Friday, June 19, 2026

War torn

Continental drifters and the nationless nation.

Stumbling into war?

Could the U.S. and China face an unintended blowup in the Western Pacific in the Biden years?

The world’s other nuclear flashpoint

Ukraine isn’t the only place on the planet where a nuclear conflagration could erupt in the near future. Sad to say, around the island of Taiwan there is also an increasing risk.
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Airstrikes Against Syria are a Trap, Warns Former ISIS Hostage Nicolas Hénin

French journalist Nicolas Hénin, who was held hostage by ISIS inside Syria for 10 months, makes an impassioned plea against bombing Syria.

Questions grow after analysis links US strike to water facilities serving 20,000 Iranians

Satellite imagery, bomb fragment analysis, and damage assessments have intensified scrutiny over whether U.S. forces struck civilian water infrastructure near the Strait of Hormuz, raising concerns about potential violations of international law.

After Paris, Imagine the Children of Syria

The recent attacks on Paris are terrible, but is indiscriminate retaliation only fueling the flames of terrorism?

Telling the ‘untold’ stories of Palestinian lives, dreams, and hopes—in Gaza and beyond

The media collective Untold Palestine gathers the stories mainstream media doesn’t tell about Palestinians—videos, photographs, and written accounts from Palestinian people about their culture and daily life.

Should we feed hungry children, or the war machine?

On August 21, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, Lise Grande, put out a heartbreaking call for nations to make good on their pledges...
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‘Catastrophic’: Gaza aid worker on ‘horror’ of forced relocations amid Israel’s war on Southern...

“The amount of aid that’s coming to Gaza is literally not tangible.”

(Un)happy anniversary!

17 years of war (and more to come).