by Ambra Visentin
The light at the end of the tunnel, beyond the rubble. Bashar Al-Assad and Syrian diplomacy are hard at work, using every opportunity for diplomatic contact offered by the earthquake emergency to finally bring the country out...
A testimony from the earthquake-ridden areas of Syria from our partners, Italian humanitarian organization INTERSOS.
Post-traumatic stress symptoms widespread among women, men and children. A shock that spares no one. And which goes hand in hand with the vast, and...
by Davide Assael*
Just days after taking office (the oath of office took place on 29 December), the new Israeli government already appears to embody the worst nightmares of the liberal part of the country, further dividing a social divide...
by Ambra Visentin
In connection with the corruption scandal involving the European Parliament, the Belgian authorities requested the lifting of the parliamentary immunity of two MEPs. As announced by Parliament on Monday, President Roberta Metsola initiated the relevant emergency procedure....
by Hilal Khashan* – Geopolitical Futures
Last month, Lebanese President Michel Aoun left office, after his term expired, without a designated successor in place. Power vacuums are not uncommon in Lebanon. Aoun’s own election in 2016 ended a 29-month vacancy...
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...
The editorial piece by our director, Raffaele Crocco
It remains surprising how World, at least our western World, looks at Israel's continued military occupation of the Palestinian territories: as if it didn't see it.
Let us summarise what happened with Operation...
by Ambra Visentin
The final proposal is now on the table. It lays the conditions for a return to the rules of the 2015 agreement, called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and signed by the P5+1' (the five...
By Futura D'Aprile
It is now two years since the village of Hasankeyf in Turkish Kurdistan was submerged by the waters of the Ilisu dam. All that remains of the settlement that once stood along the banks of the Tigris...
by Jennifer Zacharia* – Boston Review
During the summer of 1998, my cousin Shireen’s alarm would wake us both at 6 a.m. every morning. She shared her room with me while I worked in Palestine during that time. When the...
