 2025
trump holding flowers surrounded by saudi officials
Geopoliticsdonald trump

Why Arab Leaders Welcomed Trump’s Victory — Until They Didn’t

by Khaled Dawoud November 20, 2024May 24, 2025
Collage of two photos: Left: Pianist Julia Alli playing the piano in her Lebanon home in 2023​. Rigght: Israeli soldiers at the same piano in fall 2024
Ideasmusic

Pianist Tragedy And Redemption, From Warsaw To Southern Lebanon

by Badia Fahs November 19, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of protesters burning a photo of then U.S. presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump back in 2020
Geopoliticsanalysis

A Trump Carrot-And-Stick For Iran? New Nuclear Talks, Crushing Sanctions

by Hossein Aghaie November 19, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of Iranian consultant, Ali Larijani, laughing in the aftermath of airstrikes in Beirut, Lebanon
Geopoliticsisrael

Iran-Lebanon: When Larijani Laughed Amid The Rubble Of Beirut

by Hossam Farran November 18, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of U.S. President Donald Trump and King Abdullah II during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House, 2018.
Eyes on the U.S.donald trump

Jordan Is Spooked By Trump’s Return — And What It Means For The Whole Middle East

by Rana Sabbagh November 14, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of a man watching on at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on Nov. 2.
Geopoliticsgaza

Israel Or Arab Regimes: Who’s To Blame For The Mess Of The Middle East

by Majed Kayali November 11, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 24.
Geopoliticsdonald trump

Why Trump’s Victory May Put Warming Iran-Egypt Relations On Ice

by Mohamed Khayal November 10, 2024May 24, 2025
How Trump’s Return Will Bury The Two-State Solution — And Resurrect 'Abrahamic Peace'
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

How Trump’s Return Will Bury The Two-State Solution — And Resurrect ‘Abrahamic Peace’

by Hazem El-Amin November 7, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of a crowd gathered to watch the U.S. presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in Washington on Septembre 10, 2024.
Eyes on the U.S.donald trump

From The Middle East, All American Presidents Look The Same

by Afrah Nasser November 3, 2024May 24, 2025
Egypt-Israel: How The Camp David "Betrayal" Of Palestine Looms Larger Than Ever
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Egypt-Israel: How The Camp David “Betrayal” Of Palestine Looms Larger Than Ever

by Hagar Farouk October 30, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of the “Ghased” missile system during a military parade in Tehran.
Geopoliticsisrael

Why Iran Is So Nervous: The West Is Set To “Reorder” The Middle East For Trade Routes

by Bahram Farrokhi October 30, 2024May 24, 2025
"Worse v. Even Worse" — How Michigan’s Arab Voters Are Choosing Between Evils
Eyes on the U.S.middle east

“Worse v. Even Worse” — How Michigan’s Arab Voters Are Choosing Between Evils

by Bastien Bouchaud and Sahal Ayamparambil October 29, 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.
Geopoliticsisrael

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

by Hazem El-Amin October 29, 2024May 24, 2025
photo of a family with a fire drinking tea
Geopoliticsextremism

Glass Towers, Fire Outside: The Middle East Wealth-And-Horror Show Can No Longer Hold

by Afrah Nasser October 28, 2024May 24, 2025
How Iran's Obsession With Destroying Israel Has Undermined Its Own Hold On Power
Geopoliticsisrael

How Iran’s Obsession With Destroying Israel Has Undermined Its Own Hold On Power

by Morteza Anvari October 26, 2024May 24, 2025
photo of a mother hugging her killed son on a stretcher
Geopoliticsafrica

Genocide Plots, White Man’s Conquest: Tracing Blame For Middle East Blood

by Badia Fahs October 22, 2024May 24, 2025
photo of a woman with bullhorn
Societypoland

Abortion And The U.S. Election: Women Of The World Are Watching

by Valeria Berghinz October 21, 2024May 24, 2025
​A policeman stands in front of the Centrum Mosque of the Islamic Community in Hamburg, Germany.
Geopoliticsisrael

Iran’s Hitmen: The New Rise Of Western Terror Agents Working For Tehran

by Ahmad Rafat October 19, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of an image depicting Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
Israel-Palestine Warisrael

After Sinwar? A Palestinian Critique Of The Militarization Of Resistance

by Majed Kayali October 18, 2024May 24, 2025
This Happened — October 17: Raqqa Freed From ISIS
This Happenedsyria

This Happened — October 17: Raqqa Freed From ISIS

by Worldcrunch October 17, 2024May 24, 2025

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