"The US war against Iran is spiraling out of control ... Instead of a quick war ... Donald Trump has started a regional conflict that risks severely disrupting energy supplies and prices – and triggering a global recession," writes @mbazzi.bsky.social. Read more: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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DAWN
Профиль VivelyFounded by Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, DAWN works to reform U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa, hold abusers accountable & magnify the voices of experts/activists from the region. dawnmena.org
"Renewed fighting would ultimately send already difficult negotiations on Yemen's future backward at the expense of all Yemenis, who deserve a democratic future that they themselves lead," writes @afrahnasser.bsky.social. See Nasser's analysis of developments in Yemen: dawnmena.org/yemen-should...
“Egypt's defeat will fade from memory but the questions it raised shouldn't. The institutions governing the world's most popular sport continue to reflect the same unequal distribution of power that shapes international politics." Yara Bataineh on Egypt's World Cup run: dawnmena.org/itsok-to-dre...
Do Israel's Oct. 27 elections represent a chance for real change in Israeli policies towards Palestinians? DAWN fellow Diana Buttu says the primary issue is "which Palestinian hater wins on the most outrageous warmongering and genocidal platform.” See Buttu's analysis: dawnmena.org/israels-elec...
“We stand united with Palestine and with all oppressed peoples." Nazeeha Saeed reports on the Global Sumud Flotilla's challenge to Israel's blockade of Gaza, and flotilla participants' experience with torture and mistreatment in Israeli detention.
"War has exhausted us." Yemenis are divided on the new Houthi blockade against Saudi Arabia, with renewed hostilities likely to choke aid flows and the Yemeni economy further as old disputes reignite the conflict, reports @ahmadalgohbary.bsky.social.
Saudi authorities executed five Ethiopian migrants for nonlethal drug-related offenses on July 27, without due process, @hrw.org reported. Saudi authorities have executed at least 17 Ethiopian nationals during 2026 on drug-related charges. See HRW's report: www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...
“Any opportunity [Netanyahu] has to be photographed with Trump, the most powerful person in the world, is a personal political benefit to him. He’s gonna argue he’s the only one who knows how to deal with the US and the only one with the relationship with Trump,” Michael Schaffer Omer-Man said.
Sports teams reflect the characteristics of autocracy and democracy, writes DAWN fellow Mohammad Fadel. That's why Egypt's national team and their historic World Cup run offer lessons for Egyptians hoping to break free of repression under Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
"The documents Moscow and Kyiv signed constituted a smokescreen that froze the conflict, disguising their true plans. Washington and Tehran appear to be using the same approach." Nikola Mikovic writes on ominous parallels between the Iran and Ukraine negotiations: dawnmena.org/prolonged-ne...
With preparations now underway for Israel's Oct. 27 elections, “Palestinians ... are only factored into the country’s political equation insofar as how each candidate can better harm them," writes DAWN fellow Diana Buttu. Read Buttu's analysis of Israel's elections: dawnmena.org/israels-elec...
Athar Abu Samra happened to be visiting Egypt before Oct. 7th, and remained trapped there during Israel's genocide. She writes in @thenation.com about finally returning home to Gaza, and why she wasn't prepared for what she found. See Athar Abu Samra's essay: www.thenation.com/article/worl...
"While Lebanon hopes the trilateral framework can establish a ceasefire, end the war and Israel’s occupation and lay the groundwork for peaceful relations between both states, it is widely viewed as tilted toward Israeli interests," writes Dario Sabaghi. Read more: dawnmena.org/lebanons-cea...
Trump contradicted multiple pledges to a weary US public that he wouldn’t start new wars. "Now, the ceasefire he negotiated with Tehran has collapsed and Trump risks dragging the US into yet another forever war." New analysis from DAWN fellow @mbazzi.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...