By Martin Chulov* – The Guardian
Mahsa Amini’s death in custody is fast becoming another moment of reckoning for the Iranian regime that fears a popular revolt more than it fears staring down the rest of the world.
Four days after...
by Ambra Visentin
In September 2023, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale military offensive against the self-declared breakaway State of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but has been disputed with Armenia since 1993. The...
by Haggai Matar * - The Guardian, OtherNews
President Joe Biden arrived in Tel Aviv on Wednesday with three main goals. He wished to reaffirm his government’s complete support for the Israeli government, to repeat the warning to surrounding states against intervening...
by Alessandro De Pascale
At around midnight Turkish time on Monday 29 May, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 69, was confirmed as President of the Republic of Turkey by the Supreme Electoral Council (YSK). He and his right-wing coalition won 52.16% of...
by Angelo Maddalena*
Starting this Monday, for a month, we will be publishing a three-part report from Syria: the first on the author’s journey, the second on what the Free Syrian Army was and is today. The third, finally, is...
The interview - by Alice Pistolesi
Internal politics animated by strong conflicts, accusations of an apartheid-like system, the new relations with the US Administration and the state of play of the Abrahamic agreements. An interview with Davide Assael, philosopher, scholar...
by Scott Ritter * - Special to Consortium News, OtherNews
The origins of Israel’s intelligence failure on the Hamas attacks can be traced to the decision to rely on AI instead of the contrarian analysis born of the earlier intelligence...
by Ambra Visentin
The suicide attack in the northwestern district of Bajaur on Sunday 30 July left at least 56 people dead and nearly 200 injured. This is yet another wound for a country that has long lived under the...
by Ambra Visentin
Pressure is mounting in Iraqi Kurdistan from Turkey and Iran, with the support of the Baghdad Government. On Sunday 17 September, an alleged Turkish drone targeted a vehicle belonging to an armed group affiliated to the Kurdistan...
by Anna Violante
“If we want peace, we must prepare for war,” wrote European Council President Charles Michel in his press release of 19 March, referring to the need to increase European military aid to Ukraine, and he soon outlined...
































