Middle Orient

Les forces américaines se sont massées en Jordanie en prévision d’une éventuelle guerre contre l’Iran, dans le but d’éloigner les représailles précoces des Israéliens et d’exploiter la puissance aérienne américaine, tout en risquant une erreur de calcul stratégique et un dépassement de leurs capacités. Au cours de la semaine dernière, …

Syrian and Lebanese prisoners in Roumieh prison in Lebanon have vowed to carry out an open-ended strike that will begin on Monday, January 26, in protest against the health conditions inside the prison. A source inside the “Roumieh” prison (Enab Baladi was kept for security reasons) explained that the strike …

Toplines The Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) may agree to extend the US-mediated ceasefire, according to Kurdish sources and mediators. The Syrian government and SDF agreed to a ceasefire on January 20 that gave SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi four days to secure other SDF leaders’ agreement to …

Toplines The Syrian government surrounded Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters in Kobani, likely as the first part of a multi-stage operation to reduce the SDF forces there. Civilians have fled to Kobani as fighting approached their villages south of Kobani, leading to a larger than standard population there.[1] Civilians in …

Une transformation fondamentale de toute l’architecture mondiale Alexandre Douguine sur la fracture irréversible de l’Occident, les gambades impériales de Trump, et l’émergence de cinq pôles occidentaux concurrents. Entretien avec Alexandre Dougine pour l’émission «Escalation» de Sputnik TV. Animateur : Les fêtes de début 2026 ont apporté une nouvelle qui évoque …

In the past few days, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced the state of the general call, calling on Kurds around the world to go to Syria to defend what was described as its “last strongholds.” This call has received a clear positive interaction, especially among the radical left, a …

The rapid shifts unfolding in the Euphrates region offer a textbook illustration of what political-science literature terms the “end of functional roles” for non-state actors. After years of military and political expansion, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have arrived at a moment of structural unravelling and dissolution into the institutions …

In Syrian political discourse since 2012, the concepts of federalism and political decentralization have been presented as technical solutions to a chronic governance crisis, or as “rational” exits for managing diversity and containing collapse. However, this framing, despite its superficial appeal, ignores the true context from which these projects emerged. …

With the Autonomous Administration retreating back into the confines of Hasakah province, the project is reverting to its earliest form: a structure rooted in the Kurdish street. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have all but collapsed, leaving the People’s Protection Units (YPG) to stand alone. Amid widespread fear of massacres—after …

Despite the announcement of a ceasefire between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Kurdish militia said that fighting continues near Raqqa, and that clashes are leading to an “extremely dangerous development,” which leaves prisons and detention centers vulnerable. While it is unclear how many individuals have …