Middle Orient

At a time when several Turkish specialists and experts indicate that Syrian-Turkish rapprochement is accelerating remarkably and will soon witness several key changes, the problem remains in the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and its leader, Abu Muhammad al-Julani. Not long ago, Julani enjoyed good relations with Turkey and participated in …

Le consensus des historiens du futur sera inévitable : les années 2020 ont commencé par un meurtre diabolique.             Aéroport de Bagdad, 3 janvier 2020, 00h52 heure locale. L’assassinat du général QassemSoleimani, commandant de la Force Quds du Corps des gardiens de la révolution islamique (CGRI), aux côtés d’Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, …

There is no god but God: Islamic belief. There is no race but human: scientific fact. The first holds true for many if not all the 1.8 billion Muslims of the world as a foundational belief. The second is true for all Muslims, Jews, Christians, agnostics, atheists, and all the …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei appointed a new general as the commander of the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran – known as FARAJA.  In a decree issued on Saturday, Ayatollah Khamenei, Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces, appointed Brigadier General Ahmadreza Radan …

The recently released Biden National Security Strategy points to the “acute threat” posed by Russia to United States national security. Yet the administration continues, with the support and encouragement of the European Union, its futile attempt to restart the “nuclear deal” to enable Iran’s expansionist regime to have as many …

Turkey told the opposition its meetings with the Syrian regime did not address the issue of Idleb, according to Baladi News. The head of the Syrian Negotiation Commission, Badr Jamous, said on Tuesday that the Syrian opposition delegation requested a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu because of “blaming …

The fourth division is feuding with the PKK over the quantities of fuel that reach Aleppo, according to Shaam Network. Kurdish media have highlighted the situation of civilians in the Al-Shahba area north of Aleppo and the neighbourhoods of Ashrafieh and Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo, which are under the control …

Russia’s faltering war effort in Ukraine has caused regional powers to exploit this and try to expand their influence in Syria, threatening to worsen humanitarian conditions there. Moscow has stepped up diplomacy to normalize relations with the Assad regime and reintegrate Syria into the broader Middle East region, in part …

Disinformation will continue to evolve in 2023 with several trends worth highlighting, including: Sino-Russian alignment, more state actors seeking to acquire sophisticated disinformation capabilities, and the harnessing of emerging technologies for information manipulation purposes. Telegram has emerged as one of the primary platforms used to spread disinformation to myriad online …

“These are the basic lines of the national government headed by me: The Jewish people have an exclusive and unquestionable right to all areas of the Land of Israel. The government will promote and develop settlement in all parts of the Land of Israel – in the Galilee, the Negev, the …