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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Extend Control Over Tehran’s Oil Exports

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have tightened their grip on the country's oil industry and control up to half the exports that generate most of Tehran's revenue and fund its proxies across the Middle East, according to Western officials, security sources and Ira…

2024-12-18 16:09

What has Assad's fall revealed about the Captagon drug trade in Syria?

Syria’s nearly 14-year-old civil war fragmented the country, crumbled the economy and created fertile ground for the production of the highly addictive drug Captagon

2024-12-18 15:18

Citizens for hire

Kenya’s labor export model treats citizens as commodities, exploiting workers for remittances while neglecting domestic job creation.

2024-12-18 12:08

This TikTok account pumped out fake war footage with AI — until CBC News investigated

A TikTok account sharing AI-generated videos of explosions and burning cities has disappeared from the platform. But the type of content it hosted — what experts call “AI slop” — is still going strong.

2024-12-18 09:00

Iran's Revolutionary Guards extend control over Tehran's oil exports, sources say

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have tightened their grip on the country's oil industry and control up to half the exports that generate most of Tehran's revenue...

2024-12-18 06:04

Hezbollah chief says group lost critical arms supply route from Iran with Syrian ouster of Assad

Hezbollah lost its most important supply route from Iran through Syria with the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad, the group’s chief admitted Sunday.

2024-12-16 15:14

Four Syrian Artists Share Their Hopes For A Future Without The Assads

More than five decades of severe repression under father Hafiz and son Bashar al-Assad left Syria with no structure for any kind of art scene and almost no living experience of free expression. Here four artists who have spent recent years in exile share what…

2024-12-17 17:03

Israel-Hezbollah Conflict Has Badly Hurt Lebanese Publishing

Lebanon’s book industry is historically one of the Arab world’s most important, due to the country’s relative tolerance and press freedom. But this year’s violence has made traveling to book fairs risky, and Hezbollah’s party headquarters, an aerial bombardme…

2024-12-17 16:05

RIP, the Axis of Resistance

Iran’s revolutionary project for the Middle East sowed misery and won’t be missed.

2024-12-17 14:52

In Times of War: Tough Ethical Questions and Inner Turmoil

Sixty-four days of unrelenting war machine by Israel against Lebanon put my entire beliefs and ethos to a painful test: my sincerity in promoting social justice, human rights, integrity, patriotism, spirituality and, philosophically speaking, universal human …

2024-12-17 12:05