Chinese leader Xi Jinping welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin as an “old friend” as the two held a series of meetings Tuesday at a time when their countries face both overlapping and differing challenges from the United States. Relations between China and Russia have deepened in recent years, particularly following …
Read More »Spotlight on Terrorism: Hezbollah Lebanon and August 25 – September 1, 2025
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Read More »UAE-led restoration project removes scars of Mosul’s ISIS destruction
Mosul has reclaimed its spirit with the completion of a UAE-led project that restored historic landmarks and erased some of the last remnants of ISIS destruction. The seven-year project in the 2,500-year-old Iraqi city involved the reconstruction of Al Nuri Mosque and its leaning minaret, along with the churches of …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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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