Six months have passed since rebels led by Hay’at Tahrir al Sham (HTS) toppled the Assad family’s 53-year dictatorship in Syria in December 2024. After an initial period of widespread celebration, a new period has set in — one of realization that the end of Assad’s rule has not meant solving the deep problems compounded...
Ian Youngs Culture reporter Disney Lilo and Stitch stars eight-year-old Maia Kealoha and a computer-generated cuddly runaway alien Disney’s live-action Lilo and Stitch remake and Tom Cruise’s supposedly final Mission: Impossible outing have opened as two of the biggest films of the year in a record-breaking weekend at the box office. Lilo and Stitch, which...