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OPINION - We must stop the Israel-Palestine culture war weaponising London's schoolchildren

If the prevailing attitude in the culture war over Gaza is essentially adolescent — war is bad, so please stop — it explains why the cause is so appealing to children. Israeli and in particular Palestinian children have been subjected to the horrors of an actual war and just like…

Evening Standard

World Food Programme to end general assistance in northwest Syria

The UN agency’s decision comes amid a funding shortage as northwest Syria faces increasing food insecurity.

Al Jazeera

Can US prevent wider Middle East war?

If Biden and Blinken don't want the region to erupt, they need to contain Israel's campaign of revenge

Salon

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The World Food Program will end its main assistance program in Syria in January, affecting millions

The U.N. World Food Program says it will end in January its main assistance program across war-torn Syria, where over 12 million people lack regular access to sufficient food

The Independent UK

Taken by the Mediterranean: A mother’s search for her lost son

A two-year search for refugees disappeared at sea trying to reach Spain is an endless mission, desperate relatives say.

Al Jazeera

Israel And Hamas Trade Strikes As Palestinian Toll Mounts

Israel and Hamas brushed off international calls to renew an expired truce Saturday as air strikes pounded militant targets in Gaza and Palestinian groups launched volleys of rockets.

International Business Times

On my radar: Waad al-Kateab’s cultural highlights

The Syrian film-maker on the food that tastes of home, the author she longs to have met and the game she wins by cheating

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Further Israel-Hamas truce talks ‘reach dead end’ – as it happened

A team from Israel’s Mossad intelligence services has been ordered home after talks in Qatar about another pause in fighting in Gaza reach a ‘dead end’

The Guardian - AU

Members of global chemical weapons watchdog vote to keep Syria from getting poison gas materials

The annual meeting of members of the global chemical weapons watchdog has called on countries to prevent the sale or transfer to Syria of raw materials and equipment that could be used to create poison gas and nerve agents

The Independent UK

India votes in favour of UNGA resolution that expresses deep concern over Israel not withdrawing from Syrian Golan

India has voted in favour of a draft resolution in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that expressed deep concern over Israel not withdrawing from the Syrian Golan. The Syrian Golan is a region in southwest Syria that was occupied by Israeli forces on June 5, 1967.

The Hindu

Burning trash to stay warm, displaced Syrians struggle to survive winter

People displaced by Syria’s war struggle with poor wages, an economic crisis and falling aid as rain and cold set in.

Al Jazeera

Khaled Khalifa obituary

Syrian author of six novels about his war-riven country, including the award-winning No Knives in the Kitchens of This City

The Guardian - UK

Ireland's Paul Lynch on winning 2023 Booker Prize with novel 'Prophet Song'

Irish writer Paul Lynch's Booker Prize-winning fifth novel is a timely and urgent book described as powerful, claustrophobic and horribly real, capturing the social and political anxieties of our time. The book is set in a dystopian Dublin in the grips of totalitarianism. Some of the themes of "Prophet Song"…

France 24

Influx of migrants from Russia to Finland: ‘This will put pressure on Europe’

Since the beginning of November, more than 400 asylum seekers have arrived at Finnish border crossings from Russia, compared to the usual ten or so a month. Helsinki accuses Moscow of orchestrating this influx of migrants and has closed almost all its border crossings. As a result, more and more…

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Israel-Hamas deal: What makes a truce lead to lasting peace?

With Israel and Hamas agreeing to a four-day pause in fighting, here’s a look at how truces from other wars played out.

Foreign Policy

Russia Is the Loser in the Israel-Hamas War

Moscow’s decade as the arbiter of the Middle East is coming to an end.

Al Jazeera

‘My soul and beating heart’: Orphaned Syrian children find new family

Syrian couples who can’t have children are fostering, jofully embracing life as parents.

Reason

The Good Samaritans Who Saved Syrian Refugees

When government relief efforts fail, individuals step up.

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Assad arrest warrant: ‘Hope and pain’ for Syrian chemical attack survivors

Lawyers say French arrest warrant sets ‘historic precedent’ as survivors of chemical massacre long for justice in Syria.

The Independent UK

Live updates | With communications down, UNRWA warns there will be no aid deliveries across Rafah

Despite the dire need for humanitarian aid in Gaza, there would be no deliveries across the Rafah border crossing from Egypt on Friday, according to the communications director for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees

The Independent UK

The top UN court has ordered Syria to do all it can to prevent torture

The United Nations’ top court has ordered the Syrian government to “take all measures within its powers” to prevent torture

Al Jazeera

Middle East Roundup: Is Shifa Hospital really a Hamas ops hub?

Raiding Gaza’s largest hospital, another communications blackout, Israel’s goals in Gaza – the Middle East this week.

Zenger

US Military Bases Attacked In Iraq And Syria; Iraqi Militia Group – Shiite Claims Responsibility

The Attacks Come Barely Days After U.S. Secretary of State Blinken paid a short visit to Baghdad and held a meeting with PM.

Radio France Internationale

France issues arrest warrant for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad

France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for complicity in crimes against humanity over chemical attacks carried out in the summer of 2013.

Al Jazeera

France issues arrest warrant for Syria’s al-Assad

The warrant charges Syria’s president with complicity in ‘crimes against humanity and complicity in war crimes’.

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