Epic histories to understand our turbulent world today

GOOD NEWS: The Israeli TV series “Red Alert,” which retells true stories from October 7th, has been nominated for the 2026 Critics' Choice Awards. Israelis deserve to tell their stories. For the world to remember October 7th. 🇮🇱🎗️

DAMASCUS, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Former loyalists to Bashar al-Assad who fled Syria after the dictator’s fall are funneling millions of dollars to tens of thousands of potential fighters, hoping to stir uprisings against the new government and reclaim some of their lost influence, a

STC-aligned forces reportedly finalized their takeover of all security responsibilities inside Al-Maasheeq Palace in #Aden on Saturday afternoon, after instructing the remaining Presidential Protection Battalion members to vacate the premises. #Yemen

Let's hear it for The Rest is History Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland are defining our national story By Robert Colls

When a political party contemplates suicide.

I remember being on Newsnight with Fiona Millar, Alastair Campbell's partner, discussing my efforts to set up a free school. This was in 2010 when Michael Gove had just announced the free schools policy and there was a great deal of scepticism, mainly put about by the Labour

Washington has PTSD in Sudan and we aren't alone. 30 years of Bashir rule has tainted our analysis and causing us to misdiagnose policy responses, now and again. https://t.co/yYsaDgAfSv

'Only a miracle can end this nightmare': Eritreans fear new Ethiopia war

Last night at the University of Michigan, thanks to the invitation of Facts on the Ground, I had the pleasure of joining @afalkhatib for a discussion on the war, Gaza, and Israel’s future. We didn’t agree on every point (though we certainly agreed that Hamas cannot rule Gaza if

Assad's exiled spy chief and billionaire cousin plot Syrian uprisings from Russia -

Shocking new medical statistics coming out of Khartoum, the capital! ▪️97% households are food insecure ▪️Forced marriage has surged from 9% → 24% ▪️Only 43% of health facilities are functional ▪️Nearly half of accessible water is unsafe to drink

"El Fasher is a slaughter house. Our low estimate is 60,000 people have been killed there in the last three weeks.” 60,000 people. THREE WEEKS. The lack of attention on Sudan is unbelievable, and the lack of accountability for the UAE is unforgivable. https://t.co/VNsb89b5o3

This in the Guardian today. The estimated death toll of the UAE sponsored RSF’s genocidal massacre in Al Fashir has risen to 60,000!!!!

What happened in 🇸🇩 El Fasher is unimaginable! The latest figures indicate that up to 150,000 residents have gone missing since the city fell to the RSF last month. The Guardian reports British MPs were told that at least 60,000 people have been killed. https://t.co/fKKVJMzD04

Sudan: 60,000 Killed, 150,000 Missing: Satellite Images Reveal El Fasher ‘Slaughterhouse’ Satellite images show that El Fasher has become a “slaughterhouse”, with the RSF killing tens of thousands after seizing the city. Large piles of bodies, new mass graves, and cremation

150,000 people are missing in Al Fasher since the UAE-backed RSF took over More than 60,000 believed to have been killed by the RSF https://t.co/uxcyqqON0P

60.000 SIXTY THOUSAND. That's the latest estimation of the number of people who were slaughtered in El Fasher by the RSF these past weeks. The people of Sudan 🇸🇩 are suffering from genocide and the world is letting it happen.

This current *low* estimation would make El Fasher by far and large the largest single mass murder event of the 21st century, largest in 32 years actually (since Rwanda).

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Iraq's official Gazette just published a new list of groups sanctioned for terrorism. Lebanon's Hezbollah and Yemen's Ansarullah (known as Houthis) are included. Another change: adding Ahmed Al Sharaa in all references instead of Jolani. Link in post below