Yearly Archives: 2025

Is South Syria a Terrorist Threat to Israel? The Islamic Resistance Front in Syria, a Test Case

During the Syrian Civil War, which broke out in 2011, the area of south Syria became an arena for the activity of Salafi-jihadist terrorist organizations in addition to Hezbollah and the Iranian Qods Force, which sought to establish another front against Israel based on local operatives and Shi’ite militias.The fall …

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Les États-Unis et le reste du monde

Le Sud global est le lieu où histoire et héritage culturel sont préservés et l’«ordre international fondé sur des règles» rejeté. Quiconque nie l’histoire disparaîtra, tel un spectre rayé de la mémoire. Lorsque Christophe Colomb posa le pied pour la première fois sur le sol américain, en 1492, il n’était …

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Russie-Chine : de la mémoire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale à la synergie BRICS/OCS

Trois dates – étroitement liées – qui nous attendent pourraient être déterminantes pour façonner la prochaine configuration de l’échiquier géopolitique actuellement en pleine effervescence. 31 août/1er septembre. Tianjin – à une demi-heure en train à grande vitesse (120 km, environ 8 dollars) de Pékin. Le sommet annuel de l’Organisation de …

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The Final Message: Has the Era of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria Come to an End?

Ahmed Mouaffaq Zaidan, the newly appointed media adviser to Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, has published an article on Al Jazeera Net urging the Syrian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood to dissolve itself. This call cannot be dismissed as a personal opinion from a former Brotherhood-affiliated journalist. Coming just days after …

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Announcement of a Political Council Advocating for a Federal Region in Central and Western Syria – The Syrian Observer

On Wednesday, 27 August 2025, a group of Alawite activists based abroad announced the formation of the “Political Council for Central and Western Syria” (PCCWS). In a founding statement published via a recorded video on its official Facebook page, the council called for the establishment of a federal region encompassing …

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Dissolving the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria: Right Idea, Wrong Time – The Syrian Observer

A recent article by Dr. Ahmed Muwaffaq Zaidan on Al Jazeera, urging the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, has stirred debate. Some welcomed the idea as a way to move beyond a long-burdensome legacy; others saw it as a worrying signal of exclusion at a moment that calls …

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Iran Resists Disarmament of Its Regional Allies

Iran’s leaders are trying to prevent the disarmament of their non-state allies in an effort to rebuild the national security strategy shattered by a year of Israeli and U.S. military operations.Seeking to avoid being drawn into regional wars provoked by Iran’s allies, governments in the region are striving to exercise …

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Will Druze demands for autonomy redraw Syria’s political map?

In mid-August, Syria’s Druze minority crossed a historic threshold. In its southern province, demonstrators demanded self-determination for the first time, rejecting Damascus’s authority and waving Israeli flags – a stunning departure for a community long known for cautious neutrality. The shift came in the wake of July’s violence in Suweida, …

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The Israeli settler push for ‘Greater Israel’ in Syria, Lebanon

In a move that sparked international condemnation, a group of Israeli settlers crossed into Syrian territory near the village of Bariqa in Quneitra province on 18 August and attempted to establish a new settlement on Israeli military-controlled land. The incursion, three kilometres away from Alonei Habashan, an Israeli settlement located …

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Iran Update, August 29, 2025

Iranian parliamentarians introduced a three-part bill on August 28 to withdraw Iran from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), likely to pressure the E3 (the United Kingdom, France, and Germany) to not reimpose UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions on Iran.[1] The bill would require Iran to leave …

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