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Israeli military vehicles cross the fence to the buffer zone witrh Syria near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

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What the Collapse of the Assad Regime Means for Israel

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December 6, 2024

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - AUGUST 24: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with fellow Brics leaders pose for a family photo with new Bric members at the last day of the Brics summit fellow leaders president, Xi Jinping, China's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's president, Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, and Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, Iranian president is Ebrahim Raisi, on the closing day of the BRICS summit at the Sandton Convention Center in the Sandton district of Johannesburg on August 24, 2023, South Africa. The Brics summit, held in South Africa between 22-24 August 2023. Brics is made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. New Members are Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia. Some of the things are discussed during the summit is if to expand Brics and accept new members like Saudi Arabia and Iran, and a Brics currency. Vladimir Putin wanted to attend the meetings but South African president Cyril Ramaphosa managed to talk him out of it, as he risked being arrested while in in South Africa, as the ICC, International Criminal Court has issued a warrant of arrest for Mr. Putin's on suspicion of unlawful deportation of children and unlawful transfer of people from the territory of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

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Is Saudi Arabia Serious About Joining the BRICS?

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Saudi Arabia Must Not Extradite Peaceful Protester to Egypt, Where He Would Face Torture

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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 19: Paul Keary, COO of Teneo Holdings attends the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative Gala at Powerhouse at The American Museum of Natural History on November 19, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/Getty Images)

U.S. Consulting Firm Teneo Whitewashing Saudi Human Rights Record, Misleading Public, Contributing to Abuses

November 13, 2024

Teneo's Propaganda Campaign and Subpoena Evasion: Shielding Saudi Arabia From Accountability

November 13, 2024

Democracy In Exile

'Freed From Assad,' Syrians Rejoice While Wary of What Comes Next

December 20, 2024

Democracy In Exile

'It Was Annihilation.' Victims of Assad's Chemical Attacks Can Finally Speak Out

December 19, 2024

Algerian security surround protesters during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers on December 11, 2019, ahead of the presidential vote scheduled for December 12. Algeria's contentious presidential election campaign is highlighting the vast gap between youth at the heart of a reformist protest movement and an ageing elite they see as clinging to power. The poll will see five candidates, all linked to ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, compete for the top office. But protesters, whose mass mobilisation forced the ex-strongman to resign from his two-decade tenure in April, have rallied weekly to say sweeping reforms must come ahead of any vote. (Photo by RYAD KRAMDI / AFP)

Democracy In Exile

No Safe Haven: Algeria's Transnational Repression of Dissidents

December 17, 2024

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Democracy In Exile

'Freed From Assad,' Syrians Rejoice While Wary of What Comes Next

December 20, 2024

Democracy In Exile

'It Was Annihilation.' Victims of Assad's Chemical Attacks Can Finally Speak Out

December 19, 2024

Algerian security surround protesters during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers on December 11, 2019, ahead of the presidential vote scheduled for December 12. Algeria's contentious presidential election campaign is highlighting the vast gap between youth at the heart of a reformist protest movement and an ageing elite they see as clinging to power. The poll will see five candidates, all linked to ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, compete for the top office. But protesters, whose mass mobilisation forced the ex-strongman to resign from his two-decade tenure in April, have rallied weekly to say sweeping reforms must come ahead of any vote. (Photo by RYAD KRAMDI / AFP)

Democracy In Exile

No Safe Haven: Algeria's Transnational Repression of Dissidents

December 17, 2024

Tag: MBS

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 10: Michael Beer holds a poster during a rally about the disappearance of Washington Post journalist, Jamal Khashoggi outside the Embassy of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday October 10, 2018 in Washington, DC. Khashoggi disappeared after entering the Saudi Consulate in Instanbul. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Four Years Since Murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Accountability Advances in Legislation, Lawsuit, and Memorial

September 30, 2022

Democracy In Exile

MBS and His 'Tiger Squad' Tortured and Disappeared My Father. Then I Was Arrested

August 24, 2022

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman attends a working breafast with US President Donald Trump (not pictured) during the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29, 2019. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Rights Groups File Complaint Asking France to Investigate Saudi Crown Prince over Jamal Khashoggi Killing

MADRID, SPAIN - JUNE 28: U.S. President Joe Biden descends the stairs of his Air Force One aircraft upon his arrival at Torrejon de Ardoz air base, June 28, 2022, in Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain. Biden has arrived in Spain in his Air Force One aircraft, shielded even against a nuclear explosion and capable of refueling from the air. When Biden lands, he will board 'The Beast', his presidential limousine and the safest car in the world, with 20-centimeter thick armor, equipped with firearms and blood transfusion bags. The limousine is accompanied by a caravan of 50 vehicles. The National Police and the Civil Guard will escort the motorcades at all times for the NATO summit, which officially begins tomorrow in Madrid, the 40th anniversary of Spain's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Biden's objective at the NATO summit is to reaffirm ''the strong bilateral relationship'' between the two countries. (Photo By EUROPA PRESS/A.Ortega.POOL via Getty Images)

Biden Should Set Preconditions for Meeting with Crown Prince

Democracy In Exile

What Kind of Reform, and Who Really Benefits? Taking Stock of Change in Saudi Arabia

Democracy In Exile

A 'Pariah' No More: Biden's Betrayal on Saudi Arabia

Democracy In Exile

The Grave Risks of Western Complicity With Corrupt Arab Autocrats

ANKARA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 23: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks about the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during his weekly parliamentary address on October 23, 2018 in Ankara, Turkey. Erdogan said Khashoggi was the victim of a "brutal" and "planned" murder and called for the extradition of 18 suspects to Turkey to face justice. Khashoggi, a U.S. resident and critic of the Saudi regime, went missing after entering the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on October 2. (Photo by Getty Images)

Turkey: Transferring Jamal Khashoggi's Murder Trial to Saudi Arabia Is Unacceptable

Democracy In Exile

The World Doesn't Need to Submit to MBS

PARIS, FRANCE - FEBRUARY 05: Saudi Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz Bin Salman Al-Saud attends the 8th Annual Dinner of the 'Societe Des Amis Du Musee D'Art Moderne' at Centre Pompidou on February 5, 2013 in Paris, France. (Photo by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images)

Saudi Authorities Reveal Location of Disappeared Royals, Allow Family Visits

November 22, 2021

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