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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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).

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) inflicted serious damage to the Iranian integrated air defense network during its strikes on Iran on October 25. The IDF struck and disabled air defense command-and-control sites and radars, including at some S-300 sites.[1] The S-300 is Russian-made and the most advanced air defense system …

The Kremlin continues to pursue its longstanding hybrid warfare efforts to regain effective control of the territories of the former Soviet Union even as it seeks to gain control of Ukraine through military force. The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine is, in fact, supporting Russian hybrid warfare efforts in former …

Russia’s economy and war effort is coming under increasing strain, which will pose increasingly acute challenges to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ability to sustain the war over the long term. The Washington Post reported on October 27 that the Russian economy is “in danger of overheating,” noting that Russia’s excessively …

Faced with an apparent lack of successes in his own department, Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), has come up with an alternative way of going down in history. His most recent craze is the initiative to rename multiple streets in Moscow after Russian and Soviet …