Tehran’s diplomatic persistence has yielded a second major breakthrough this year: Securing full BRICS membership to dismantle isolation, navigate sanctions, and bolster political and economic influence with Eurasian power centers. In his address at the 15th BRICS summit in Johannesburg on 24 August, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi highlighted his country’s …

By adding two new African member-states to its roster, last week’s summit in Johannesburg heralding the expanded BRICS 11 showed once again that Eurasian integration is inextricably linked to the integration of Afro-Eurasia. Belarus is now proposing to hold a joint summit between BRICS 11, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), …

In his memoirs, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recalls a significant event from 2013 when then-US Secretary of State John Kerry proposed a secret visit to Afghanistan to see US-trained forces: “Bibi, I want to arrange a clandestine visit for you to Afghanistan. You’ll see with your own eyes what …

Avec la fin du gaullisme politique porté en terre par les successeurs du Général, avec la disparition d’un PCF outil puissant de la classe ouvrière, avec la trahison du Parti socialiste fourrier du néolibéralisme, la France a emprunté le toboggan du déclin la conduisant à la sortie de l’Histoire. Pour …

Ces derniers temps, Kiev a intensifié le travail d’enrôlement de mercenaires étrangers sur fond d’échec de sa contre-offensive, selon la Défense russe. Combien les mercenaires touchent-ils par mois ? Est-ce un montant cohérent à leurs attentes ? Deux experts militaires US ont fourni des détails à Sputnik. La Défense russe …

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Clashes in Kurdish-held northeast Syria between the army and Turkey-backed armed factions killed 23 people on Sunday after pro-Ankara rebels attempted to infiltrate the area, a war monitor said. The violence comes amid days of separate clashes in Kurdish-held parts of neighbouring Deir Ezzor province after US-backed, Kurdish-led fighters detained …

Government-Backed Intolerance Is Tearing the Country Apart Starting September 9, New Delhi is scheduled to host the G-20’s 18th annual summit. The event, in the eyes of the Indian government, will mark the country’s growing international importance. “During our G-20 presidency, we shall present India’s experiences, learnings, and models as …

The Lebanese Forces have the largest Christian bloc in parliament, but you wouldn’t know that from their policy of splendid isolation. On Sunday, Sheikh Nabil Qaouq, a Hezbollah official, denounced the continued deadlock in Lebanon over electing a new president, but offered (what he considered) a sliver of good news. …

Kurdish-led forces guarding Syria’s Islamic State prisons have been on high alert amid spreading clashes in Deir Ezzor province. Tribal backlash. The Kurdish-led alliance of Syrian militias backed by the US military to fight the Islamic State group is facing a fresh challenge to its authority in the oil-rich eastern …