On January 3, 2026, US special forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, significantly influencing Venezuela’s political dynamics. On January 3, 2026, US special forces carried out a high-profile operation in Caracas, capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on charges of narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, …

The British government has a new policy promoting weapons exports to Syria, whose regime is led by former Al-Qaeda operatives The UK government has issued new guidance to businesses outlining “opportunities” to export British arms to the country. The document, issued by the government’s trade department, notes: “There is a …

Palestinians stranded by newly drawn boundary question when they can return home Despite the declared end of the war on the Gaza Strip under the agreement signed in October 2025, thousands of Palestinians continue to live in a state of forced displacement. They are unable to return to homes or …

The Damascus government factions declared Sheikh Maqsood and Ashrafiyeh military zones, triggering heavy fighting, civilian casualties, mass displacement, and strong reactions from Kurdish leaders and rights groups. The Damascus government factions on Wednesday declared the Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsood and Ashrafiyeh in Aleppo a closed military zone, ordering the …

The US Special Envoy to Syria, Thomas Barrack, said that the results of the negotiations held between Syria and Israel in the French capital, Paris, represented a “breakthrough,” stressing that Syria harbors no hostile intentions toward Israel. In remarks to the Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday evening, 6 …

Quel que soit le vainqueur de cette rivalité, les États-Unis restent gagnants, étant donné leur appartenance commune à l’OTAN. Toutefois, un pacte de non-agression OTAN-Russie devrait être mis en place pour gérer les tensions. Le Wall Street Journal a détaillé, fin 2022, le « plan secret de l’Allemagne pour une …

Units of the Syrian army have surrounded the Kurdish-majority neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh in Aleppo, marking the latest escalation after a series of clashes between Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which control 30 percent of Syrian territory, and the Asayish, the SDF-affiliated internal …

The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests. CTP-ISW publishes the Iran Update daily. add notetweetClick here …

Russia’s apparent fast-tracking of plans to establish a military hub in Libya could worsen that country’s protracted conflict. For Russia, as for Iran, last month’s fall of the 54-year-old Assad dynasty in Syria was a major geo-strategic setback. Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s sudden defeat threatened Russia’s important military presence …

At least five civilians had been killed and some 30,000 people displaced following renewed fighting in Aleppo, Syria. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, said he is alarmed by reports of civilian deaths and injuries after hostilities re-escalated earlier this week in the northeastern neighbourhoods of Syria, calling …