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This Happened — October 17: Raqqa Freed From ISIS

This Happened — October 17: Raqqa Freed From ISIS

Updated Oct. 17, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. Raqqa was declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria on this day in 2017. Why was Raqqa so important in the Syrian Civil War? Raqqa was of strategic importance because it served as the self-proclaimed capital of ISIS and was a center for the […]

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Israel-Palestine War

Hamas, Hezbollah And The False Myth Of Victory In Bloodshed

Photo of a member of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, carrying a rifle.
A member of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip. Majdi Fathi/APA Images/ZUMA

The concept of “resistance” adopted by militants in the Middle East has a close relationship with oppression and “divine victory,” which Hamas and Hezbollah both embrace in a false interpretation of the Koran, despite the heavy human and material losses inflicted.

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climate change Geopolitics Green Syria Crisis

Syrian Farmers Caught Between Grinding Conflict And Climate Change

​Syrians men bag up wheat after reaping their crops during the wheat harvesting season in Hama Countryside.
Syrians men bag up wheat after reaping their crops during the wheat harvesting season in Hama Countryside. Anas Alkharboutli/dpa/ZUMA

The production of wheat, a staple food in Syria, fell dramatically this year due to the effects of climate change. The poor harvest has left wheat farmers, already suffering from decades of conflict, struggling to rebuild their lives.

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