Charlie Hoyle
@CharlieCHoyle
Politics & Analysis Editor @The_NewArab | MSc Violence, Conflict and Development @SOAS | 🗣 🇪🇸🇫🇷 | Send pitches to [email protected]
🧵With Druze-Bedouin clashes killing hundreds in Suweida, and Israel exploiting tensions to launch aggressive airstrikes on the south/Damascus, below are a selection of articles I've published this year for @The_NewArab's Analysis desk that capture the dynamics at play /1 ⬇️
My NYT op-ed this morning I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opi… via @NYTOpinion
Alex de Waal is one of the world's foremost experts on famine. Listen to every word he says about Israel's forced starvation of the people of Gaza: "There is no case since WW2 of starvation that has been so minutely designed and controlled"
🚨 Dilemma in Damascus: What next for Syria after Suweida violence? ► Bedouin-Druze violence and Israeli military aggression in the province have laid bare the enormous challenges facing Syria's new authorities @CP__Ward's report for @The_NewArab newarab.com/analysis/dilem…
British surgeon Nick Maynard: “These children are being targeted almost as if it’s a game… One day they’re all shot in the head, the next day in the neck, and another day in the testicles… There is a clear and deliberate pattern to the injuries.”
🚨 SHOCKING REPORT: Israeli soldiers in Gaza are reportedly turning the targeting of Palestinian children into a horrifying and systematic “human-hunting game,” according to British surgeon Dr. Nick Maynard. He testified: “These children are being targeted almost as if it’s a…
With sectarian violence on Syrian streets once again, my latest piece examines how a lack of accountability could fuel further unrest, destabilising Syria’s transition. Comments from @GregoryPWaters, @FADELABDULGHANY, and @ShadiHaroun for @The_NewArab newarab.com/analysis/how-s…
This story was broken by @SyriaTransition
Miscommunication in Baku: The road to escalation in Suwayda Syria in Transition has learned from well-placed sources that the recent escalation in Suwayda is the result of a consequential misunderstanding between Syrian and Israeli officials during a face-to-face meeting in Baku…
Israel bombed Gaza’s only Catholic church, injuring its pastor. How do you think the global Christian community will respond?
The Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem has confirmed ‘severe damage’ to the Holy Family Catholic Church building in Gaza as a result of Israeli bombing.
In one of the largest expulsions in modern history, four million Afghans face deportation as Iran launches a mass security crackdown after its war with Israel From sanctuary to scapegoat: Iran's mass deportation of Afghans ⬇️ 🖋 @AlessandraBajec newarab.com/analysis/sanct…
🔴With dozens killed in recent days and Israel escalating attacks, read @CP__Ward's in-depth report from Suweida last month for @The_NewArab's Analysis desk on why Druze-Bedouin tensions are growing ⬇️ newarab.com/analysis/how-b…
I don’t know how this could be spelled out any more clearly.