Bashar al-Assad's first name means, when roughly translated into English, 'the bringer of good news'. This is ironic because the only good news he brought was when he departed.

While Jolani has displayed a promising, and quite frankly, impressive attitude that is welcomed by Syrians, he has the opportunity now to step aside, and leave it to a temporary government to guide the country through the transitional process. By committing to this path, he can

Pro-Assadists live in a fantasy world in which the butcher of Damascus is a hero who cares about Syria, the Palestinian cause and Arab unity. The reality is all Assad cares about is Assad.

The 2034 World Cup will be in... Saudi Arabia. FIFA learnt nothing from the 2022 debacle in Qatar. Saudi Arabia is a hell for workers, represses women, persecutes homosexuals, bans alcohol, and plans to build 11 new stadiums, which will have a huge ecological footprint.

Khaled Diab It’s also upended the award structure for the World Cup so instead of Uruguay hosting 2030 to mark 100 years of the World Cup and followed by a beautiful tournament in the Iberian peninsula in 2034… we get this

AI has got so good at speech recognition that it can understand foreign accents better than many native speakers.

⛄🎁 Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating today and tomorrow. Enjoy the festivities. May they light up this darkest time of year (for those in the northern hemisphere).

As we reach the end of 2024, I wish you all a happy new year and hope that 2025 will be a happier year for all the miserable and downtrodden of the world.

Britain is so egalitarian that both the very rich and the very poor live on estates.

Jean-Marie Le Pen is dead but, sadly, his legacy in France lives on all too vibrantly and robustly.

The potential for a full authoritarian takeover in America has consequences for the world at large. One area is tech. If the United States were to go full fascist, we would need to migrate away from US-based social media channels and search engines. But where would we go?

Trump II: The Emperor Strikes Back will premiere on the world stage tomorrow. Like many sequels, it will be a lot, lot worse than the original.

In February, Flemish nationalist Bart De Wever rode a wave of nativism to become prime minister. If he and his supporters have their way, reports @diabolicalidea for New Lines Magazine, De Wever will be Belgium’s last prime minister. newlinesmag.com/argument/how-b…

"It is clear that a new, patriotic wind is blowing in the US and in Europe,” Tom Van Grieken, head of the far-right Vlaams Belang, told me In this essay, I explore the many paradoxes of Belgian politics and the alarming trend of the growing internationalisation of white nativism

In February, Flemish nationalist Bart De Wever rode a wave of nativism and anti-immigrant sentiment to become prime minister. If he and his supporters have their way, reports Khaled Diab for New Lines Magazine, De Wever will be Belgium’s last prime minister. newlinesmag.com/argument/how-b…

In February, Flemish nationalist Bart De Wever rode a wave of nativism and anti-immigrant sentiment to become prime minister. If he and his supporters have their way, reports @diabolicalidea for New Lines Magazine, De Wever will be Belgium’s last prime minister. newlinesmag.com/argument/how-b…

Srebrenica Genocide, 30 years. My story: chronikler.com/2025/07/10/i-a… Its name may have entered the collective consciousness, at least for a while, but this unsolicited distinction cost the town of Srebrenica its essence, that is to say its very soul. Its people. Khaled Diab