“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
In recent days, Egyptian security forces have arrested a number of TikTok celebrities, accusing them of violating “Egyptian family values,” publishing “inappropriate content,” and committing other recurring, often criminally framed, offenses.Yet, beyond these stated charges lie deeper political and security-related...
Thousands of amputees in the Gaza Strip endure compounded pain and bodies weighed down by injury. For months, their dreams have been suspended at the gates of the Rafah border crossing, waiting to leave for treatment and the fitting of...
In the early days of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, Anas al-Sharif appeared on Al Jazeera’s screen — slight in build, without helmet or vest — at a time when the network’s most prominent journalists were scrambling to...
A fierce battle is raging in Congress over the United States’ role in Israel’s campaign of mass killing in the Gaza Strip—a battle in which a small number of Democratic and independent lawmakers, known for their support of the Palestinian...
Although Israel is the direct perpetrator of the ongoing massacre in the Gaza Strip—through relentless bombardment, systematic killing, and starvation—the culpability does not end there. Beyond the generous U.S. and Western support that shields these crimes, major corporations are either...
“I, along with dozens of others in Sector 2 of Badr 3 Prison, have begun a full and open-ended hunger strike as of July 1, 2025, in protest against the inhumane conditions we are subjected to. I do not know...
In post-Assad Syria, the battles have shifted to the digital realm, where social media platforms have become new arenas for fueling sectarian divisions and stoking communal violence. With every security flare-up or political upheaval, a flood of fake news and...
The international political stage is currently witnessing a surge of diplomatic activity, driven by accelerated European moves toward recognizing the State of Palestine. Around 15 European countries—including France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Norway, Portugal, and Spain—have announced their intention to...
On July 27, violent clashes erupted between residents of Belqas, a town in Egypt’s Dakahlia Governorate, and the police, following the death of 21-year-old Ayman Sabry while in police custody. The protests took place outside the Belqas courthouse, where locals...
As U.S. pressure mounts to block the passage of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) law currently under discussion in Iraq’s parliament, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has spoken publicly of government efforts to consolidate control over all weapons under state...
