The U.S. decision to label the Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood a terror organization is viewed by experts in Jordan as an assault on Jordanian civil society, writes Aaron Magid.

Syria launched an investigation into a leak of hundreds of documents from the Foreign Ministry documents, while saying it was not the result of a cyber attack:

Pakistan PM Sharif says in X post that final text of US-Iran peace deal agreed, working on next steps reut.rs/43B76kO

I was without access to my Blue Sky account for nearly two weeks, but that has now been resolved...

#Damascus I taught Arabic this afternoon...💜

#Damascus I have found a paradise for people who teach or learn Arabic. Fun games to learn how to form Arabic words. (Each letter is written slightly differently depending on its position in a word.) @RenaLingua @RenaLinguaIst

#Damascus Something new! More soon.

The Danish 🇩🇰 defence is planning increasing the number of reservists to 180,000 from conscripts serving national service between 11 and 24 months (6,500 increasing to 13,000 per year) in addition to full-time soldiers (about 30,000) and the Home Guard (43,000) #ReArmEU www.dr.dk/nyheder/poli...

We won 🙄

Aleppo - Latakia Road.

When you drive into Latakia Governorate from Jisr al-Shoghour, southern Idlib, you can still see areas burned by last year's wildfires. What is striking is that most areas are completely green again after just one year. #Latakia #Syria #coastalareas

There happened to be a party when we were there... And only in Wadi Qandil did I hear this (cool) song, twice... Ta3al ta3al, by @dystinct_avalon #Latakia #WadiQandil #SyrianCoast

Among other places, we visited Wadi Qandil, north of Latakia.. #Syria #WadiQandil #Latakia

Finally, Latakia... #Syria

With a fascinating and ominous series of clips and quotes, journalist @ninazeelen.bsky.social demonstrates how various key figures in Dutch journalism (particularly television) are reinforcing far-right frames that can lead to forms of ethnic cleansing (such as Trump & cronies have already begun).

Cool tasje. #Damascus #Dimashqiyyat

I had no idea that there was a restaurant on the 15th floor of the Cham Hotel with such a fantastic view over all of Damascus... Yesterday, before a meeting, I went upstairs for a quick look:

In many if not all public sectors, salaries have not been paid for 2-3 months now..

"Stilte over mensenrechtenschendingen HTS" part 1. Je bent echt aan het verkeerde adres. Shifting Lines and IDPs: Azaz, Afrin, and the HTS Incursion | The Washington Institute share.google/JqZooeIy76D6...

Looooool. ik heb van de vele honderden interviews over de jaren enkel na de aardbeving 2 HTS ministers over de ramp om een quote gevraagd, minder dan 1% van al mijn interviews. Nice try!

Wut

BREAKING: Iranian state media says that the Strait of Hormuz will stay under Iranian control despite claims by Trump

According Al Jazeera, the draft proposal that’s supposed to be finalized include: -End of war on all fronts including Lebanon -Freeing several billion dollars of Iran's blocked funds

According to sources all mediators have left Iran, window for strikes is open.

Congratulations on your wedding Don Jr. Sorry for distracting your Dad with this important work.

The French Foreign Minister announces: Starting today, Minister Ben Gvir is not allowed to enter France. He joins his Italian counterpart and calls on the European Union to impose sanctions on the Israeli Minister of National Security www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

Absolutely demented

Wut

💚 #Damascus

One mission accomplished. I ran up to Qasioun, which means 'hard and dry' in Syriac/Aramaic. The last part was steep. #Damascus

At least some US troops’ Memorial Day weekend leave has been canceled as a precaution, sources familiar with military planning.-NYP I also can confirm this through other sources

#Damascus yday. I told them later that I was happy to see this; I come from the Netherlands, the land of cyclists 🚴‍♂️

'Nederland een gaaf land? Voor een aantal mensen, ja' @catherinedevries.bsky.social in het ND.

Mount Hermon/Jebel Al-Sheikh, where the Israelis are on both sides since a year and a half, visible from the center of Damascus...

I was near Bab Sharqi this afternoon – a gate that the Apostle Paul also walked through acc to the Christian tradition and stayed at a nearby house. I wanted to check the location where a terrorist attack took place a few days ago and talk to a few local residents about it. #Damascus

Near Bab Sharqi. #Damascus

Iran and Oman are in talks over a payment system for ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz, despite warnings from the Trump administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/w...

Iran’s newly announced “Persian Gulf Strait Authority” (PGSA) says it has established a controlled maritime zone in the Strait of Hormuz.

This is the new map of Gaza. Nearly 2 million people — most of them displaced — are now crammed into just 133 square kilometers. That is nearly 15,000 people per km².

She’s not wrong. Sometimes the truth is uncomfortable but directly in our face.

Trump on Iran: "It's right on the borderline, believe me. If we don't get the right answers, it goes very quickly. We're all ready to go. We have to get the right answers."

🎤 The Dutch labor market in a nutshell: high employment, high productivity, fewer hours. We dig into it on this week's Reuters Econ World podcast reut.rs/4fDleB4

Israeli Broadcasting Authority: Netanyahu is trying to convince Trump to give the green light to resume the war on Iran

Facts…

4/ The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps according to a European official and to local Kurdish sources, until today. @katipiri.bsky.social

1/ Who was present in the SDF areas of Sheikh Maqsoud/Aleppo and Tel Rifaat/N Aleppo, and who is present in the SDF area in Qamishlo? An in-depth analysis of the ties btwn the SDF/PKK and the old regime, Iran & Hezbollah. My latest in @zenith_online magazin.zenith.me/de/politik/d...

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Many recent executions in Iran "follow extremely rapid judicial proceedings in which defendants have little or no access to legal counsel, face fundamentally unfair trials and are often convicted using forced confessions extracted under torture,” DAWN's @omidmemarian.bsky.social told @nytimes.com.