“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
As Syria nears the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapse, several institutions and services have expanded beyond their original base in Idlib where they operated under the rule of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). These entities have extended their reach...
Operation Al-Aqsa Flood marked a turning point in the history of the Palestinian cause, triggering the longest and most costly military confrontation since the Nakba. As the war enters its third year, Israel finds itself mired in a prolonged war...
In a historic political shift that redrew the contours of one of the world’s most diverse cities, Zohran Mamdani an American politician of Ugandan and Indian descent was elected Mayor of New York City on November 5, 2025. With this...
Year after year, the olive harvest season in the West Bank has become a barometer of Israel’s deepening annexation and settlement policies. What was once presented as isolated attacks has now evolved into a systematic, officially sanctioned approach aimed at...
When Ankara announced the appointment of Nuh Yılmaz as Turkey’s ambassador to Damascus after more than a decade of estrangement from Bashar al-Assad’s regime the move seemed like the closing of one chapter and the careful opening of another. The...
The recent one-day clashes between the Ghuraba faction composed of French fighters based in Idlib, northern Syria and government forces have once again thrust the contentious issue of foreign fighters into the spotlight. This complex file is entangled in political,...
After the cease‑fire in Gaza, the Strip has returned to the forefront of the narrative but this time under a different guise. Once long described as the world’s largest open‑air prison, Gaza is now being presented as the Middle East’s...
As Western academic solidarity with Palestine continues to grow, Israel finds itself grappling with an unconventional crisis targeting the core of its soft power. The battle is no longer being fought solely on the frontlines, but increasingly in university lecture...
The October 7, 2023 operation and the genocidal war that followed, which devastated Gaza physically and humanely was not a mere passing incident in the long record of conflict. Rather, it was a geopolitical earthquake that redefined Egypt’s notion of...
Since its inception, the Zionist project in Palestine has relied on the logic of collective punishment as a foundational pillar of its colonial toolkit. Policies of demolition, land confiscation, and forced displacement were never circumstantial exceptions but rather systematic practices...
