MIDDLE EAST

IRAN: ‘Silencing society, and particularly women, is the regime’s survival strategy’

Maryam Babak | IRAN

LEBANON: ‘Lasting peace requires far more than a temporary suspension of hostilities’

Ziad Abdel Samad | LEBANON

CONFLICT | CRISIS

GAZA: ‘If civilians can get this close to establishing a humanitarian corridor, then governments can do it’

Musa Roshdy | SPAIN

CONFLICT | CRISIS

LEBANON: ‘The postponement of the election can’t be treated as a break from democratic responsibility’

Dayana El Baba | LEBANON

BAHRAIN: ‘The death penalty is being used as a tool of political suppression’

Sayed Yusuf Almuhafdha | GERMANY

ISRAEL: ‘The new death penalty law sorts people into separate legal universes’

Carol Daniel-Kasbari | UNITED STATES

GAZA: ‘Humanitarian aid matters for survival, but its dynamics diminish Palestinian agency’

Ali Abdel-Wahab | BELGIUM

CONFLICT | CRISIS

IRAN: ‘Sustainable change will depend on domestic organisational capacity, not external force’

Sohrab Razaghi | THE NETHERLANDS

IRAN: ‘The unprecedented level of violence points to a deep crisis of legitimacy’

Feminists for Freedom | GLOBAL

‘Unless the colonial mindset is dismantled, Gaza’s political future will remain externally managed’

Karam Dana | UNITED STATES

CONFLICT | CRISIS