Filippo Dionigi

Is this Hizbollah’s last stand? The Lebanese militant group has been battered by two years of conflict. Now it has entered an ‘existential’ war

"Is this #Hezbollah’s last stand?" - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com

🔴 France has pledged to send anti-missile and anti-drone systems, as well as a frigate, to Cyprus after a British air base on the island was attacked by drones yesterday.

Follow our live blog as the tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate: www.politico.eu/article/us-i...

Live: Israel military says it is establishing buffer zone in southern Lebanon Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said Tuesday the Lebanese army was evacuating "advanced positions" along the Israeli border as Israel’s military said it was establishing a buffer zone in southern…

🔴 BREAKING - Live: Israel military says it is establishing buffer zone in southern Lebanon

Iran's Revolutionary Guards commander said the Strait of Hormuz is closed and Iran is to set any ship trying to pass on fire, Iranian media reported. Live updates ➡️ reut.rs/4aK7TEn

Inside the plan to kill Ali Khamenei Israel spent years hacking Tehran’s traffic cameras and monitoring bodyguards ahead of the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader

Inside the plan to kill Ali #Khamenei - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com

“President Trump will decide when this war ends” says David Makovsky as US-Israel campaign against #Iran escalates

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Israel intensifies war on Lebanon after Hezbollah attack Israel's response to Hezbollah attack kills at least 31 people and leads to mass displacement in Lebanon.

My reporting from today.

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WSJ story on Khamenei'assassination

WSJ story with further details on the US-Israeli attack that killed #Khamenei and others in #Tehran yesterday.

America’s attack on Iran turns a taboo into a method It is rare for air power alone to bring about regime change, writes Steven Simon

"#America’s attack on Iran turns a taboo into a method"
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Netanyahu claims #Khamenei has been killed.

Military briefing: What have the US and Israel hit and how can Iran respond? American military assets in the region and Gulf oil supplies are vulnerable to retaliation and Israel is a renewed target

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The pessimist who became a prophet Philosopher Michael Sandel was ignored by a generation of political optimists. Now he is searching for a way out of the mess he saw coming

'The pessimist who became a prophet': interesting read #Sandel but overstating the foresight of his philosophy - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com by @martinsandbu.ft.com

Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of Libya's late dictator, killed in the northern African country, report say Get the latest Breaking News Alerts from France 24 in real time on Facebook and Twitter: @BreakingF24

Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of Libya's late dictator, killed in the northern African country, report say

Saudi Arabia set to announce major new Syria investments, Syrian official says Saudi Arabia will invest in a new private Syrian airline as part of a multi-billion-dollar investment package expected to be announced on Saturday, the head of the Syrian Investment Authority said, re...

More Saudi investment in Syria, part of Sharaa's vision of using foreign investment (mostly Gulf money) to fund reconstruction — except how does a new private Syrian airline, or real estate "in the old towns," help house millions of displaced Syrians? www.reuters.com/world/middle...

US shoots down Iranian drone as Middle East tensions escalate Iranian gunboats also challenged US-flagged tanker in Strait of Hormuz days before planned negotiations

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The #UN reports #Israel dropped an unknown chemical substance over land in South #Lebanon. Substance is said to be non toxic by IL but peacekeepers were asked to stay away and undercover...🤔
There is concern for the consequences of such actions for agriculture: essential economic activity there.

Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown Palantir and Deloitte among beneficiaries of spending by government agencies

Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com

Disappeared bodies, mass burials and ‘30,000 dead’: what is the truth of Iran’s death toll? Testimony from medics, morgue and graveyard staff reveals huge state effort to conceal systematic killing of protesters

Disappeared bodies, mass burials and ‘30,000 dead’: what is the truth of Iran’s death toll? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Greenland, America and the end of Atlanticism Behind the crisis caused by Donald Trump’s threats is a much bigger change: the waning of US hegemony and the coming of a multi-polar age

' #Greenland, #America and the end of #Atlanticism' - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com

Israel bombed 5 towns in Lebanon today. Another day of an Israeli ceasefire: you cease, we fire

Trump's ‘board of peace': Who has joined, who hasn’t – and why Before a signing ceremony planned for Thursday, several nations have agreed to join the board. But many haven't.

Before a signing ceremony planned for Thursday, several nations have agreed to join the board. But many haven't.

Simon Karam’s Poisoned Gift The negotiator will have a delicate task of preserving Lebanon’s eroding sovereignty and getting on with Nabih Berri.

#Lebanon/#Israel

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Fifty years later, Tal al-Zaatar returns... to the stage Fifty years after the massacre at Tel al-Zaatar, Chrystèle Khodr's play revives memories and highlights the plight of Palestinians through powerful testimonies.

Fifty years later, Tal al-Zaatar returns... to the stage #Lebanon #Palestine
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Israeli strike on Lebanon refugee camp raises fears of new offensive Drone strike on Palestinian camp one of deadliest since Israel and Hizbollah agreed ceasefire last year

#Israel strike on #Palestinian refugee camp in #Lebanon kills 13 and raises fears of new offensive - on.ft.com/4r5u128 via @financialtimes.com

These a couple of gems from the report

End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance

Exceptional report by @financialtimes.com on #KSA #Neom megaproject.
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Material Politics of Normalization Summer/Fall 2025

NEW: "Material Politics of Normalization" the Summer/Fall Issue of Middle East Report!

A hard hitting collection of 11 essays, reviews, and interviews on the architecture of normalization with Israel, from the Abraham Accords to the Gaza Genocide.

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‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures At 90, McCullin has spent seven decades recording conflict and tragedy – while escaping snipers, mortar fire and capture. He reflects on pain, pride and regret

‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don #McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures | #Photography | @theguardian.com share.google/PNxDzXoMgkwY...

Live: Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 60, including dozens of children At least 60 people, of which more than half are children, have been killed in fresh Israeli strikes on Gaza, local hospital officials said Wednesday. Despite the many dead, US President Donald Trump said “nothing’s going to jeapordise” the truce between Israel and Hamas, saying the deadly strikes were launched after the killing of an Israeli soldier “so the Israelis hit back. And they should hit back.” Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments. 

Live: Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 60, including dozens of children