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Is Hamas the same as ISIS, the Islamic State group? No − and yes

In the aftermath of Hamas’ bloody raid into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, many Israelis and people around the world equated the newly ultraviolent and audacious Palestinian militant organization with the world’s deadliest terrorist group, ISIS – the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

The Conversation

World’s most dangerous countries to visit in 2024 revealed

Lebanon, Palestinian Territories and Russia have all seen notable risk rating increases

The Independent UK

Gaza war: how Hezbollah has opened a second front inside Israel

While the attention of the world has focused on Israel’s assault on Gaza over the past two months, following Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, one aspect of the Middle East conflict not getting a great deal of news coverage has been the continuing battle with Hezbollah in south…

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Attacks on health care are on track to hit a record high in 2023. Can it be stopped?

The targeting of hospitals and medical workers is a fact of modern warfare — in Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Gaza and Israel. International law say such attacks are unacceptable. Are there any consequences?

WEKU

Britain to repatriate woman and five children from Syrian camps

However, human rights group says UK lagging behind other western nations in repatriating families who lived under IS

The Guardian - UK

A Jordanian soldier is killed in a clash with drug smugglers along the border with Syria

Jordanian troops have clashed with dozens of drug smugglers along the country's northern border with Syria, leaving several dead including one soldier while another was wounded

The Independent UK

Jordan army kills drug runners at Syria border amid soaring Captagon trade

One Jordanian soldier was killed and another injured in shootout near border with Syria.

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‘Too much sadness’: asylum seekers in Finland caught in geopolitical drama

Moayad Salami crossed from Russia into Finland after treacherous journey from Syria – but now the border has closed

The Guardian - UK

Is Syria’s al-Assad supporting Hamas for political gain or optics?

As Syria slowly reentered the Arab fold, it mended relations with Hamas, but that doesn’t necessarily mean much.

Al Jazeera

A rocket attack targets the US Embassy in Baghdad, causing minor damage but no casualties

U.S. and Iraqi officials say a rocket attack at the sprawling U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has caused minor damage but no casualties

The Independent UK

OPINION - We must stop the Israel-Palestine culture war weaponising London's schoolchildren

If the prevailing attitude in the culture war over Gaza is essentially adolescent — war is bad, so please stop — it explains why the cause is so appealing to children. Israeli and in particular Palestinian children have been subjected to the horrors of an actual war and just like…

Evening Standard

World Food Programme to end general assistance in northwest Syria

The UN agency’s decision comes amid a funding shortage as northwest Syria faces increasing food insecurity.

Al Jazeera

Can US prevent wider Middle East war?

If Biden and Blinken don't want the region to erupt, they need to contain Israel's campaign of revenge

Salon

The World Food Program will end its main assistance program in Syria in January, affecting millions

The U.N. World Food Program says it will end in January its main assistance program across war-torn Syria, where over 12 million people lack regular access to sufficient food

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Taken by the Mediterranean: A mother’s search for her lost son

A two-year search for refugees disappeared at sea trying to reach Spain is an endless mission, desperate relatives say.

International Business Times

Israel And Hamas Trade Strikes As Palestinian Toll Mounts

Israel and Hamas brushed off international calls to renew an expired truce Saturday as air strikes pounded militant targets in Gaza and Palestinian groups launched volleys of rockets.

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Waad al-Kateab’s cultural highlights

The Syrian film-maker on the food that tastes of home, the author she longs to have met and the game she wins by cheating

The Guardian - AU

Further Israel-Hamas truce talks ‘reach dead end’ – as it happened

A team from Israel’s Mossad intelligence services has been ordered home after talks in Qatar about another pause in fighting in Gaza reach a ‘dead end’

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The Independent UK

Members of global chemical weapons watchdog vote to keep Syria from getting poison gas materials

The annual meeting of members of the global chemical weapons watchdog has called on countries to prevent the sale or transfer to Syria of raw materials and equipment that could be used to create poison gas and nerve agents

The Hindu

India votes in favour of UNGA resolution that expresses deep concern over Israel not withdrawing from Syrian Golan

India has voted in favour of a draft resolution in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that expressed deep concern over Israel not withdrawing from the Syrian Golan. The Syrian Golan is a region in southwest Syria that was occupied by Israeli forces on June 5, 1967.

Al Jazeera

Burning trash to stay warm, displaced Syrians struggle to survive winter

People displaced by Syria’s war struggle with poor wages, an economic crisis and falling aid as rain and cold set in.

The Guardian - UK

Khaled Khalifa obituary

Syrian author of six novels about his war-riven country, including the award-winning No Knives in the Kitchens of This City

France 24

Ireland's Paul Lynch on winning 2023 Booker Prize with novel 'Prophet Song'

Irish writer Paul Lynch's Booker Prize-winning fifth novel is a timely and urgent book described as powerful, claustrophobic and horribly real, capturing the social and political anxieties of our time. The book is set in a dystopian Dublin in the grips of totalitarianism. Some of the themes of "Prophet Song"…

France 24

Influx of migrants from Russia to Finland: ‘This will put pressure on Europe’

Since the beginning of November, more than 400 asylum seekers have arrived at Finnish border crossings from Russia, compared to the usual ten or so a month. Helsinki accuses Moscow of orchestrating this influx of migrants and has closed almost all its border crossings. As a result, more and more…

Al Jazeera

Israel-Hamas deal: What makes a truce lead to lasting peace?

With Israel and Hamas agreeing to a four-day pause in fighting, here’s a look at how truces from other wars played out.

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