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Hezbollah Denies Involvement in Damascus Arrests

The Lebanese group Hezbollah has firmly denied allegations made by the Syrian Ministry of Interior concerning the arrest of individuals in the western countryside of Damascus on 11 September. In an official statement, Hezbollah’s media relations office rejected the ministry’s claims “in their entirety”, asserting that the group maintains neither …

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Israeli Airstrikes Target Military Sites in Homs and Lattakia Countryside – The Syrian Observer

Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes late Monday night, targeting military positions in the countryside of Homs and Lattakia, Syria. The attacks triggered loud explosions that reverberated across both regions, according to local sources. In the eastern countryside of Homs, a powerful blast was reported near the historic city …

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Peace Negotiations and Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

As expectations continue to swirl for peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, the future of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe hangs in the balance. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) remains on the front line between Russian-occupied and Ukrainian-held territory. As part of any peace agreement or cease-fire, …

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Israeli strike in Qatar targets Hamas leaders as they weigh Gaza ceasefire proposal

Israel struck the headquarters of Hamas’ political leadership in Qatar on Tuesday as the group’s top figures gathered to consider a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The strike on the territory of a U.S. ally marked a stunning escalation and risked upending talks aimed at winding …

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Guns for hire: Should private military companies take on organized crime?

In March 2025, the Haitian government hired Vectus Global, a private military company (PMC) led by Erik Prince, the founder of US-based PMC Blackwater, to support the public forces in combating criminal groups that control 90% of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and exert governance over vast swathes of the country’s territory …

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Turkey is escalating tensions in the Mediterranean (again)

Turkey is once again stoking tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean – this time by undermining the sovereignty of Greece and Cyprus while wagering that Washington and Brussels will look the other way. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government is maneuvering through Libya, where it hopes to secure support from both Tripoli …

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Russia’s New Fear Factor: How the War Is Driving a Wave of Purges and Suicides Among the Country’s Elites

In the 1920s, the Bolshevik economic theorist and Communist Party darling Nikolai Bukharin was one of Stalin’s closest allies. But as Stalin became entrenched in power, Bukharin found that he was no less vulnerable to the dictator’s wrath than anyone else. Accused of conspiracy in 1937, Bukharin was executed the …

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Ce n’est pas l’Inde et la Russie que les États-Unis ont perdues, mais la possibilité de diviser pour mieux régner

Donald Trump ne cesse de surprendre par ses réflexions, cette fois encore au sujet des récents sommets et célébrations en Chine. Si, la dernière fois, il a plaisanté au sujet d’un complot ourdi à Pékin contre l’Amérique par Xi, Poutine et Kim (même si la frontière entre plaisanterie et irritation …

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Retour à la doctrine Monroe – Offensive impérialiste de Trump en Amérique latine

Le retour du «gourdin» et de la doctrine Monroe Depuis la réélection de Donald Trump à la présidence des États-Unis, le monde observe avec stupéfaction une politique étrangère américaine de plus en plus interventionniste et agressive, suscitant de vives inquiétudes quant à l’avenir de la politique internationale. Ces inquiétudes résultent …

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