The Taliban and the Islamic State group are among the militant groups that have been known to use civilians as human shields in the past, in order to try to shift their opponents’ war calculations.
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Wartime photographs can be used for propaganda purposes.
Tunnel warfare tends to lessen any advantages a stronger, more advanced attacker might otherwise expect – and to favor the defenders hidden underground.
Some of the best analysis from our coverage of the war in Gaza.
Old-fashioned radio signals offer a way to broadcast news to war-torn areas.
Lebanon has problems enough of its own without a major conflict on its border.
While Iran is wary of entering into direct war with Israel, Tehran has been lending support to Yemen’s Houthis, Irak’s Shia militias as well as the Lebanese Hezbollah.
Many Israelis think their prime minister is incapable of leading their country at a time of such severe crisis.
Hamas’s 300 mile network of tunnels under Gaza is going to prove difficult and perhaps deadly for Israeli troops attempting a ground war in the territory.
British foreign correspondents predicted a ‘long-term security problem’ for Israel.
As Israel prepares for a land invasion of Gaza, tensions are rising in the region between Iran and the US.
Many people who aren’t Jewish are responding as if what’s been taking place is just another episode of Israeli-Palestinian violence. But it’s different for many Jews.
Many Christian and Muslim families in Gaza today were displaced following the creation of new Arab and Jewish states. Today, Palestinian Christians occupy a complicated place in this region.
People, including children and adolescents, are being exposed to horrifying imagery in the news and on social media. But there are ways to stay informed without overconsuming harmful content.
Peace activists were among the victims of the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7.
Liberal democracies need to work with the countries in the Middle East to build a long-term solution to the ongoing Israel-Gaza crisis.
An architect from Homs in Syria on what happens to people whose homes are deliberately destroyed during war.
An interview with a Syrian architect about domicide: the deliberate destruction of homes during war. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Joe Biden knows only too well from 21st-century US history how hard it is for a country to untangle itself from a ground invasion.
Dates that changed the course of history in what has been called ‘the world’s largest open-air prison’.
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