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Yasmeen Altaji

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FILE PHOTO: A member of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands along a street, after rebels seized the capital and ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Hasakah, Syria, December 11, 2024. REUTERS / Orhan Qereman / File Photo
TrendingSDF makes gains and Houthi-Israel crossfire continues

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastDecember 25, 2024
People take shelter from the sun next to paintings depicting (L-R) late Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar, on display on a fence in solidarity with the Palestinian people, in Sana'a, Yemen, 29 November 2024. The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is marked annually on 29 November by the international community to raise awareness for the plight of the Palestinian people and call for an end to the conflict in the Palestinian territories. EPA / YAHYA ARHAB
TrendingIsrael confirms assassination of Hamas leader Haniyeh and Gaza under threat of famine

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

PodcastsDecember 24, 2024
A handout photo made available by the Turkish Foreign Ministry Press Office shows Syria's rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, attending a press conference after a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan in Damascus, Syria, 22 December 2024. EPA / TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESS OFFICE HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES
TrendingHTS leader to protect minorities and key figures appointed in Syria's interim government

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastDecember 23, 2024
People gather to celebrate the Syrian government's fall in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo / Emrah Gurel)
TrendingUS senators' Turkey worries and UN demands Israel halt Syria operations

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today's trends

Trending Middle EastDecember 20, 2024
New York City police arrest students at Columbia University during pro-Palestine protests at the campus. EPA
US academic fired on TV struggles with fallout from Gaza protests

Mohamed Abdou is one of several faculty who say they have faced disciplinary action for their activism or stances on Palestine since Israel launched its war

USDecember 20, 2024
Pro-Palestinian supporters hold a picket line outside Columbia University, Tuesday, Sep. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo / Yuki Iwamura)
PodcastPalestine and pressure on campus

Academic freedom comes into question as quiet firings and pending lawsuits carry into the new year.

Beyond the HeadlinesDecember 20, 2024
A view of a neighborhood after airstrikes hit Sana'a, Yemen, 19 December 2024. Israeli airstrikes have targeted several sites in the Houthis-held Yemeni cities of Sana'a and Hodeidah, shortly after the Houthis launched a missile attack on central Israel, the Houthis-run al-Masirah TV reported. EPA / YAHYA ARHAB
TrendingStrikes in Yemen and Blinken on Gaza

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastDecember 19, 2024
A Palestinian man inspects the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike on a building in Gaza City's Daraj neighbourhood on December 17, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas militants. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
TrendingGaza ceasefire hopes and drone delivery service in Dubai

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastDecember 18, 2024
TOPSHOT - People search for human remains at a trench believed to be used as a mass grave on the outskirts of Damascus on December 16, 2024. Islamist-led rebels took Damascus in a lightning offensive on December 8, ousting president Bashar al-Assad and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, more than 100,000 people died in Syria's jails and detention centres from 2011. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP)
TrendingMass grave discovered in Damascus and US strikes ISIS targets

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastDecember 17, 2024
Israeli soldiers cross the security fence moving towards the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo / Matias Delacroix)
TrendingIsraeli air strikes hit Syria and UAE condemns settlement expansions

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastDecember 16, 2024
This picture shows the ?Jaber border crossing on the Jordanian side on December 8, 2024, following the fall of the Syrian capital Damascus. Islamist-led rebels declared that they have taken Damascus in a lightning offensive on December 8, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria. (Photo by Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
Syria crisis summit and UAE meetings - Trending

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today's trends

PodcastsDecember 13, 2024
Migrants and refugees line up at the central registration centre for refugees and asylum seekers in Berlin, Germany, in 2016. AP
TrendingSyrian asylum applications and Saudi World Cup

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today's trends

Trending Middle EastDecember 12, 2024
Fighters with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) inspect damaged and abandoned military vehicles and equipment at the Qamishli international airport, formerly a joint Syrian-russian military base, in northeastern Syria's city of Qamishli on December 9, 2024. Islamist-led rebels on December 8 ousted president Bashar al-Assad in a lightning offensive that saw them sweep swathes of Syrian territory from government control. (Photo by Delil souleiman / AFP)
Rebels take Deir Ezzor and Israel bombards Syria - Trending

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastDecember 11, 2024
Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad Al Jalali meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Damascus. Reuters/Iran's Foreign Ministry/WANA
TrendingSyrian PM says Assad abandoned government and Captagon production grinding to halt

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastDecember 10, 2024
The Syrian opposition flag flies at the Syrian embassy building in Moscow, Russia, 09 December 2024. The Russian News Agency TASS reported, citing a Kremlin source, that President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Moscow, and Russian authorities granted him asylum under 'humanitarian reasons. ' Syrian rebels entered Damascus on 08 December 2024 and announced in a televised statement the 'Liberation of the city of Damascus and the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad'. EPA / SERGEI ILNITSKY
TrendingAssad in Moscow and US strikes ISIS targets

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastDecember 09, 2024
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