"Of the 18 partially functioning hospitals and clinics, 16 cannot dispose of infectious waste properly, 15 do not have dependable electricity, 13 lack decent toilets and sinks and 11 lack reliable clean water. In Gaza just 74 intensive-care beds remain."

This is an insane story, and a masterclass in interactive historical storytelling. https://t.co/oaigBXITF5

Insanely, submitting your past 5 years' social media to enter the U.S. as a tourist is only a small part of the proposed upcoming requirements. You'll also need to give your DNA (!) among many other new requirements. All the additional info you'll need to give as a tourist

Footage from all over #Syria - from #Damascus, #Idlib, #Aleppo, #Homs, the Coast & everywhere between - shows stunning scenes of celebration. Meanwhile, total silence in #SDF areas, where celebrations were banned. Several people were arrested today for holding celebratory signs.

📢A New Middle East? Security Alignments After Two Years of War Featuring @KimGhattas, @MarwanMuasher, @emile_hokayem, @sinanulgen1, and @BeirutCalling 🗓️December 17 ⏰11:15 AM - 12:30 PM Beirut #CMEC2026 💡Tune in online: https://t.co/R721iyIktg

horrifying https://t.co/cSUqLiwdxC

While millions of #Lebanese were locked out of their savings, one #bank quietly wired $550 MILLION and €200 MILLION to #France. #Lebanon👇 👇 👇

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This is an INCREDIBLE investigative story, reported in the form of a graphic novel. Arrested by phone - a true story. A must read https://t.co/k6njyDVc0G

This is a detailed, chilling testimony of the effects of surveillance tech in Palestinian lives. It’s utterly dystopian and deeply terrifying

As #PopeLeo concludes his visit to #Lebanon, bearing a message of peace, the hum of an Israeli drone is back in skies above #Beirut.

The presence of Palantir and Dataminr at the new U.S military compound in Israel suggests that Israel’s control over Gaza will remain deeply entrenched — with AI-powered surveillance and weapons systems at the center of post-war security architecture.  https://t.co/qcWNlj1PJo

This month, #Israel has significantly intensified its ground incursions into #Syria -- reaching record-high levels. An average of 25 incursions *per week* have been recorded by #SyriaWeekly, amid a breakdown in US-mediated talks. https://t.co/SqG2R844wd

Violence across #Syria has dropped *significantly* in November -- with 3 weeks in a row of record low levels. Amidst all the noise, the data speaks for itself: #Syria is gradually stabilizing. Full data & analysis, here --

In 2006, two academics, John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, wrote a paper called “The Israel Lobby,” which argued that a loose group of Israel supporters used their connections and financial resources to tilt US foreign policy in Israel’s direction. One of them, Stephen Walt,

This investigation reveals how Oman-based Al-Jabri Co. lures Yemeni youth with fake jobs in Russia — then seizes passports, forces secret contracts, and sends them to fight in Ukraine. Dozens are killed, injured, missing, or held in camps for resisting.

"Judgmental responses are emotional, not useful; they don’t actually bring people back into bounds, they force them further outside." 💯

I also did think a lot, and think constantly, really, about why “judgment” isn’t my reaction to rising anti-vax sentiment. There are three reasons. The first is that in my clinical life I take care of people who make all kinds of bad, dangerous decisions, for their own health

A disturbing majority of Israelis believe the Israeli army should be able to commit war crimes against Palestinian civilians with impunity.

🇸🇩 Nathaniel Raymond, Executive Director of Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab, describes what’s happening in Al-Fasher as “the most exquisitely precisely warned mass atrocity in human history.” He says both Biden and Trump have failed Sudan. For 18 months, Raymond’s team at Yale