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Summary: the Huthi offensive caught the IRG forces and the Saudis off guard and with rapid advances and the seizure of new territory it is the Yemeni people who yet again pay the price.
Summary: a distinguished historian says there is no genocide in Gaza and that to say there is is a blood libel; in doing so he ignores the words and actions of Holocaust survivors who speak against the genocide Israel is committing.
Summary: Britain’s Foreign Secretary delivered a speech in Parliament the likes of which had not been heard before: the UK was asserting leadership in denouncing the Israeli government for its war against Palestine.
Summary: though it is receiving little international attention the civil war has been ignited by the Huthis with implications that go well beyond the borders of Yemen.
Summary: the killing of a five year old girl trapped in a car with her murdered relatives, pleading for help on her mobile phone, is testimony to the depravity of the genocide Israel has inflicted on the people of Palestine.
Summary: escalation in the war between the US and Iran is set against a developing and dangerous situation in Yemen with the outlook for a return to full scale war there a growing possibility.
Summary: it has been a long time since the UAE and Saudi Arabia have seen eye to eye and the Iran war and subsequent MOU have done little else but paper over the cracks.
Summary: the distinguished Palestinian journalist Nour Odeh delivers a powerful message to Israel and the Western powers who have colluded in the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing being carried out by the Israeli state.
Summary: with relations with the UAE further strained and the Yemen conflict still unresolved Saudi Arabia must perform a challenging balancing act as an end to the Iran war continues to be elusive.
Summary: the Comoros is currently experiencing intense civil unrest and revolutionary momentum triggered by a sharp increase in fuel prices under the increasingly autocratic leadership of President Azali Assoumani. In this exclusive interview, Said Hachim Achirafi outlines the Comorian government-in-exile’s strategy to dismantle President Azali Assoumani’s autocratic regime and restore democratic governance through diaspora mobilisation and international pressure.
Summary: the cynical manoeuvring between the FIFA boss Gianni Infantino and President Trump as the World Cup approaches lays bare the hypocrisy and crass opportunism of both men.
Summary: the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has caused fuel and cooking gas prices to rocket with a hugely damaging impact on tens of millions of Yemenis already made extremely vulnerable by massive cuts to international humanitarian aid.
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