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Attacking pacifies no one. “The Israeli air force is ‘now attacking strongly in southern Syria as part of the new policy we have defined of pacifying the area’” — Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz's representative www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

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This is horrible. Medical staff is #NotATarget. #Israel #Palestine www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Attacking pacifies no one. “The Israeli air force is ‘now attacking strongly in southern Syria as part of the new policy we have defined of pacifying the area’” — Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz's representative www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

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On March 6th, we'll be joined by @emilykmscott.bsky.social as she presents her research exploring how and why humanitarian actors sometimes act disruptively to control issues previously held outside humanitarian bounds. Moderated by Marie-Eve Desrosiers. Learn more >>> bit.ly/3ETNZJB

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States imposed sanctions on Syria to punish the Assad regime. It is illogical to sustain sanctions today. Syria's need for economic recovery is dire; the survival of millions & the success of its political transition are at stake. Lift sanctions without further delay. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

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US, EU, UK: Lift Syria Sanctions Hindering Recovery www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...

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If Syria is to rise from the Assad regime’s ashes, its people must breathe renewed life into their tattered civic fabric and resurrect the spirit of 2011 in the post-Assad era, @matthewcebul.bsky.social & @rbkhoury.bsky.social write.

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BBC News - Judge 'deeply troubled' by PMQs exchange on Gazans settling in UK www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Three weeks after Trump’s order to freeze foreign aid, Syrians are already seeing medical clinics providing urgent assistance close, water distributions slow down, and bread distribution in many displacement camps grind to a halt. Read: ⬇️

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Degan Ali is a leading voice to #DecoloniseAid. As we launch our new podcast, listen to why she thinks the humanitarian aid industry needs a #powershift.

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The outgoing deputy commander of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was injured when protesters stopped his convoy and set fire to the vehicle he was travelling in on his way to Beirut airport aje.io/5qf9hw

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#academicvalentines

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Debating US Primacy in the Midde East - introducing my new essay and spectacular collection of IR theories and Middle East experts trying to make sense of the nature and limits of US power. abuaardvark.substack.com/p/debating-u...

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Wars in two countries under occupation. One population is offered an open path to protection. The other is not. Today’s PMQs fail to address the root of the problem.

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Trump is strong-arming Gaza’s neighbours with the aim of #ethniccleansing in #Gaza. Regime instability in both #Jordan and #Egypt make it near impossible for leaders to concede, thankfully. But the strategic (im)possibility is only one (although damaging) part of the story. (1/2) aje.io/ynbx4u

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A great thread on the extreme scrutiny #USAID funding goes through before it reaches partners, and the standard politicization of the process. Not a slush fund, and sooo accountable to Congress as to undermine aid effectiveness and potential for localization. The DOGE bros have this so wrong.

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I was interviewed alongside Palestinian scholars in the west bank, Gaza, and the US about where Palestinians go from here www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...

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Amid today’s massive NIH cuts to universities, please know that my research colleagues: - Develop new cancer treatments for kids - Are curing sickle cell disease - Build new tech to help premature babies survive - Prevent teens from dying of drug overdose - And more #NIH #MedSky #research #science

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Please share widely and join us! Conditions of Life Calculated to Destroy Legal and Forensic Perspectives on the Ongoing Gaza Genocide with Francesca Albanese & Eyal Weizman 19.02.2025, 10-12 @ FU Berlin, Hörsaal 1a

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The growing normalization of violations of international humanitarian law poses an existential threat to int'l law. We invite states to step up to their responsibility, reverse this trend & join our global initiative to reinvigorate political commitment for #IHL. blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...

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A warning worth repeating ‼️ Violations of #IHL must not be normalized. The potential consequence is that warring party violations today become a new baseline from which warfare is waged in the future. #IHL

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What a dramatic change from 10+years ago and a stark reminder of what war does to civilian infrastructure. Enab Baladi described Syria as the country of solar panels. english.enabbaladi.net/archives/202...

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Take care of yourselves.

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What a dramatic change from 10+years ago and a stark reminder of what war does to civilian infrastructure. Enab Baladi described Syria as the country of solar panels. english.enabbaladi.net/archives/202...

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Morning Bluesky. As anticipated, Trump is pushing the Middle East into the arms of China. China’s statement on Trump's plan for Gaza: “We oppose the forced displacement of the residents of the Gaza Strip and support the rule of the Palestinians in Palestine.”

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Take care of yourselves.

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Why target USAID when it’s <1% of budget? “USAID funds democracy-promotion programs around the world, including in European countries where right-wing populist movements are thriving. Musk has become an ally of those movements, some of whose leaders have specifically targeted the agency…” Gift link

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This is illegal. These are crimes!

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Aid is in the United States’ self interest. Make that argument. Fear of other powers influencing states and containing population uprising and flight—in ways that harm US interests—may persuade this administration to give. Altruism won’t. #aid #USAID #humanitarian

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A request for reparations from Russia while Syria is saddled with 8 billion dollars in debt to Russia. Rebuilding and stabilizing Syria is going to cost money. 1/2 #reparations

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No real surprise here, but depressing nonetheless

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A request for reparations from Russia while Syria is saddled with 8 billion dollars in debt to Russia. Rebuilding and stabilizing Syria is going to cost money. 1/2 #reparations

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When you hear injury counts during war, in Gaza, in Lebanon, in Syria, don’t rush past them. That’s a person who has lost their eyesight, is no longer able to walk or work with two hands, or in chronic pain. And, it’s a society trying to rebuild, without the resources to support them.

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Is ethnic cleansing feasible? Really? Is this where we are? Are we talking about the strategic impossibility of an illegal, immoral mass atrocities crime? #IHL #HRL aje.io/3mirp5

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Is ethnic cleansing feasible? Really? Is this where we are? Are we talking about the strategic impossibility of an illegal, immoral mass atrocities crime? #IHL #HRL aje.io/3mirp5

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Remember Hind.

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"...hospitals reduced to rubble, civilian neighbourhoods destroyed, and innocent lives lost. Across the globe, respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) is in crisis..." - International Committee of the Red Cross president, Mirjana Spoljaric www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

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Remember Hind.

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“‘I’d like Egypt to take people,’ Trump said. ‘You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say, ‘’You know, it’s over.’’” Zeke Miller & Will Weissert, @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/trum...

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Awful.

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