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In her analysis, Katia Ibrahim examines Damascus’s delicate balancing act as it seeks to restore ties with Moscow, negotiating debts, military bases, and Western pressure while weighing the political cost of renewed Russian support.
As Western leaders preach democracy abroad, their domestic politics have long relied on fear of Muslims to consolidate power, manipulate voters, and deflect from systemic failure. From London to Washington, Islamophobia has become less a prejudice than a political strategy.
As the talks progress to refine Trump’s 20-point “Gaza Peace Plan,” many analysts see the initiative less as a pathway to peace and more as an attempt to formalize control over a shattered territory.
Syrian Palestinians are deeply concerned after Syria joined the ranks of countries seeking to normalize relations with "Israel".
"Israel"-Syria negotiations were postponed when the former added a clause to establish a humanitarian corridor to Sweida.
The surprise moves by Washington to lift decades-long illegal sanctions on Harare are coming with conditions that anti-sanctions activists are unhappy with, even as analysts see it as a strategic, self-serving bargain.
Every tragedy I narrated here has happened to thousands in the three schools at the time, and it continues to happen to every living soul in Gaza, from the beginning of the war until this very day.