Since Ahmad al-Sharaa came to power in Syria, the Damascus government has been given carte blanche to use maximum force against any threat to its continued rule, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
The transformation of a stable secular state into a fractured ruin largely ruled by Western-backed fundamentalists exposes the hollow nature of ‘multipolarity’ and the absence of principled anti-imperialism today, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
After the Gaza genocide and unleashing chaos in Syria, the US and Israel prepare to target Tehran next, leaving the Iranian people caught between foreign intervention and continued theocratic oppression, writes GAWAIN LITTLE
Following the sudden collapse of the Assad government, foreign powers and Islamist militias carve up the nation while Israel continues to drop bombs and expand its illegal occupation. Secular democracy is now a faded dream, writes LIBERATION
In a statement, the secretariat of the World Peace Council condemns the recent developments in and around Syria, which are the grim results of years of US, Turkish and Russian meddling in Syrian affairs
The Kurdish women’s organisation Kongra Star argues that the system established in north-east Syria’s autonomous administration is a significant step forward for women’s rights and politics in the region and must be defended
Starmer accused of hypocrisy for quickly condemning Iran’s missile attack on Israel, but not condeming Israel’s genocide in Gaza, strikes on the Iranian embassy, or attacks on civilians in Lebanon
We need to halt the spread of war across the Middle East, and that means calling for an end to bombing attacks by the West and now the Iranian regime too, writes Codir
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