US encourages Syria to help disarm Hezbollah
Reuters reported on Tuesday, March 17, citing informed sources, that the United States has encouraged the Syrian government to consider […] The post US encourages Syria to help disarm Hezbollah appeared first on Enab Baladi.
With rare movement in Suwayda-Damascus deadlock, can a solution emerge?
After months of deadlock, a prisoner swap between Damascus and Suwayda opened a “new” negotiating channel, but is there a way forward amid internal divisions and struggles over representation? The post With rare movement in Suwayda-Damascus deadlock, can a solution emerge? appeared first on Syria D...
5 things to watch in Tuesday’s Illinois primaries
Tensions over AIPAC’s influence in the Democratic Party, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s fundraising power and generational fights will be in the spotlight.
AIPAC makes a $22M gamble in Illinois
The group has taken a sharp tactical shift in several House races as it weathers Democrats’ souring views of Israel — and of AIPAC itself.
Hochul promotes her agenda with state-funded ad campaign
‘We’re going to have a problem’: Republicans want Trump to move on from 2020
Facing a difficult midterm landscape, there's a growing view in the GOP that revisiting election grievances risks distracting from the issues that matter most.
Reading the UN Committee Report on Syria: Reform, Justice, and the Persistence of Violent Structures
Assad has fallen, yet the report serves as a reminder that the removal of a ruler does not in itself dismantle the structure that sustained his rule. The post Reading the UN Committee Report on Syria: Reform, Justice, and the Persistence of Violent Structures first appeared on The Syrian Observer.
2028 Dem veteran? Uncle Sam wants you.
In a year after many Democrats pined for a metaphorical fighter, the party is now wondering whether it needs a more literal fighter.
There's a new wedge issue playing out in Senate Dem primaries
Candidates in Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota are locked in largely symbolic debates over taking corporate PAC money.
How a top DC strategist courted Jeffrey Epstein
Crisis communications consultant Juleanna Glover corresponded with the late sex offender during a 15-month period shortly before his death in 2019. She says it was all in service of tanking Trump.
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage r...
Iraqi official urges Australia to take back alleged IS fighters during meeting with ambassador
Iraq’s national security adviser Qassim al-Araji says he told Australian ambassador that countries should repatriate prisonersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA senior Iraqi government official has implored Australia to...
“Reality doesn’t stop because you’re tired of it” - reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
“Reality doesn’t stop because you’re tired of it” reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
Full text of Carlos Dada’s 2026 Reuters Memorial Lecture: Journalism as resistance - reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
Full text of Carlos Dada’s 2026 Reuters Memorial Lecture: Journalism as resistance reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
The information ecosystem is being redrawn by AI. That might be good news - reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
The information ecosystem is being redrawn by AI. That might be good news reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
Yusuf was trafficked into Islamic State territory as a boy – now the Australian faces a ‘vague and chaotic’ situation
While Yusuf is believed to be trapped in Iraq’s opaque prison system, hundreds of kilometres away, his mother remains in a Syrian detention camp with other Australian familiesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAbout 460km...
In 2022, Labor MPs urged compassion for Australian women and children stuck in Syria. Now Albanese has only contempt
The government’s drastically changed rhetoric about its legal obligations to Australian citizens is a symptom of 2026’s ugly politicsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJust after question time on 23 November 2022, the fede...
Carlos Dada, editor of El Faro: “The most important thing journalism can do in a dictatorship is to tell the truth” - reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
Carlos Dada, editor of El Faro: “The most important thing journalism can do in a dictatorship is to tell the truth” reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
If you think politics shaped these Winter Olympics, just wait until LA 2028
In Milan, athletes showed that patriotism can be generous. In Los Angeles, that definition will be tested on the biggest, loudest stage sport can offerThe Milano Cortina Winter Games ended on Sunday night as the Olympics always do: in light, spectacle and speeches about unity. In Verona, the Olympic...
Modest pullback on ASX after Trump tariff hike – as it happened
This blog is now closedNSW prepares for possible return of Islamic State-linked women and children from SyriaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese says former opposition leader, Sussan Ley was “undermined” by conservative colleagues, Angus Taylor and Andrew Hast...