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As authorities prepare for Bastille Day protests, the city's most marginalised despair of their options
Threatened by deplatforming, Britain’s far-right is exploiting patchy online moderation to monetise hate.
A row of grubby white vans is parked on a broad, tree-lined avenue in the outskirts of Paris. In the dark of night, fluttering candles light up the faces of the women in the front seats.
The Frenchmen hand the man in camouflage a golden award, congratulating him on the liberation of the small Christian village of Maharda in regime-controlled Western Syria. Bashar al-Assad, wearing sunglasses, looks down on the ceremony from a large photo on the wall behind. (Version française)
Life in the camps is becoming increasingly dangerous, as IS assassins stalk the tents and sleeper cells mobilise once again
British singles on the awkward truth about dating abroad
Haunted by past events, Marcel Jeninga has almost single-handedly challenged child abuse laws in the Netherlands and Germany. Now he wants to do the same for the rest of the EU.
Middle East Eye: EXCLUSIVE—Tunisia’s Ghannouchi targeted by Saudi Arabia with Pegasus
Parliament speaker and head of Ennahda party on list of people believed to be targets of NSO Group's spyware
Mediapart: French NGO 'Christians of the Orient' and its ties with the Assad regime
French association SOS Chrétiens d’Orient, a self-declared "apolitical" NGO, claims to support the persecuted Christians of the Middle East. But its links with the French far-right and Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime raise disturbing questions about its mission.
OCCRP: Fake Cigarette Ring Exposes Jordan’s Corruption Woes
Behind a large dark desk buried in stacks of papers, lawyer Wasafi Abu Rumman lights up a Davidoff Gold slim and announces that his client, the chief defendant in a cigarette counterfeiting and smuggling scandal, is innocent.
NRC, Mercy Corps and LWF release more than 70 employees after receiving exemptions from Jordanian government pandemic measures
Mediapart: French Christian NGO's links to pro-Assad Syrian militia
A man in his sixties dressed in military fatigues is sitting in a comfortable armchair somewhere in Syria. “I want to thank SOS Chrétiens d'Orient,” he says, “we will never forget [its] support.” (Version française)
Middle East Eye: REVEALED—The full extent of US arms deals with Saudi Arabia and UAE
The United States has struck at least $68.2bn worth of deals for firearms, bombs, weapons systems, and military training with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates since the start of their war in Yemen – billions more than previously reported. (Version française)
Middle East Eye: Inside one of the world's biggest arms fairs
To a ripple of applause, the grinning, bespectacled minister posed for photographs, scissors in hand, before cutting the ceremonial golden ribbon. The 2021 edition of London's biennial arms fair - known as Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI), one of the biggest in the world - was officially open for business.
The UN warned against using MK-84s after the 2014 Gaza war. So why did the IDF drop so many in May?
Explosive remnants of Israeli-dropped bombs mean that many in Gaza are still 'living the battle every day'
31 international NGOs, including Oxfam and NRC, pressure government to bypass pandemic labour protections
Middle East Eye: France election 2022—Culture wars fail to hit home in Le Pen’s Calais heartland
Presidential candidates have tried to whip up anti-immigration sentiment ahead of Sunday's vote - but in this port city it's economic issues that really matter
Middle East Eye: France election 2022—Le Pen holds final rally, Muslims fear for the future
There is a gulf between the rabble-rousing national conversation about Islam and the daily lives of these French Muslims. But how long will that last?
Middle East Eye: Violence then peace—Shireen Abu Akleh laid to rest in Jerusalem
Thousands of Muslims and Christians come together to defy Israeli violence at one of the biggest Palestinian funerals in decades.
In exclusive interviews, former officials explain what has gone wrong and why the United States keeps making the same mistakes.