The smell comes even before you can see the tent. In the al-Taawun camp, located between Yarmouk Stadium and al-Sahaba Street in central Gaza City, the line between human habitation and human waste has blurred. 765 families forced to flee their homes due to Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza have set up temporary shelters right…
Gaza writer Jihad AbuSalim talks to Mark Lamont Hill about Trump’s peace. Gaza writer Jihad AbuSalim talks to Mark Lamont Hill on Trump’s peace board about whether Gaza Palestinians will get a role in shaping their future. More than a hundred days after the ceasefire in Gaza, Israeli attacks continue, killing hundreds of Palestinians. At…
Iranian and US officials will begin face-to-face talks in Oman today, following weeks of threats of military action by Donald Trump. America is sending its Middle East Envoy, Steve Witkoff, to the Muscat summit, where he will meet Tehran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. It comes amid an ongoing US naval buildup near Iran, which Mr Trump…
Sanaa, Yemen – Naef has been a government soldier in southern Yemen for nine years. When he joined government forces in 2016—at just 19—he thought the Yemeni government’s war against the Houthi rebel group would be brief. A decade has passed, and the conflict remains volatile, with the Houthis remaining in Sanaa. Neff was clear…
‘It is my mission to teach Palestinian students, even if I have to build a classroom brick by brick,’ says Bader Salah. Published on 5 January 20265 January 2026 Badr Salah is one of many Palestinian scholars from Gaza who have had to close their books amid Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave. Salah, who…
