Refrigerators across France have been going haywire. On November 9, France formally blamed Shahid Kaveh, a unit operating under Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber Electronic Command (IRGC-CEC),...
As French protests escalated, the X account Torche360 (@Torche360), on October 26, posted a video of a protester in Paris unfavorably comparing French police to the Israel Defense Forces. The account provides...
Assimilation is happening, but into a culture of grievance and violence
Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi to Damascus on October 28, marking Zaidi’s first trip to Syria. Sharaa described the meeting as a historic opportunity for...
Crowned with the Nobel Peace Prize, the South African-born former UN High Commissioner is far from a consensus figure, given how selective her battles have been. Hard on Israel, but soft on China over the Uyghurs?
Hussain al Abdallah, who succeeded Wafiq Safa as head of Hezbollah’s Liaison and Coordination Unit in February, reportedly sought the return of explosives seized this month by Lebanese security forces....
After 11 years of Turkish military presence, Ankara and Baghdad have agreed that Turkish troops will gradually withdraw from the Bashiqa-Zilkan camp in northern Iraq, though no firm timeline has been set. This...
U.S. and French authorities have moved against a Hamas fundraising network that allegedly raised more than $600,000 from American donors. The harder task is keeping it from rebuilding. On October 2,...
On October 4, at their Brighton conference, members of the Green Party of England and Wales adopted a motion equating Zionism with racism and refused to protect members affiliated with a synagogue. This development raises questions for the entire European Green political family, including France’s Les Écologistes.
REVIEW: ‘Stolen Revolution: Betrayal and Hope in Modern Iran’ by Yeganeh Torbati and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin
Twenty-five years ago, Jews went to the “United Nations World Conference Against Racism” to fight racism. They left learning that Jew-hatred would be treated differently.
The ongoing war with Iran is driving countries in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean to invest in new security alliances. This is partly driven by the drubbing Gulf Arab states have taken from...
In a wide-ranging interview lasting more than three hours with the Arabic-language podcast Taqarob, photographer Motaz Azaiza discussed his work in Gaza and what went on behind the scenes of local media coverage. His admissions about self-censorship, Hamas repression and the withholding of footage from October 7 challenge his image as the “perfect correspondent” and raise questions about the ethics of Western media.
In August and September, Kuwaiti, Israeli, Turkish, and French officials thwarted several suspected Islamic State attacks and arrested and indicted alleged Islamic State members and sympathizers, underscoring...
*This article was originally published in French In Europe, and especially in France, the verdict seems to be in. The United States, we are told, has pursued a strategy toward Iran that is as brutal...
He instructed revolutionary leftists to march behind Islamists – and they’re marching
This is not Palestine they are defending. On the eve of what was supposed to be her trial this summer, some 250 public figures signed an open letter in L’Humanité supporting Rima Hassan.
A century of failed experiments before the rise of Mamdani and friends
If President Trump has his way, the Third Lebanon War, which Hezbollah began by attacking Israel on October 8, 2023, will soon end. But even as the group’s most intense fight against Israel comes to...
The next UN leader will take office at a time when the international body is experiencing an unprecedented crisis of purpose.