🧵With Druze-Bedouin clashes killing hundreds in Suweida, and Israel exploiting tensions to launch aggressive airstrikes on the south/Damascus, below are a selection of articles I've published this year for @The_NewArab's Analysis desk that capture the dynamics at play /1 ⬇️.

RT @hahellyer: Morally repugnant it even needs to be explained why children starve to death sooner than their parents. This is where we are….

RT @OrenZiv_: Breaking: Israeli human rights organizations B'Tselem and PHR publish reports concluding Israel is committing a Genocide in G….

RT @abierkhatib: The fact that Israeli society celebrates the deliberate starvation of Palestinians, including hundreds of thousands of chi….

RT @tparsi: Alex de Waal is one of the world's foremost experts on famine. Listen to every word he says about Israel's forced starvation of….

🚨 Dilemma in Damascus: What next for Syria after Suweida violence?. ► Bedouin-Druze violence and Israeli military aggression in the province have laid bare the enormous challenges facing Syria's new authorities. @CP__Ward's report for @The_NewArab .

RT @DropSiteNews: British surgeon Nick Maynard: “These children are being targeted almost as if it’s a game… One day they’re all shot in th….

RT @AlexMAstley: With sectarian violence on Syrian streets once again, my latest piece examines how a lack of accountability could fuel fur….

RT @amberinzaman: This story was broken by @SyriaTransition.

RT @JehadAbusalim: Israel bombed Gaza’s only Catholic church, injuring its pastor. How do you think the global Christian community will res….

RT @JehadAbusalim: The Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem has confirmed ‘severe damage’ to the Holy Family Catholic Church building in Gaza as….

RT @The_NewArab: In one of the largest expulsions in modern history, four million Afghans face deportation as Iran launches a mass security….

Ultimately, since 7 Oct, Israel's wars on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Iran have sought to shape a new Middle East where Tel Aviv has undisputed military hegemony and its neighbours are kept weak through constant military aggression /9.🖋 Ali Awadah.

Syria and Israel were engaging in US-backed talks about future ties, but that dialogue and the recent upheaval reflect the stark imbalance of power between both sides, and the risks of formalising Israel's dominance in the region /8.🖋 Mohamed Sakr.

Before the recent clashes, Bedouin-Druze tensions had been simmering in Suweida amid a spate of communal attacks and the predominance of Druze security forces /7.🖋@CP__Ward.

In Quneitra, meanwhile, Israeli forces have seized property and land while deepening the occupation of the demilitarised buffer zone, with residents ready to fight back /6.🖋@Sylv_Mercadier .

As tensions continue and the Druze discuss just how far the Suweida province should integrate into the new Syrian state, the Sheikh Al-Aql wield immense influence /5 .🖋@PaullMcLoughlin .

Rather than reflecting 'security concerns', Israel's conduct in post-Assad Syria is designed to thwart stability, reconstruction, and redevelopment, ensuring its neighbours are weak and divided /4.🖋@GiorgioCafiero .

While weakening the new Syrian state, Israel also began instrumentalising Syria's Druze to maintain military influence in the south, with the community rejecting Netanyahu's bid to protect them /3.🖋@MawadaBahah .

Immediately after Assad's fall, Israel seized the opportunity to sabotage Syria's military capacities, illegally grab strategic land, and expand its borders /2 .🖋@AlessandraBajec.