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Sudan’s Army Is Accused of Chlorine Attacks. Why Won’t Its Closest Allies Back Inspectors?
New evidence raises questions about General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s military, while two of its most influential regional partners have yet to publicly…
Oct 9
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Hollie McKay
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There Was Nothing Victorious About October 7
Three years later, parts of the Western left still romanticize the Hamas attack as Palestinian “resistance.” The people who experienced that day and the…
Oct 7
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John Aziz
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Why Is Al-Qaeda Citing Muslim Brotherhood Scholars on Gaza?
Fatwas from a prominent Brotherhood-linked institution are finding their way into al-Qaeda propaganda, giving the terrorist group religious arguments to…
Oct 6
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TheThreat-Program on Extremism
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Sergio Altuna
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After Assad, How Free Is Syria’s Press Really?
Its ranking on the World Press Freedom Index soared by a record 36 places this year, but journalists on the ground describe a more complex reality where…
Oct 5
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Olivia Cuthbert
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“I Was Expected To Become a Wife Overnight.”
Reports of forced and child marriage in Gaza rose 123 percent in the first half of 2026. Behind that statistic are young, vulnerable girls being married…
Oct 1
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John Aziz
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September 2026
Erdoğan’s Latest Target on the Road to 2028
A crackdown on LGBTQ groups is giving the government a culture-war issue to rally conservative voters. Turkey’s opposition is too exhausted and divided…
Sep 30
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Medeni Sungur
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The Iranian Victims Missing From Pezeshkian’s United Nations Speech
I recognize the propaganda the Islamic Republic brought to the UN. Its version of “our people” leaves out protesters, dissidents, and women punished for…
Sep 29
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Husain Maschinetchian
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Sherif Gaber and the Price of Free Inquiry
He became one of the Arab world’s most influential atheist voices while hiding from the authorities determined to silence him. Now, after years of…
Sep 28
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Mohamed Ali
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The Taliban Didn’t Ban Her From Studying Abroad. They Made It Nearly Impossible.
For Afghan women, getting accepted into a university abroad is only the beginning. Leaving the country requires navigating a maze of restrictions with…
Sep 25
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AJ Bonassin
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The Price Iranians Are Still Paying
More than eight months ago, the Islamic Republic cut internet access to suppress dissent. With the war still dragging on, millions of Iranians have yet…
Sep 23
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SoranMansournia
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They’re on Opposite Sides of the Israel-Palestine Debate. They Both Hate This Film.
Israeli politicians and radical pro-Palestinian activists have both turned on NAZA, though for entirely different reasons. Neither side has actually…
Sep 22
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Hamza Howidy
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The World Might See Them as Enemies. They See Each Other as Partners for Peace.
Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah have both experienced devastating loss. Their grief brought them to the same conviction: there has to be another way.
Sep 21
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Iram Ramzan
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