“O Hell, open your gates—Hafez al-Assad is among your beloved.”Zainab Sayed still vividly remembers the phrase her father uttered when commenting on the death of Hafez al-Assad. It was an unbearably hot summer day that those present in the house...
Noon Post
16 March ,2026
While images of famine in Gaza have become the most visible symbol of the deadly blockade imposed by Israeli authorities for years, tightened further by the ongoing genocidal war and reaching its peak with the total closure of crossings in...
In Gaza, where life teeters on the edge of catastrophe, a harrowing humanitarian tragedy unfolds through the voices of pregnant women battling hunger and illness. With fragile lives growing inside them, they endure a relentless nightmare—bodies worn down by siege...
American historian Alfred Crosby reminds us that wars are not won solely through conventional weapons, advanced technology, or military strategies. Other factors—often underestimated—can be equally, if not more, decisive in the long run than bullets, bombs, or missiles.Crosby, who held...
Turkish–Israeli relations have never been easy to define, let alone stable. Marked by a pattern of calculated rapprochements punctuated by recurring waves of tension and estrangement, the relationship has often swung between diplomatic frostiness and strategic cooperation. Despite their long-standing...
In the heart of an escalating humanitarian catastrophe, Gaza’s women are facing relentless hunger and mounting burdens that exhaust both body and spirit. According to UN reports, more than 557,000 women are experiencing extreme food insecurity amid a war that...
For decades, Iran has been a key player in the Middle East, wielding a broad array of tools to project its influence and achieve strategic goals. Among the most potent of these tools has been the recruitment of foreign fighters—chiefly...
The recent tragedy on the Regional Ring Road in Monufia, which claimed the lives of several young girls, was neither the first of its kind—nor, tragically, the last. As Egypt’s Minister of Transport and Industry, Kamel al-Wazir, toured the site...
As Yemen enters its eleventh year of war, the country faces a dire economic and humanitarian crisis. With millions relying on international humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs, the ongoing conflict and policies—particularly those enacted by the Houthi militia—have...
Since the Houthi movement seized control of Yemen’s capital, Sana'a, in 2014, the country has undergone radical political and social transformations. Chief among them is the systematic crackdown on freedom of expression and the imposition of tight censorship on the...
On this day in 2016, the Turkish people thwarted one of the most dangerous conspiracies in the country's modern history when they confronted a coup attempt carried out by a group of military officers and collaborators. These plotters sought to...
