Pakistan hopes to work with Iran in all areas to further strengthen bilateral ties, Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi said while speaking to the president of Iran, Seyed Ibrahim Raisi, in Tehran on Friday. According to a statement issued by Pakistan foreign ministry, Qureshi briefed Raisi on the ongoing …

The Syrian Observer sits with Kheder Khaddour, a researcher at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, focusing on local identities in the Levant and particularly in Syria, to discuss decentralization. Calls for decentralization in Syria have multiplied recently. While the Syrian Democratic Council referred to it as a …

Syrian regime forces shelled Daraa on Thursday as disagreements between the local negotiation committee and residents caused the truce to collapse. Syrian regime forces launched a flurry of rockets and artillery at the southern city of Daraa Al-Balad and surrounding towns on Thursday, as a deal to end a two-month …

While the Turkish opposition has been using public unhappiness over rising numbers of refugees from Afghanistan and other countries to challenge President Erdogan’s government, xenophobic violence has also been increasing. “Border equals honour” was the slogan on a huge banner that was hung from the façade of the headquarters of …

The swift fall of the Afghan government and Taliban takeover over the past few weeks poses challenges for the countries to the north. Central Asian governments desire a stable and secure government in Afghanistan that can prevent the spillover of a destabilizing conflict across their borders. In addition, while Afghanistan …

As the Taliban transforms its military chain of command into a governing structure for Afghanistan, alliances and tribal configurations that kept two rival Taliban factions together in recent years are now being tested. “Conquering a country is always the easy part. Ruling it, in Afghanistan’s case, is the difficult bit,” …

Carlos Del Toro, Joe Biden’s choice for Secretary of the Navy, has four priorities but only one involves protecting the United States from foreign adversaries, the sole legitimate purpose of the U.S. military. The first priority in Del Toro’s “four C’s is China, followed by culture, climate and covid. Del …

„NATO to anachronizm. Trzeba stworzyć system bezpieczeństwa z udziałem Rosji”. Czy partia z takim programem może się niedługo znaleźć w rządzie Niemiec? Wielkie poruszenie miesiąc przed wyborami do Bundestagu. W niedzielę pojawił się pierwszy sondaż, w którym dotychczasowy faworyt i zarazem największa partia Niemiec, CDU/CSU, zrównała się z socjaldemokratyczną SPD. …

Utgången av förbundsdagsvalet i Tyskland om ganska precis en månad är fortfarande så osäker som ett val någonsin kan vara. Opinionsundersökningarna svänger kraftigt och inte minst de två kristdemokratiska systerpartierna CDU/CSU har pendlat från att ha varit helt uträknat till största parti. Att inom loppet av två dagar gå från …

ÉDITO. L’Europe devrait saisir l’occasion pour rompre avec sa sujétion aux États-Unis et réinventer l’alliance transatlantique. Emmanuel Macron avait raison, avec deux ans d’avance. L’Otan est bel et bien en état de « mort cérébrale ». Estourbie par son échec en Afghanistan. Depuis vingt ans, elle consacrait l’essentiel de son …