Eurasia

Comparing only the weekly frequency of Friday prayers in the mosque and Sunday Mass in the church, the future is clear: 65% of practicing Catholics [in France] are over 50 years old. By contrast, 73% of practicing Muslims are under the age of 50. In an essay on L’Incorrect Frédéric …

Israel considers the presence of Iranian drones near its borders as a threat to its security, according to al-Modon. Israel’s Alma Center for Research and Education reported in a tweet that technical members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), experts in Muhajer 4 and Ababil 3 suicide drones, may have …

The Syrian Brotherhood said the Assad regime is by nature a criminal genocidal regime, that does not accept reform nor partnership, according to Baladi News. The General Controller of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, Dr. Mohammed Hikmat Walid, denied the group’s involvement in the “trap of reconciliation with the Assad …

Meslet met with the Commander of the Military Police Force, Colonel Ahmed al-Kurdi, according to the SOC Media Department. President of the Syrian Opposition Coalition (SOC), Salem al-Meslet, is in Northern Syria to meet with civil and military actors. Meslet met with the Commander of the Military Police Force, Colonel …

The two sides stressed that there will no viable solution in Syria outside the UN resolutions, according to SOC Media Department. The Political Parties and Movements Committee of the Syrian Opposition Coalition (SOC) visited the office of the Muslim Brotherhood in Istanbul to discuss the overall field, humanitarian, social and …

The circumstances of Abboud’s death were not disclosed, the regime only stating that he was killed in the Aleppo governorate, according to Baladi News. A high-ranking regime army officer was killed on Tuesday, in mysterious circumstances, in Aleppo city. Media pages loyal to the regime mourned the death of Maj. …

Recent weeks in Syria have witnessed an escalation of violence between U.S. forces and militias backed by Iran. Recent weeks in Syria have witnessed an escalation of violence between U.S. forces and militias backed by Iran. According to the opposition website Baladi News, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has stated …

Saudi Arabia and India have also signaled moving away from the US dollar. Iran and Russia have started trading in their national currencies. The Iranian ambassador in Moscow, Kazem Jalali, said last night that entities in the two countries have begun conducting trade in rials and rubles for the first …

The sit-down comes as Iran is calling for unity among Palestinian factions. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah met with Ziyad al-Nakhalah of Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Lebanon today. The two discussed the recent war between the Gaza-based Palestinian armed group and Israel. “Sayyed Nasrallah and Nakhale tackled the latest developments in …

The Egyptian government signed new concessions with a Chinese alliance to build and operate two world-class container terminals in the ports of Sokhna and Dekhila, as part of a container logistics project to link the Red and Mediterranean seas. The Egyptian government agreed on Aug. 11 to implement the first …