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  •    Water colonialism   MR Online

    Water colonialism: How ‘Israel’ weaponizes the lifeblood of the Levant

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on December 3, 2025 by Rabih Abdallah (more by Al Mayadeen)  | (Posted Dec 05, 2025)

    “Israel’s” domination of the Levant is built not only on land theft and military occupation, but on a regional system of hydro-colonialism that weaponizes rivers, aquifers, and water infrastructure to enforce dependence and control.

  •    T   MR Online

    Trump to ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on November 28, 2025 by Agencies (more by Al Mayadeen)  | (Posted Nov 30, 2025)

    Trump’s proposed policy targets 19 nations, sparking legal concerns over vague terminology and collective punishment.

  •    Hypothetical Map of Greater Israel   MR Online

    Egypt demands clarification over Netanyahu’s ‘Greater Israel’ vision

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on August 14, 2025 (more by Al Mayadeen)  |

    Egypt condemns Netanyahu’s “Greater Israel” statements, demands clarifications, and warns of rising instability.

  •    Crussade 20 months in 77 years and counting Photo Al Mayadeen  Batoul Chamas   MR Online

    Which hedge fund owns this sea?

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on June 25, 2025 by Taylor Miller (more by Al Mayadeen)  | (Posted Jun 30, 2025)

    In Gaza, starvation is weaponized, aid is corrupted, and humanitarianism is hijacked by profiteers and war criminals posing as saviors, as Taylor Miller exposes in this searing indictment of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and its genocidal complicity.

  •    Asia war   MR Online

    Reality is winning: War, resistance, and the reunification of nation and state in Iran

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on June 19, 2025 by Nahid Poureisa (more by Al Mayadeen)  | (Posted Jun 23, 2025)

    In her powerful reflection, Nahid Poureisa shows how Israeli aggression has catalyzed the reunification of the Iranian nation and state, forging solidarity, resistance, and clarity in the face of war.

  •    Donald  Benjamin   MR Online

    Pentagon split over ‘Israel’ military aid exposes foreign policy rift

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on June 15, 2025 by Semafor (more by Al Mayadeen)  | (Posted Jun 21, 2025)

    A Pentagon rift over military aid to “Israel” reveals tensions between advocates of Middle East engagement and those prioritizing Asia, shaping Trump’s foreign policy.

  •    IAEA   MR Online

    Trump, U.S. intelligence split on Iran, Gabbard sidelined

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on June 19, 2025 by News Website (more by Al Mayadeen)  | (Posted Jun 20, 2025)

    Trump says Iran is weeks from a nuclear weapon, contradicting U.S. intelligence assessments.

  •    Harvard   MR Online

    After Trump’s Harvard ban, China invites students with offers

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on May 26, 2025 by News Site (more by Al Mayadeen)  | (Posted May 29, 2025)

    Harvard faces legal and political turmoil after Trump revokes its ability to admit foreign students, but China responds with open offers.

  •    Encampment   MR Online

    Judge blocks deportation of Columbia protest organizer Mahdawi

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on April 15, 2025 by Agencies (more by Al Mayadeen)  | (Posted Apr 16, 2025)

    A federal judge has blocked the deportation of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green card holder and Columbia University protest organizer, after his sudden arrest by immigration officials.

  •    Palestinians mourn   MR Online

    UNICEF: ‘Israel’ massacred over 50 children in Jabalia in 2 days

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on November 3, 2024 by News Websites (more by Al Mayadeen)  | (Posted Nov 04, 2024)

    UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell has described the killing of children as another “dark chapter” in the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza.

  •    UK attempt to criminalise dissent on Palestine   MR Online

    The UK attempt to criminalise dissent on Palestine

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on September 22, 2024 by David Miller (more by Al Mayadeen)  | (Posted Sep 26, 2024)

    The British state clearly wants to find a way to scare British citizens away from supporting the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to resist occupation by all available means, including by armed struggle. This is their right under international law.

  •    Oregon   MR Online

    Microplastics crisis: Pollution levels could double by 2040

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on September 20, 2024 by News Website (more by Al Mayadeen)  | (Posted Sep 24, 2024)

    Microplastics are small plastic particles, usually measuring less than 5 millimeters, that come from the degradation of larger plastic products or are intentionally created for industrial purposes.

  •    China and Africa   MR Online

    For China and Africa, U.S. hegemony a common target

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on September 19, 2024 by Hannan Hussain (more by Al Mayadeen)  | (Posted Sep 21, 2024)

    The aftermath of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) is clear: Washington’s economic and diplomatic influence on the continent is set to wane even further.

  •    Among the identified victims over 11300 are children including 710 who were killed before their first birthday   MR Online

    ‘Torn to pieces’: IOF killed 710 infants in Gaza before they turned 1

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on September 19, 2024 (more by Al Mayadeen)  |

    For thousands of Palestinian parents, the joy of welcoming a new life quickly transformed into sorrow as “Israel” killed their newborns in harrowing bombardments.

  •    Britain Started Vietnam War   MR Online

    How Britain started Vietnam War

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on September 12, 2024 (more by Al Mayadeen)  |

    In the post-World War II period, Britain waged a number of covert wars in every corner of the world, as its financial and military clout rapidly withered.

  •    Amilcar Cabral   MR Online

    Amilcar Cabral and the World to come

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on September 1, 2024 by Hanna Eid (more by Al Mayadeen)  | (Posted Sep 05, 2024)

    The articles, speeches, and communiqués of Amilcar Cabral are required reading for revolutionaries today who are struggling with the agrarian question and the current wave of revolutions.

  •    Africa Hunger   MR Online

    Game meat for hungry communities in Southern Africa

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on September 2, 2024 by Cyril Zenda (more by Al Mayadeen)  | (Posted Sep 04, 2024)

    As hunger threatens millions in southern Africa, some of the governments in these wildlife-rich countries have started harvesting game such as elephants, hippopotamuses, buffaloes, zebras, and others to feed their citizens.

  •    Nagasaki 1945   MR Online

    U.S. and UK ambassadors to skip Nagasaki memorial amid controversy

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on August 8, 2024 by Agencies (more by Al Mayadeen)  | (Posted Aug 09, 2024)

    The U.S. and UK ambassadors to Japan will not attend the Nagasaki atomic bomb victim memorial on August 9 due to the Nagasaki administration’s decision not to invite the Israeli envoy.

  •    Collapsing empire   MR Online

    Collapsing empire: The day sanctions died

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on July 31, 2024 (more by Al Mayadeen)  |

    By sanctioning so many countries so readily, the Empire has in effect sanctioned itself–and convinced an ever-increasing number of states to seek alternative economic and financial structures.

  •    Residents of Majdal Shams in the occupied Syrian Golan held Saturday a funeral ceremony for the victims of the Israeli attack that targeted a football field in the town   MR Online

    Majdal Shams residents mourn martyrs, reject any Israeli presence

    Originally published: Al Mayadeen on July 28, 2024 by Al Mayadeen + Israeli Media (more by Al Mayadeen)  | (Posted Jul 29, 2024)

    The Israeli news website Walla says Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich was met with rejection and protests upon his arrival in the town.

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