Janine di Giovanni

1 week ago | thenationalnews.com | Janine di Giovanni

The Middle East is on edge. The crisis in Gaza deepens daily. Diplomacy has stalled - a high-level UN conference to advance efforts towards a two-state solution to the Palestine-Israel conflict has been indefinitely postponed. Meanwhile, the EU - whose response to the destruction of Gaza has been woefully inadequate - is more divided than ever now that Israel has opened another front with Iran.

3 weeks ago | thenationalnews.com | Janine di Giovanni

Late last month, ballistic missiles from Russia along with a hail of drones attacked Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. It was a heavy night; the sky lighting with dramatic shadows of Ukrainian anti-aircraft weapons doing their best to intercept Russia’s weapons. It was the first night in a few years that I went down to the bomb shelter to sleep. At about 3am, the noise was too close to where I am staying, so I descended the stairs to the underworld.

1 month ago | vanityfair.com | Janine di Giovanni

The long and brutal reign of the Assad regime finally ended in December with a stunning two-week revolt. A coalition of insurgent factions, led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), swept across Syria, taking city after city, largely unopposed. As the capital, Damascus, was about to fall, the dictator Bashar al-Assad fled the nation he had held captive to terror for so long. He was granted refuge by Russia’s Vladimir Putin, his longtime protector.

1 month ago | thenationalnews.com | Janine di Giovanni

Members of the clergy hold mass for late Pope Francis at the Holy Family Church in Gaza City on April 21, 2025. AFP

2 months ago | thenationalnews.com | Janine di Giovanni

Relatives over the body of journalist Ahmed Mansur at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 8, 2025. A media outlet affiliated with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement on April 8, announced the death of an employee in an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip.