[Reporting Gaza. The Shifting Contours of the Lebanese Political Scene Sarra Grira , August 2024 Like many other Arab countries, Lebanon has not seen huge demonstrations in support of Palestine. But October 7 attack and the armed clashes that have taken place since then between Hezbollah and (…) Iraq. Mental Health Between Wars, Drugs and Unemployment Mizar Kemal, August 2024 Over the last forty years, Iraq has suffered four major conflicts, a 13-year embargo and several civil wars. The psychological consequences of this instability are ravaging Iraqi society, but people (…) For the Syrian Regime, ‘Everything Must Go, the People and All They Own’ Nina Chastel , July 2024 Not content with arresting, torturing and killing its people on a grand scale, the Bashar Al-Assad regime also seized its people’s possessions. With three goals in (…) [Reporting The Silent Malaise: Facing Alcoholism in Iran Alireza Ghandriz, Mahmoud Sadri, Phillip Pierce, July 2024 The production of both fermented and distilled alcohol flourished in Iran before the Islamic Republic imposed a strict prohibition in 1979. But repression failed to fully stop alcohol consumption. Smuggling rapidly (…) British Elections and the Gaza War Helen Lackner , July 2024 By contrast with the surprise parliamentary elections in France, those in the UK planned on July 4th were due this year. In the context of mass mobilisations in solidarity with Gaza since October 2023, the political field is recomposed. (…) Saudi Silence in the Face of Houthi Adventurism Jo Montagne, June 2024 After leading a particularly deadly military campaign in Yemen since 2015, and getting bogged down in it, Saudi leaders have changed their tone. For the past six months, faced with operations in support of Gaza by (…) Presidential Elections in Algeria: Full Speed Ahead … to Nowhere Jean-Pierre Sereni, June 2024 Of the seven chiefs of State who have ruled Algeria since the country’s independence 62 years ago, the present and future president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, 79, will indisputably have (…) Editorial Israel’s Impunity, France’s Complicity Alain Gresh, Sarra Grira , June 2024 Too little, too late. How else to describe the wariness of Emmanuel Macron’s declarations dealing with the ongoing genocidal war in the Gaza Strip He began by mouthing a pious wish which rang only too false: ‘Israel’s (…) The Shadow of the International Criminal Court Hangs Over Israel’s Rulers Rafaëlle Maison , May 2024 Updated. On Monday, May 20 the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor issued requests for international arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin (…) Témoignage She’s a correspondent in Palestine. ‘Their goal is to keep us out of the picture’ Clothilde Mraffko, May 2024 One hundred and three Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza: Israel is far from being a paradise for critical voices, as shown by the (…) Tunisia: Media Under Pressure Lilia Blaise, May 2024 Since 25 July 2021, freedom of the press is dwindling in Tunisia. Pressure is brought to bear on journalists critical of the government, new laws are passed with an eye to criminalising their reporting activities, it has become impossible to (…) From Tel Aviv to Haifa: ‘Do you believe this is the end of Israel?’ Jean Stern, May 2024 After six months of war in Gaza, Israeli opinion is wracked with fear, wondering about what comes next in a country where the messianic far right is agitating in favour of (…) 0 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 72 | 84 | 96 | ... | 552