Local factions in Suwayda renewed attacks on internal security forces affiliated with Syria’s Ministry of Interior, on the province’s western front, on Saturday, 13 December. Enab Baladi’s correspondent in Daraa (southern Syria) said local factions in Suwayda targeted an internal security vehicle with a bomb-laden drone in the town of …

If Netanyahu and Sisi meet this month, Washington should press both leaders to treat the summit as the beginning of a structured trilateral process on Gaza, not a one-off symbolic encounter. U.S. officials are working quietly to broker the first public meeting in years between Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu …

When U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, Europe faced a choice. As Trump made draconian demands for greater European defense spending, threatened European exports with sweeping new tariffs, and challenged long-held European values on democracy and the rule of law, European leaders could either assume a …

An analysis of the forgotten aspects of the Dayton Peace Agreement: human rights as a basis for a just and lasting peace and their importance for the peace talks in Ukraine Sunday 14 December marks the 30th anniversary of the formal ratification of the General Framework Agreement for Peace or …

The revolutionaries who entered Damascus wasted little time before beginning to reorganise and restructure Syria’s domestic policies. After the “Military Operations Administration” secured the capital and protected public property, it announced that the new government would begin its work as soon as it was formed. While news of the ousted …

Antonino Vadalà has been in prison in Reggio Calabria for a year, but only his close relatives know it. There were no news reports. In eastern Slovakia, where he lived, people only began noticing his absence a few months ago. In Italy, his name is unknown to most — just …

As the Turkish Republic enters its second century, the world around it has become more complicated and less forgiving than ever before. The order that anchored global politics for decades is giving way to new centers of power, and crises are extending across borders. Populist threats to democracy and energy, …

The United States House of Representatives voted late on Thursday, 10 December, by a majority in favor of the defense budget bill, which includes a provision to repeal the Caesar Act imposed on Syria. Mohammed Alaa Ghanem, Director of Policy at the Syrian American Council, said on his account on …

When Donald Trump won reelection in November 2024, much of the American establishment responded with a shrug. After all, Trump had been democratically elected, even winning the popular vote. And democracy had survived the chaos of his first term, including the shocking events at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. …

If the new government can deliver justice, contain sectarian tensions, and foster equitable rebuilding, Syria will begin charting a path towards a better future Damascus, Syria – On the night of the 8th of December 2024, Assad fled his presidential palace aboard a Russian military helicopter. In just 11 days, …