Talmiz Ahmad

1 week ago | frontline.thehindu.com | C.S. Venkiteswaran |Vaishna Roy |Talmiz Ahmad

As the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg landed in Stockholm after deportation from Israel, she was asked if she had been afraid when her ship was raided by Israeli soldiers. She answered: “What I’m afraid of is that people are silent during an ongoing genocide.”A year and eight months into Israel’s war on Gaza, nearly 55,000 Palestinians have been killed and their homes reduced to rubble.

Mar 24, 2025 | frontline.thehindu.com | Jean-Pierre Filiu |Vaishna Roy |Talmiz Ahmad |Iftikhar Gilani

The French scholar Jean-Pierre Filiu wrote this comprehensive and definitive work on Gaza in 2012. He has now brought out a second edition that has a 10-page “afterword” referring to the ongoing crisis. The book traces the place of Gaza amidst the early competitions between the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Persian empires to later developments involving the Islamic caliphates, the Crusades, the Ottoman Empire, the British Mandate, and Israeli control from 1967.

Mar 8, 2025 | frontline.thehindu.com | Sharada Srinivasan |Vaishna Roy |Talmiz Ahmad

As the civil conflict in Sudan nears its two-year mark, the country is reeling from the hammer blows of the warring parties. In February, the UN Secretary-General spoke of the “staggering scale and brutality” of the catastrophe that has devastated this country of 50 million. About 30 million of them need urgent humanitarian support, while 9 million have been displaced and another 3 million have sought refuge in neighbouring countries.

Feb 8, 2025 | frontline.thehindu.com | Soni Mishra |Vaishna Roy |Talmiz Ahmad

Throughout the conflict in West Asia over the past 16 months, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been the central figure. He orchestrated Israel’s lethal military response in Gaza that has reportedly killed over 60,000 persons, mainly women and children. He forcefully confronted Hamas’ allies in the “axis of resistance” led by Iran and inflicted powerful blows upon them, seriously debilitating their military capacity.

Jan 16, 2025 | frontline.thehindu.com | Vaishna Roy |Muddassir Quamar |Talmiz Ahmad |RAJEEV AGARWAL

Israel and Hamas have finally agreed to a ceasefire, eight months after it was drafted and approved by the UN Security Council. The agreement faced delays due to many political obstacles primarily from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Although the core framework remains the same, the ceasefire, which was supposed to happen in three phases, underwent a major shift over time.