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Deraa First Trial Puts Syrian Justice on the Stand
This week's public trial of Atef Najib returned Deraa to the centre of Syrian politics, with the first courtroom reckoning for the crackdown that helped ignite the uprising.
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The Vacuum Narrative: A Tool of Subjugation or Security?
The myth of post-regime chaos fuels authoritarian survival: fear of a vacuum blocks real democratic change in Syria, Yemen, and beyond.
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ISIS 2.0: New Islamism in Syria and Iraq
ISIS-linked jihadist factions resurge in post-Assad Syria as a deadly church attack signals a dangerous new extremist consolidation.
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Deraa First Trial Puts Syrian Justice on the Stand
This week's public trial of Atef Najib returned Deraa to the centre of Syrian politics, with the first courtroom reckoning for the crackdown that helped ignite the uprising.
Phoney War: Gulf Deployment and Collapsed Talks
With Trump's envoys recalled and three carrier groups looming off the coast, the diplomatic pause masks a global rush to prepare for a potential summer war.
Mali Crisis: Patchwork Insurgency Challenges Sahel Confederation
A former musician's alliance with rebels dismantles a fragile security pact, fulfilling the final, chaotic legacy of Muammar al-Gaddafi in Mali.
Homer in a Mummy Rewrites Cultural Borders
This week's discovery of Homer's Iliad inside an Egyptian mummy has reopened an old truth: classical culture was never as neatly Greek as modern Europe likes to pretend.
Pacifists Buy Missiles: Bern and Tokyo After Hormuz
The world's oldest armed neutrality and its most famous pacifist constitution broke in the same month.
