Since December 2024, Syria has undergone radical transformations that have redrawed the geopolitical landscape, as regime change has led to Russia losing its closest ally, but it has not ended its influence, as Moscow has maintained its military presence in Hmeimim and Tartus. In return, the interim government seeks to …
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Israeli forces advance in Gaza City ahead of Trump-Netanyahu Gaza war talks
Israeli tanks thrust closer to the heart of Gaza City on Monday, pressing a ground offensive hours before talks between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump, who has hinted at a diplomatic breakthrough in a bid to end the war. After nearly two years of failed diplomatic …
Read More »The Flamingos have arrived. Can Ukraine surpass Russia in long-range weapons?
In early September, the first combat use of Ukrainian long-range Flamingo cruise missiles was reported . Three missiles struck an FSB border base in annexed Crimea. The Flamingo is the first heavy long-range missile produced directly in Ukraine. It is capable of carrying up to a ton of explosives. Since …
Read More »“You have to fly on paper maps.” What happens to Russian civil aviation after the invasion of Ukraine
The U.S. Office for Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has allowed the Belarusian airline Belavia to purchase parts and new aircraft on September 11, which will open Russian companies the opportunity to purchase parts for their aircraft bypassing sanctions through Belarus. Russian civil aviation was seriously damaged due to sanctions, and …
Read More »Operation Interceptor: How Bosnia’s Border Chief Created His Own Elite Unit
BIRN details the creation of a shadowy, heavily-armed and potentially illegal police unit at the exclusive, 24-hour beck and call of the man who led Bosnia’s border police for nine years and is now a fugitive from arrest. On December 30, 2014, the then head of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s border …
Read More »Italy to Albania, and Back: A Migrant’s Journey Through Italy’s Asylum Experiment
As Nizam* sped toward Italy on a crowded migrant boat, he filmed what he believed was the final stretch of his harrowing journey. The 21-year-old house painter from Bangladesh held up his phone, framing his face before panning to roughly 50 others packed onto the white fiberglass vessel. Behind him, …
Read More »BWK: The Armed Afghan Gang Terrorising Migrants, Refugees Crossing Bosnia
Their plight was already dire, but in the evening of June 21, 2024, things got even worse for Bilal and the other refugees and migrants trying to cross the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina with European Union member Croatia. Asylum seekers euphemistically call it ‘The Game’ – the moment they …
Read More »La Chine est prête à bouleverser les centres mondiaux de stockage de l’or
Shanghai veut concurrencer New York, Londres et Zurich et devenir le nouveau gardien des réserves d’or étrangères. Pékin a commencé à inciter activement d’autres pays à acheter des lingots d’or et à les stocker chez eux. Cela pourrait aider la Chine à renforcer le rôle du yuan en tant que …
Read More »Ukraine : Le champ de bataille des puissances
Avant toute analyse, un hommage s’impose. Ceux qui se battent et tombent sur le champ de bataille portent le fardeau ultime de cette guerre. Leur courage et leur souffrance ne doivent jamais être oubliés, surtout face aux voix lointaines qui, bien à l’abri derrière leurs écrans, ou sur les plateaux …
Read More »Uzbek Foreign Fighter Groups in the Syrian Jihad: The Evolution of KIB and KTJ from 2011 through 2025
The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024 revealed the ongoing significance of multiple foreign fighter organizations in Syria, groups that proved instrumental in Hayat Tahir al-Sham’s (HTS) campaign for Damascus. Among them were two primarily ethnic Uzbek fighter groups that originated in Central Asia: the Imam …
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