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Threading between the houses of the village of Nabe al-Tayeb in the Ghab Plain, in the western, rural part of the Syrian province of Hama, a dry watercourse running below the level of the surrounding land leads to the rugged peaks of the Syrian Coastal Mountain Range around Beit Yashout. The path connects directly to the countryside of Latakia, the province that was once a s...

On April 11, as negotiations between the United States and Iran were underway in Islamabad, Pakistan deployed fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, in the first visible move under their mutual defense pact. In the week following the talks, Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir made a trip to Tehran, while Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif set off on a four-day tour to Saudi Arabia, Qatar ...

“The day has come, Atef Najib, the day has come.” The chant rose inside the Palace of Justice in central Damascus, carried by families of victims as they filed into the courtroom, heads held high. Moments earlier, they had sung songs from Daraa: “Daraa al-balad, oh vast land, oh mighty mountain.” Outside, police checkpoints blocked access to the building, and a heavy securit...

On April 21, hospitals all over the Israeli-occupied West Bank shut their doors. Notices said: “General Strike. Lifesaving cases only.” Medical unions issued joint statements, specifying an unprecedented crisis in unpaid salaries and medical supply shortages as the reason for the action. Medics are not the only ones facing such dire financial circumstances in the West Bank: ...

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