April, 2026

• 20 April

  Syrian Government Offensive Forces Syrian Kurdish Group to Capitulate

  

  The US-backed, Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capitulated to the Syrian government in a ceasefire agreement on January 18.[1] The government compelled the SDF to agree after a combination of government operations and tribal uprisings caused the SDF to withdraw from nearly half of its territory and most of the …

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• 20 April

  Hezbollah’s Limited Options for Supporting Iran

  

  Key Takeaways: Hezbollah’s changed military and political position in Lebanon means that it poses a different threat to Israel from the one it did before the October 7 War, and that any Hezbollah intervention would likely involve a new strategy using new, longer range and low-cost weapons. Israel’s 2024 campaign …

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• 20 April

  Iran Update Special Report, April 18, 2026

  

  The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute are publishing daily updates to provide analysis on the war with Iran. The updates focus on US and Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran and the Axis of Resistance’s response to …

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• 20 April

  Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 17, 2026

  

  Toplines Officials in Russian regions that the Kremlin has historically sought to shield from the effects of the war in Ukraine are beginning to acknowledge the impacts of Ukrainian long-range drone strikes in the Russian rear. Leningrad Oblast Governor Alexander Drozdenko told the Leningrad Oblast regional assembly on April 15 …

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• 20 April

  Iran Update Special Report, April 17, 2026

  

  Key Takeaways The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), which is the Iranian entity that has disrupted shipping in the Strait of Hormuz during the war, outlined specific conditions on April 17 for vessels to transit the strait that amount to Iran retaining control over maritime traffic through the strait. These …

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• 20 April

  Imperial Audacity: Weaponizing Mobility to Bury the Ghost of Slavery

  

  The Reform UK party’s threat to deny visas to countries demanding reparations for the monstrous crime of slavery exposes Britain’s lingering imperialist mentality. In a shocking development, the Reform UK party threatened that if it came to power in the UK, it would deny visas of almost all sorts to …

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• 20 April

  Les missiles et le soutien nucléaire vainquent les yankeesionistes au Machrek

  

  Sans technologie, sans armes puissantes, toute résistance est suicidaire. Le 14 avril 2026 restera dans l’histoire comme le jour où la guerre au Machrek a pris fin. Ce ne sont pas les bons offices des pays médiateurs, ni la diplomatie, ni le droit international inexistant, encore moins la raison dialogique …

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• 20 April

  The Death Commodity: War Capitalism in the Age of AI

  

  19 years ago, author and activist Naomi Klein turned the mirror on the ugly, sadistic face of our world’s economic system by coining the brilliant term Disaster Capitalism: what happens when industrialists with deep pockets and politicians with zero morals come together to engineer, create, and then exploit, large scale …

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• 20 April

  Lake Qaraoun and Migratory Pressures

  

  Lebanon’s largest water reservoir is a house of many mansions when it comes to converging failures. Climate change is rarely the single factor driving migratory pressures in vulnerable communities. Governance failures, pollution, economic crises, and conflict often interact with climate impacts in ways that are increasingly difficult to disentangle. The …

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• 20 April

  La Chambre des représentants ouvre une enquête sur Jared Kushner, “le pion financier de la monarchie saoudienne”

  

  “Vous ne pouvez pas représenter fidèlement les États-Unis avec les milliards de dollars saoudiens & émiratis qui gonflent toutes les poches de tous les costumes de votre garde-robe”. Vendredi matin, le principal Démocrate de la commission judiciaire de la Chambre des représentants a annoncé l’ouverture d’une enquête “approfondie” sur les …

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