Pioneers of Bashan: The Jewish settlers eyeing land in Syria
Cian Ward
The New Arab / April 30, 2026
Founded in 2025, the 'Pioneers of Bashan' embody the expanding reach of Israel's settler movement and its...
Bahrain’s decision to strip dozens of citizenship for ‘sympathising with Iran’ will set precedent,...
Namita Singh
The Independent / April 30, 2026
As Bahrain revokes the nationality of dozens of people accused of ‘glorifying or sympathising with hostile Iranian acts’,...
Iran Supreme Leader issues defiant statement on Strait of Hormuz
Patrick Wintour
The Guardian / April 30, 2026
Mojtaba Khamenei says Tehran will eliminate ‘enemy’s abuses of the waterway’ and guard its nuclear and missile programmes.
Iran’s...
Israel intercepts and detains crews of Gaza aid flotilla near Crete
Lorenzo Tondo & Caitlin Cassidy
The Guardian / April 30, 2026
Global Sumud Flotilla describes interception as ‘violent raid’ while Turkey condemns it as ‘act of...
‘Political disaster for Donald Trump’: Jeremy Scahill on stalled U.S.-Iran talks
Democracy Now! / April 29, 2026
Guest: Jeremy Scahill – co-founder of Drop Site News
Link: As Trump's narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its...
A growing rat infestation plagues tent cities in Gaza
Ahmed Dremly
Drop Site News / April 29, 2026
“We are suffering from two wars,” Majd Sukar, the head of the Preventive Health Department in Gaza...
Gaza: six months of ceasefire have left the territory in rubble and little vision...
Rafeef Ziadah
The Conversation / April 29, 2026
Municipal elections in the occupied West Bank and in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah on April...
Gaza’s disarmament trap
Muhammad Shehada
+972 Magazine / April 29, 2026
Israel’s continued attacks and aid restrictions made a mockery of the ceasefire. Now it is conditioning withdrawal on...
Calls for humanitarian corridor through Strait of Hormuz as Iran war hits vital aid
Rebecca Root
The Guardian / April 29, 2026
Soaring oil prices and the blockade are preventing food, fuel and medicine being delivered to millions of people...
Britain to create joint naval force with nine European countries as ‘complement’ to NATO
Dan Sabbagh
The Guardian / April 29, 2026
Royal Navy chief says unified naval force will deter future Russian threats from the ‘open sea border’ to...
