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BREAKING
Axios: Trump's decision to directly intervene to support "Israel" in dismantling Iran's nuclear program represents a historic escalation in the Middle East
A US official to Reuters: American B-2 bombers were used in the strikes on sites in Iran
Trump: A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow
US President Donald Trump on Truth Social: We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Iran: Israeli attacks renewed on Isfahan, Kashan, and Qom
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Iran: Loud explosions heard in the cities of Isfahan, Kashan, and Qom, with no reported injuries
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Iran: Iranian air defenses have shot down an Israeli drone over the city of Tabriz in northwestern Iran
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Iran: Iranian air defenses have shot down an Israeli drone over the city of Qom, south of the capital Tehran
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Iran: An explosion reported in Tabriz near Imam Reza Hospital
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: A squadron of aircraft was heard flying over several Iraqi cities, likely Iranian drones
Timo Al-Farooq

Timo Al-Farooq

Freelance journalist and political commentator with a B.A. in Asian and African Studies.

Articles

Not only has Germany not learned from its Nazi and bellicose history, it is actively falsifying it by infringing upon long-standing traditions of memory culture. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Batoul Chamas)
Opinion

Nothing learned, nothing gained, Germany is at it again

Timo Al-Farooq explores Germany’s unshakable support for "Israel" amid its war on Gaza, revealing how this stance echoes past militarism and a failure to reckon with history. The word Beratungsresistenz, resistance to advice, captures Berlin’s dangerous obstinacy.

  • 03 Jun 14:55
Such is the level of contempt in Germany for the unimaginable suffering Palestinians have been forced to endure for the last 19 months of colonial genocide. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Zeinab El-Hajj)
Opinion

Germany: Sacrificing academic freedom for the sake of 'Israel'

Timo Al-Farooq comments on how German universities, under Zionist and state pressure, are silencing Palestinian voices and dismantling academic freedom under the guise of security and anti-Semitism.

  • 10 May 13:18
Trump 2.0: One hundred days of institutionalizing injustice
Analysis

Trump 2.0: One hundred days of institutionalizing injustice

How alarming the situation is can be gauged by the fact that no US government has invited so many comparisons with the policies and behaviours of Nazi Germany in its formative years as Trump 2.0.

  • 30 Apr 16:50
Likening ICE to Hitler’s infamous paramilitary Sturmabteilung (SA) is not where the many parallels between Nazi Germany and Trump’s America will end. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Zeinab El-Hajj)
Opinion

'Gleichschaltung' in Trump’s America

Timo al-Farooq warns that Trump’s second term is mirroring Nazi Germany’s Gleichschaltung, as US institutions fall in line under an authoritarian, pro-Zionist regime targeting migrants, dissenters, and Palestine advocates.

  • 22 Apr 13:52
With its latest escalatory attacks on Palestine solidarity and shameless double standardism, Germany continues to abandon all pretence of believing in the universality of human rights. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Batoul Chamas)
Opinion

Inspired by Trump’s America, anti-Palestinian authoritarianism in Germany is escalating

Timo Al-Farooq exposes how Germany and the US are weaponizing immigration and international law to suppress Palestine solidarity, revealing the West's deepening hypocrisy and erosion of legal norms.

  • 09 Apr 12:48
How Berlin police marked International Women’s Day by beating women who stood up for Palestine
Analysis

How Berlin police marked International Women’s Day by beating women who stood up for Palestine

The bitter irony of violence against women being perpetrated by an agency tasked with upholding public safety and headed by a woman on a global day dedicated to celebrating women’s rights should not be lost. 

  • 26 Mar 14:58
Right-wing populism is further impeding reparatory justice for Africans
Feature

Right-wing populism is further impeding reparatory justice for Africans

2025 is the AU’s official Year of Reparations, and Africans are pushing forward unperturbed by Western inaction and far-right populism’s growing influence on political discourse...

  • 18 Mar 16:26
One of Merz's first acts as winner was to express his wish to invite to Germany none other than Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Batoul Chamas)
Opinion

Germany under Merz: Further down the rabbit hole of authoritarianism?

Friedrich Merz, Germany’s likely next chancellor, pushes an extreme pro-"Israel" stance, defying international law to host Netanyahu despite ICC charges against him.

  • 10 Mar 12:54
Their beef with Dattani? His proximity to Palestine advocacy, for which he is accused of being an antisemite, an “Islamic extremist” (Levant) and a supporter of terrorism. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Ali al-Hadi Shmeis)
Opinion

Canada’s former human rights chief is pushing back against accusations of antisemitism

Timo Al-Farooq examines how weaponized antisemitism is used to silence Palestine advocacy, highlighting the smear campaign against Birju Dattani and his legal fight for justice.

  • 21 Feb 13:17
Merz's unprecedented move to join forces with the AfD can only be seen as being meant to desensitise voters to the first post-WWII far-right participation in government. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Zeinab El-Hajj)
Opinion

Germany and the antifascist firewall that never was

Germany’s so-called antifascist "firewall" against the far-right has collapsed, but mainstream parties have in fact long been complicit in militarism, anti-refugee policies, and unconditional support for "Israel"—all hallmarks of modern fascism.

  • 07 Feb 13:50
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