A variety of Syrian armed groups, including those associated with the new transitional government, the Assad regime, and hardline Islamic groups, have committed a series of extrajudicial killings since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. CTP-ISW absolutely condemns these extrajudicial killings. Salafi-jihadi groups, such as the Islamic …

Alexeï Pouchkov est sénateur, président de la Commission pour l’information et les médias au Conseil de la Fédération de Russie. Fin connaisseur des relations internationales, il est l’auteur de plusieurs ouvrages, dont «Le jeu russe sur l’échiquier mondial», dans lequel il expose la stratégie géopolitique de la Russie face à …

Russia will seek to intensify offensive operations to build pressure during negotiations, but the pressure cannot be sustained indefinitely. US President Donald Trump had been calling for a ceasefire in Ukraine from his inauguration in late January. But when Ukrainian negotiators met their Russian counterparts in Istanbul last week, Russia …