Syria’s degree of involvement in the synthetic drug trade is the highest in the world, but the influence of neighbouring Lebanon should not be underestimated. As the conflict in Syria has rolled on over the past decade, the country’s involvement in the synthetic drug trade has grown, and the country …

Yerevan does not want to repeat the mistakes of the past by relying too much on a single ally. Armenia is on the brink of formulating a new foreign policy. Moscow’s silent acquiescence during September’s one-day war, in which Azerbaijan seized the long-disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, prompting the flight of …

While Russia’s near monopoly on the oil and gas market in Southeast Europe looks secure for now, there will be less and less Russian gas and oil sold on the local market going forward, as Balkan governments and companies look elsewhere for supplies. Russia may have largely lost its sway …

The dispute is not over who has done more for victory, but over who is most to blame for the fact that the turning point in Ukraine’s favor never came. As the war in Ukraine reaches the end of its second year, not a trace remains of the former unity …

Analysts say Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi fears instability at home if Palestinian refugees cross the border. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi appears unlikely to absorb the 2.2 million Palestinians who could be displaced from the Gaza Strip during the Israel-Hamas war, experts have told Al Jazeera. “My assessment is …

I grew up in Gaza where tunnels provided us with essentials Israel banned and hostages were the Palestinians it imprisoned unjustly. I spent most of my life on a strip of land not much bigger than Manhattan, surrounded by a massive razor-wire fence. Most of the time, it felt like …

Following is the October 2023 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. ISIS carried out at least 19 confirmed attacks in October in the Homs, Hama, Raqqa, and Deir Ez Zor governorates. These attacks killed at …

L’événement du «Déluge de l’Aksa» fut certes surprenant par son déclenchement. Mais il l’est plus, par les dimensions qu’il recèle. Je compte en souligner certaines, tout en les explicitant quelque peu, une à une. 1- Je commence par ce qui me semble être, de toute évidence, l’inexistence radicale et totale …

La dissolution du G5 Sahel entérine l’échec de la France, qui pensait pouvoir imposer son jeu à travers cet organe, explique à Sputnik le militant panafricain Abdoulaye Nabaloum. Une coquille vide. Le G5 Sahel, dont la dissolution a été actée par la Mauritanie et le Sahel, n’a été qu’un instrument …

Is Washington Overusing Its Most Powerful Weapons? Suppose that a company in Peru wants to do business with a company in Malaysia. It should not be hard for the firms to make a deal. Sending money across national borders is generally straightforward, and so is the international transfer of large …