Guantanamo detainee Mansur Ahmad Saad al-Dayfi expressed, 'What began as a fight against terrorism turned into a war on us—on our communities, our families, our faith' On Sept. 11, 2025, Arab media outlets marked the 24th anniversary of the attacks on the United States with a mixture of commemoration, analysis and political framing. From Gulf dailies focusing on memorial rituals in New York to critical commentary warning of entrenched bias against Muslims, coverage revealed how the memory of 9/11 is refracted through differing editorial lenses nearly a quarter-century on. In the Gulf press, re...

Guantanamo detainee Mansur Ahmad Saad al-Dayfi expressed, 'What began as a fight against terrorism turned into a war on us—on our communities, our families, our faith' On Sept. 11, 2025, Arab media outlets marked the 24th anniversary of the attacks on the United States with a mixture of commemoration, analysis and political framing. From Gulf dailies focusing on memorial rituals in New York to critical commentary warning of entrenched bias against Muslims, coverage revealed how the memory of 9/11 is refracted through differing editorial lenses nearly a quarter-century on. In the Gulf press, re...

Belarusian opposition activist Svetlana Tikhanovskaya welcomed the release of 52 political prisoners, but has also sounded a note of caution. "Let's be honest: what happened yesterday was not real freedom. It was a forced deportation," she said at a press conference in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, according to Lithuanian media reports on Friday. Tikhanovskaya also pointed out that around 1,300 people are still being unjustly detained as political prisoners in Belarus. "This is a step in the right direction. I urge the regime to release all prisoners," she said. Belarusian ruler Alexander Lu...

Fifty people were killed in Israeli attacks on targets in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources said on Friday, with many of the deaths in Gaza City. Fifty people were killed since the morning, with 37 of them in the north of the Gaza Strip. Fourteen people were killed in an Israeli air strike in the north of Gaza City alone, the medical sources said. Palestinian media reported that they were members of one family whose house had been hit. Many people were still buried under the rubble, according to the uncorroborated reports. The Israeli military said it would investigate. Meanwhile, an...