Middle East @ Izuba

Bedouin man indicted for planning terror attack on Beersheba nightclub, contacting ISIS- Jerusalem Post

Jerusalem Post — 2026-08-18T11:34:07Z

Police added that the investigation revealed that Gergawi had been in contact with ISIS activists and consumed related terror content, as well as planning to join the organization in Syria. @Izuba - Middle East / Mediarezo

Israel not in sync with US on Hamas, Gaza, must avoid becoming 'client state,' ex-consul warns- Jerusalem Post

Jerusalem Post — 2026-08-18T10:09:18Z

Kushner, Nickolay Mladenov, Tony Blair, and members of the Board of Peace arrived in Israel to meet with Netanyahu on Monday and reached several understandings about Gaza and Hamas. @Izuba - Middle East / Mediarezo

Two dead including gunman in school shooting in southern Philippines- The Guardian (Middle East)

The Guardian (Middle East) — 2026-08-18T04:27:11Z

Country’s second fatal school shooting in two months took place in city of ⁠Zamboanga and video appeared to be live-streamed on social media A student was shot dead at a high school in the southern Philippines before the alleged killer took his own life, the local mayor said, in the second (…) @Izuba - Middle East / Mediarezo

How the far right is tightening its grip over the EU – from the inside | Alberto Alemanno- The Guardian (Middle East)

The Guardian (Middle East) — 2026-08-18T04:00:15Z

The centrist coalition that traditionally shaped EU laws is now colluding with MEPs from the AfD and Marine Le Pen’s National Rally The EU exists because its nations swore never to repeat the past. European integration is the insurance policy against the oldest temptation of power: that a (…) @Izuba - Middle East / Mediarezo

The anatomy of erasure : Indigenous Assyrian women and forgotten genocide- Syria (Global Voices)

Syria (Global Voices) — 2026-08-05T06:12:13Z

Indigenous Assyrian women were erased three times: first as Assyrians, then through sexual violence, finally by history itself. The machinery that made them disappear is still running. @Izuba - Middle East / Mediarezo

The ‘unregistered' in Syria : A life of lost opportunities- Syria (Global Voices)

Syria (Global Voices) — 2026-07-16T06:19:18Z

A Kurdish medical student recounts her educational journey as an unregistered person in Syria. Following a January 2026 decree, they can now be granted citizenship. @Izuba - Middle East / Mediarezo

Returning to Hafiz al-Assad's Syria : Bashar Heads Back to the Future in 2020- Syria Comment

Syria Comment — 2020-04-01T01:32:43Z

President Bashar al-Assad was the main catalyst for reform in Syria’s economy and to a lesser degree in its political institutions before the 2011 uprising. The Civil War has caused Assad to return to his father’s domestic and regional policies. By Aiman Mansour* and Joshua Landis When president (…) @Izuba - Middle East / Mediarezo

Nikolaos van Dam on Syria, Assad, the Opposition, Refugees, Kurds, Terrorism, & the Future of the Middle East- Syria Comment

Syria Comment — 2020-01-10T16:43:41Z

By Nikolaos van Dam – @nikolaosvandam PREFACE TO THE ARABIC EDITION OF DESTROYING A NATION: THE CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA Tadmir Watan: al-Harb al-Ahliyah fi Suriya (Beirut, Dar Jana Tamer, 2018) As there has been such a high demand for an Arabic translation of my book Destroying a Nation: The Civil (…) @Izuba - Middle East / Mediarezo