January, 2026

• 23 January

  Syria’s Al Hol camp left in limbo after SDF withdrawal sparks unrest

  

  Residents tell The National they have gone days without food, as Damascus and SDF trade blame over security vacuum at ISIS-linked site Thick black smoke billowed from Al Hol camp in north-east Syria, the country’s largest centre housing families with alleged links to ISIS, as unrest spread among residents who …

  Read More »
• 23 January

  The United States begins transferring Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq

  

  US Central Command (CENTCOM) launched a new mission today, Wednesday 21 January, to transfer Islamic State detainees from northeastern Syria to Iraq. CENTCOM said the move aims to help ensure the “terrorists” remain in secure detention facilities, adding that the operation began when US forces successfully transferred 150 Islamic State …

  Read More »
• 23 January

  Kurdish Collapse in Northeast Syria? Key Things to Watch

  

  Washington Institute experts assess the immediate fallout of the Syrian government’s advance into SDF-held parts of the northeast, including mutual disinformation campaigns, implications for the Islamic State threat, the terms of new agreements with the Kurds, and the calculus of outside actors like the United States, Israel, and Turkey. As …

  Read More »
• 23 January

  Turkey reiterates rejection of any separatist entity on its border with Syria

  

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country will not accept the establishment of any separatist entity that threatens its security along the southern border, and it will not allow its interests to be harmed. Speaking during a parliamentary bloc meeting of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Ankara …

  Read More »
• 23 January

  Ce n’est pas la Russie, c’est l’Europe qui est isolée

  

  Les responsables politiques et les journalistes des gros médias du système de l’UE sont si choqués par le revirement des États-Unis qu’ils n’arrivent plus à formuler des plans sérieux. La panique s’empare d’eux car leur logiciel de l’époque de l’OTAN avec les États-Unis dans la position du grand allié ne …

  Read More »
• 23 January

  Les manœuvres théâtrales de l’OTAN au Groenland et l’expansionnisme en Arctique

  

  Une «lutte» entre alliés de l’OTAN détournerait l’attention et permettrait une militarisation accrue sans se concentrer officiellement sur la Russie et la Chine. Il est donc tout à fait possible que toute cette «lutte» entre les États-Unis et l’UE/OTAN au Groenland ne soit rien d’autre qu’un plan élaboré (quoique lent) …

  Read More »
• 23 January

  La réorganisation du monde

  Le monde change très vite. L’année 2026 devrait être marquée par le retour des zones d’influence et la fin des Empires coloniaux. Surtout, elle verra le retour du droit international contre les règles que nous connaissions jusqu’à présent. Seuls ceux qui sont capables de comprendre ces évolutions et de s’y …

  Read More »
• 23 January

  Spotlight on Terrorism: Hezbollah Lebanon and January 12-20, 2026

  E_013_26Download

  Read More »
• 23 January

  From Blair to Kushner: Meet Trump’s Gaza “Board of Peace” Members, Including an Israeli Businessman

  

  US President Donald Trump has named former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as members of his so-called “Board of Peace”, a body which he says will oversee the governance and reconstruction of Gaza after two years of Israeli genocide. With Trump serving as …

  Read More »
• 23 January

  A new settlement project led by a reserve soldier named after a farm in the heart of the West Bank

  

  It is not the story of a farm or the story of a settler who loves agriculture in “Judea and Samaria”, but a focus that is cultivated in the heart of the West Bank to transform a weapon, a road and a dominance, under the cover of “holiness.” Thus began …

  Read More »