Georgian Dream’s message that the parliamentary elections were a chance for Georgians to choose between war and peace clearly proved more convincing than the opposition’s narrative of a choice between Russia and the EU. The parliamentary elections that took place in Georgia on Sunday were billed as the most important …
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Duda Claimed That Georgia’s Pro-Western President Has No Evidence Of Russian Meddling
Polish President Andrzej Duda can’t be smeared as a “Russian agent” by any stretch of the imagination or suspected of even being remotely sympathetic to that country after all that he’s done to help Ukraine fight against it since 2022. French-born President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili, who also used to …
Read More »Christian leader sees Lebanon’s moment to defang Hezbollah
Civil war veteran Samir Geagea hopes the Shiite militia will be pressed into a position where it has no choice but to disarm. There’s no love lost between Lebanese Christian leader Samir Geagea and Hezbollah. Geagea’s escaped his fair share of probable assassination attempts by the Shiite militant group over …
Read More »Kurdish leader in Syria calls for diplomatic solutions to conflict with Turkey
The leader of the U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in northeast Syria in an interview with The Associated Press called for international mediators to continue pushing for diplomatic solutions to the complex web of conflicts in the Middle Eastern country, including the escalating Turkish bombardment of Kurdish areas. Turkey has intensified its …
Read More »ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in September 2024
ISIS carried out at least 16 confirmed attacks in September in the Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Raqqa, and Deir Ez Zor governorates. These attacks killed at least 32 pro-Assad regime soldiers and one civilian and wounded at least 21 others. There were also five high quality* attacks carried out during the …
Read More »Politicians And Public Figures In Lebanon: It Is Essential To Implement Resolution 1559, Which Mandates Disarming Hezbollah; Resolution 1701 Is Not Enough
As part of the international efforts to achieve a ceasefire between Israel and Hizbullah, politicians inside and outside Lebanon have reiterated the need to implement UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1701, which was adopted in August 2006 and ended the war between Israel and Hizbullah at that time. This resolution …
Read More »In First Speech As New Leader Of Lebanese Hizbullah, Naim Qassem Condemns U.S.-Israeli Actions Against Region, Praises Iran’s Standing With Palestinians: ‘We Are Not Fighting On Behalf Of Anyone Nor For Anyone Else’s Project’
In his first speech following his appointment on October 29, 2024, Lebanese Hizbullah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem announced, in a televised speech on October 30, that he would follow in the footsteps of his predecessor, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in all political, jihadist, social, and cultural fields, and would continue …
Read More »Ayatollah Khamenei: Miscalculations of the Zionist Regime Must Be Disrupted
Tehran (IP) – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in response to the recent Israeli attack on Iran, stated, “The miscalculations of the Zionist regime must be disrupted.” He highlighted the importance of demonstrating Iran’s strength, resolve, and the initiative of its youth in countering such …
Read More »Hezbollah’s aggression in the eyes of the growing Lebanese opposition
Ever since the start of the escalation in South Lebanon last October, with the harsh destruction and the dire economic situation of the residents of South and Central Lebanon, we have witnessed a significant rise of voices criticizing Hezbollah’s conduct. It appears that Lebanon is being hijacked by foreign interests, …
Read More »L’Outre-mer ne répond plus
En 1976, Jean-Claude Guillebaud publiait aux éditions du Seuil dans la collection «L’histoire immédiate» «Les confettis de l’empire». Son enquête portait sur les derniers vestiges de l’ancien empire colonial français, à savoir les possessions ultra-marines bientôt dénommées DOM – TOM (départements et territoires d’Outre-mer).
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