Armed Conflicts

Palestinians inspect the damage dome by an American-made bomb to a school in the Nuseirat refugeee camp in June 2024.

From Guernica to Gaza, the Cruelty of Airpower Has Remained Unchecked From Guernica to Gaza, the Cruelty of Airpower Has Remained Unchecked

Nine decades have passed since aerial technology began assisting war makers—since then, it has become a tool of systemic brutality.

Sep 3, 2025 / Norman Solomon

Relatives and colleagues of the Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohamed Qraiqea, photojournalists Ibrahim Dahir and Moumin Alaywa, and assistant photojournalist Mohammed Noufal, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a journalists' tent near the Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza city center attend the funeral ceremony on August 11, 2025 in Gaza City, Gaza.

These Journalists Saw Israel Kill Their Colleagues. But They Refuse to Be Silenced. These Journalists Saw Israel Kill Their Colleagues. But They Refuse to Be Silenced.

The strike that killed Anas al-Sharif nearly claimed the lives of these other reporters—including al-Sharif’s cousin.

Aug 28, 2025 / Ali Skaik

Israeli military vehicles are positioned along the border with the Gaza Strip on August 21, 2025.

Israeli Soldiers Abused Me Before. I’m Terrified That They’ll Do It Again. Israeli Soldiers Abused Me Before. I’m Terrified That They’ll Do It Again.

Israel is invading Gaza City again. The trauma of what they did to me and my family during their last invasion haunts me every single day.

Aug 21, 2025 / Ali Skaik

Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House on August 18, 2025, in Washington, DC, for a bilateral meeting and later an expanded meeting with European leaders to discuss a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

The Ukraine Peace Process Is Moving Quite Fast The Ukraine Peace Process Is Moving Quite Fast

Here are the openings—and obstacles.

Aug 20, 2025 / Anatol Lieven

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin leave at the conclusion of a press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska.

Trump Won’t Deliver Peace to Ukraine—or Anywhere Else Trump Won’t Deliver Peace to Ukraine—or Anywhere Else

No one can trust the United States when a fickle man-child controls its foreign policy.

Aug 18, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Trump and Putin walk side-by-side silhouetted

Presidents Trump and Putin Must Seize the Moment in Alaska Presidents Trump and Putin Must Seize the Moment in Alaska

The war in Ukraine is a regional security and humanitarian tragedy, but regarding nuclear weapons, Washington and Moscow stand to benefit from working together.

Aug 15, 2025 / RootsAction and The American Committee for US-Russia Accord

Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews the honor guard during a welcome ceremony at The Great Hall of the People on November 22, 2023, in Beijing,

Washington’s Dangerous China Consensus Washington’s Dangerous China Consensus

Fantasies of national unity drive the bipartisan push for a new cold war.

Aug 13, 2025 / Column / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (L), and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (R), sign the joint declaration “peace road map” following their trilateral meeting at the White House on August 8, 2025.

Trump’s “Corridor Wars” in the Caucasus Trump’s “Corridor Wars” in the Caucasus

His deals are informed by hyper-transactional dealmaking.

Aug 12, 2025 / Pietro A. Shakarian

Mainly exiles and German-Iranians protest against the Mullah regime in Iran at a rally in Frankfurt, Germany. One man holds a photo of Reza Pahlavi II, who is living in exile.

Trump’s Regime Change Fantasy Involves Bringing Back the Shah Trump’s Regime Change Fantasy Involves Bringing Back the Shah

The United States and its allies are toying with liberating Iran with the help of some unsavory friends.

Aug 8, 2025 / Jeet Heer

2014 Israeli invasion of Gaza

This Group’s Definition of Antisemitism Is Providing Cover for Genocide This Group’s Definition of Antisemitism Is Providing Cover for Genocide

The definition hardly refers to inequality or structural discrimination—rather, it's a thinly veiled tool for prohibiting criticism of any sort about Israel.

Aug 6, 2025 / Aviva Chomsky

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