Middle Orient

Pas même le Venezuela et l’Iran suffisent à Trump qui menace à nouveau l’Irak, un pays que les États-Unis ont contribué à dévaster avec leur invasion de 2003, menée sur la base d’accusations présentées à l’ONU – les fameuses armes de destruction massive – qui se sont révélées infondées par …

Nous traduisons ci-dessous deux articles récents de Jonathan Cook qui dénoncent la BBC et le Guardian britanniques pour leur propagande belliciste éhontée. Ces analyses sont tout à fait valables pour nos propres médias, mais nous les complèterons prochainement par un article consacré au traitement de l’Iran par Mediapart, dont le …

The Syrian Ministry of Interior announced the arrest of the perpetrator of the mass murder, which killed five people, inside a house in the village of Deir al-Sharqi in the countryside of Maarat al-Nu’man in Idlib, on January 29. The ministry said in its statement, published on Sunday evening, February …

The name of Nour al-Din Ahmed, known as “Abu Omar Khanika”, tops the political scene in the province of Hasakah during the last hours, after the circulation of news of a consensus between the Syrian government and the “Syrian Democratic Forces” (SDF) to be named governor of Hasaka, in a …

Draft resolution seems to back PM’s claim that Gaza Executive Board made up of regional players will have less pull than separate panel of White House-linked figures; ex-UN envoy Mladenov given wide power A draft resolution laying out the powers of various bodies tasked with managing postwar Gaza under US …

Amid an atmosphere of ambiguity and the absence of a clear institutional framework, the implementation of the terms of the agreement between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) will begin tomorrow, Monday, February 2. Despite the announcement of the start of procedural steps, the past hours witnessed …

Mowaffaq al-Khouja, Mohammad Kakhi, Mohammad Deeb Bazt The file of northeastern Syria, defined by negotiations and clashes between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), is nearing a decisive stage, following a military operation that led to broad control by the Syrian army, backed by Arab tribes, across …

Lacking sovereignty and security control, there are fears that Gaza’s post-war technocratic committee could become a new model for Palestinian governance A new US-appointed Palestinian Technocratic Government has been described by analysts as lacking political authority and functioning primarily as a tool for relief efforts and daily affairs, raising questions …

The government’s push into the northeast is reshaping Syria’s balance of power, leaving the SDF’s future and the country’s reunification hanging in the balance Deir Az-Zour, Syria – Two nail-biting hours after the deadline for last week’s ceasefire in northeast Syria expired on Saturday, Syria’s Ministry of Defence announced that …

Toplines Iran may be attempting to deter a possible US strike by moving forces and conducting a live-fire naval exercise in the Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on January 30 that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy will hold a two-day live-fire naval exercise in the …