The decision to try one of the so-called “Beatles” ISIS members in the US was to conceal his previous links to British intelligence and his role in their regime-change efforts in Syria. In January 2023, reports emerged that Alexanda Kotey, known as “Jihadi George” and one of the four British …

“Maritime transport is the backbone of international trade and the global economy. Over 80 percent of the volume of international trade in goods is carried by sea,” according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Coastal nations have varying degrees of economic importance based on their geographic …

Le 16 février 2022, une semaine entière avant que Poutine n’envoie des troupes de combat en Ukraine, l’armée ukrainienne a commencé à bombarder lourdement la zone (dans l’est de l’Ukraine) occupée principalement par des Russes ethniques. Des représentants de la mission d’observation de l’Organisation pour la sécurité et la coopération …

Le 20 janvier, les 40 pays réunis sur la base de l’OTAN à Ramstein ont défini la quantité et le type de systèmes d’armes à fournir à l’Ukraine. Plus précisément, les États-Unis se sont engagés à livrer des systèmes mobiles Avenger, des véhicules à roues Stryker, Mrap et Hummer, des …

While sanctions continue to hinder the implementation of the gas deal involving Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, a bus bombing in Damascus wounded 15 police officers. Kurds in Syria also fear a military invasion of the country’s Northeast by Turkey in march. Regional power plan for Lebanon held up over …

The council announced the kidnapping on Saturday of one of its activists, according to Shaam News. The Kurdish National Council in Syria condemned acts that contradict all human values and human rights, which fall within the framework of the policy of silencing voices, preventing freedom of political action, and restricting …

The Turkish intelligence is trying to reopen the M4 highway in a meeting in Idleb with HTS and the Turkish-backed factions. Meanwhile, ISIS has killed several members of the SDF and the Syrian army, and 15 security service members are injured in an attack with an IED. The IDF says …

The U.S. Envoy to NE Syria met with Arab tribal leaders in the governorates of Hassakeh and Raqqa, according to Orient Net. The recent visit of U.S. State Envoy Nicholas Granger to northeastern Syria, accompanied by intense meetings with political, tribal, and military parties, has strengthened the belief that the …

Diplomatic sources in Ankara confirmed to Al-Watan that Moscow is trying to arrange a meeting between the Syrian and Turkish foreign ministers. Russian mediation, alongside Iran, has been active in recent days to bring the views between Damascus and Ankara closer. The mediation’s aim has been to expedite diplomatic talks …

Cherie Blair’s law firm has made hundreds of thousands of euros representing governments in Albania and Serbia, which have also been advised by Tony Blair’s consultancy. Villa 30 in Tirana’s high-end Blloku neighborhood has a a dark past as the place where Albanian former communist Prime Minister Mehmet Shehu – …