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2025-12-08 20:30
By Shahrokh Saei
Syria one year after Assad: Jolani’s makeover, minority panic, and Israeli strikes
TEHRAN – On December 8, 2024, Syria entered a new phase when Damascus fell, and the Ba'ath Party’s long rule ended. Bashar al-Assad departed for Russia, where he was granted asylum. For many Syrians, Assad’s exit was neither a moment of triumph nor defeat, but the beginning of a new uncertainty. The vacuum left behind opened the door for forces both domestic and foreign to shape Syria’s trajectory.
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2025-10-24 15:33
‘Keep riding camels:’ Israeli minister’s racist jibe at Saudi normalization terms sparks outrage
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich dismissed Saudi Arabia’s presumed demand for Palestinian statehood as a precondition for normalization on Thursday, sneering at a Tzomet Institute conference that the kingdom should “keep riding camels in the Saudi desert” while Israel “innovates.”
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2025-08-22 13:36
Over 20 nations join EU, UN in opposing Israel’s illegal E1 settlement plan
The United Kingdom, Australia and Japan are among 21 countries that have condemned Israel’s plans to build a controversial illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank, which they say renders a future two-state solution for Palestinians impossible, Al Jazeera reported.
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2025-08-15 12:20
UN chief: Israeli settlement plan in the West Bank violates international law
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday strongly opposed Israel's plans to construct thousands of new settler units that would effectively split the occupied West Bank into two disconnected parts.
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2025-06-10 22:33
UK and allies to sanction Israeli ministers Ben Gvir and Smotrich
A number of countries, including the UK, are set to sanction far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich over their conduct during the war on Gaza, MEE reported.
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2025-05-07 22:48
The West’s shameful silence on Gaza
After 19 months of conflict that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and drawn accusations of war crimes against Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu is once more preparing to escalate Israel’s offensive in Gaza.