Analysis: As the post-Assad era in Syria beckons, Russia faces a massive loss of prestige in the Middle East. On 8 December, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad fell from power after a rapid-fire offensive led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group. While Assad’s ouster was widely celebrated in Syria …

On November 27, 2024, armed groups opposing the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, led by the Islamist-jihadist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, launched OperationDeterrence of Aggression against Syrian army forces and their allies in northwest Syria. Othergroups, sponsored by Turkey, initiated the Operation Dawn of Liberation in the Aleppo area,while …

Three months after it was announced, Serbia has made little progress in implementing President Aleksandar Vucic’s five-point plan to “safeguard the future” of Serbs in Kosovo. On September 13, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced a five-point plan to safeguard the future of Serbs who live in a northern pocket of …

On August 23rd, 1989, an estimated two million citizens from the countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania linked arms to form a human chain spanning the 600 km distance between the respective capitals of Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. The peaceful protest marked 50 years since the secret agreement known as …

In today’s summary:Russian Armed Forces advance into residential areas of Kurakhovo; a pocket occupied by Ukrainian troops has been eliminated to the south of the cityRussian troops are expanding their control zone in the outskirts of Pokrovsk and are trying to send saboteurs thereAt the Vremevsky salient, the Ukrainian Armed …

On December 9, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that a “bright period” had begun in Syria’s history. He is hardly embarrassed about his role in preparing the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad. Just a few years ago, Erdogan boasted about his wife’s friendship with the wife of the now former …

Vladimir Putin said that the emergence of the Oreshnik missile has reduced the need to use nuclear weapons. The Oreshnik is a new Russian medium-range ballistic missile, first used on the night of November 20-21, 2024, against the Ukrainian city of Dnepr. The missile is notable for its warhead, which …

After a nearly three-week break, American long-range ATACMS missiles were used again on internationally recognized Russian territory — military facilities in Taganrog were attacked. Summing up the first results of the use of ATACMS and Storm Shadow / SCALP-EG directly against Russia, one can conclude: their effect is very limited …

La France, terre de l’impérialisme et berceau de la colonisation est aujourd’hui tombeau de ses propres idéaux. Un pays qui a oublié les principes de l’humanité, perdu sa souveraineté, et échangé sa grandeur contre une illusion de prospérité. La France qui s’arroge le titre de «berceau des Lumières» et de …

Ahmad Hussein al-Shara, aka Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, would like you to think he is a changed man. These days, al-Jolani, a 41-year-old one-time al-Qaeda and Islamic State operative with a $10 million bounty on his head, no longer spews jihadist fire and brimstone. Instead, he preaches pluralism, religious tolerance, diversity …