January, 2026

• 27 January

  Les guerres de Washington – Changez la façon dont une action est qualifiée, et vous changez la façon dont elle est jugée

  Lorsque les États-Unis attaquent un autre pays, ils ne se contentent pas d’envoyer des troupes ou de lancer des missiles. Tout commence par le langage. Ce que nous observons au Venezuela n’est pas un message aléatoire, mais un système narratif savamment orchestré, articulé autour de trois étapes fondamentales et répété …

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• 27 January

  Après Davos : l’Europe entre humiliation et hystérie

  Trump est soit un impérialiste, soit un mafieux Le magazine allemand Der Spiegel est devenu le principal porte-parole du sentiment qui déferle actuellement sur le Vieux Continent. Cette publication influente adopte un ton extrêmement dur et intransigeant. Il s’agit en substance d’un manifeste pour l’Europe, qui doit s’unir et se …

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• 27 January

  “Roumieh” prisoners in Lebanon carry out an open-ended strike

  

  Syrian and Lebanese prisoners in Roumieh prison in Lebanon have vowed to carry out an open-ended strike that will begin on Monday, January 26, in protest against the health conditions inside the prison. A source inside the “Roumieh” prison (Enab Baladi was kept for security reasons) explained that the strike …

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• 26 January

  Iran Update, January 23, 2026

  

  Toplines The Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) may agree to extend the US-mediated ceasefire, according to Kurdish sources and mediators. The Syrian government and SDF agreed to a ceasefire on January 20 that gave SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi four days to secure other SDF leaders’ agreement to …

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• 26 January

  Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 22, 2026

  

  Toplines Note: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with US envoys in Moscow ended after the completion of this update and will be covered in ISW’s January 23 report. Ukrainian and US officials continued meetings in Switzerland on January 22. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with US President Donald Trump at …

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• 26 January

  Iran Update, January 22, 2026

  

  Toplines The Syrian government surrounded Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters in Kobani, likely as the first part of a multi-stage operation to reduce the SDF forces there. Civilians have fled to Kobani as fighting approached their villages south of Kobani, leading to a larger than standard population there.[1] Civilians in …

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• 26 January

  La scission interne et irréversible au sein de l’Occident

  

  Une transformation fondamentale de toute l’architecture mondiale Alexandre Douguine sur la fracture irréversible de l’Occident, les gambades impériales de Trump, et l’émergence de cinq pôles occidentaux concurrents. Entretien avec Alexandre Dougine pour l’émission «Escalation» de Sputnik TV. Animateur : Les fêtes de début 2026 ont apporté une nouvelle qui évoque …

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• 26 January

  Between speech and reality. On the left and the SDF.

  In the past few days, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced the state of the general call, calling on Kurds around the world to go to Syria to defend what was described as its “last strongholds.” This call has received a clear positive interaction, especially among the radical left, a …

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• 26 January

  The Kabul Moment: Reading the Structural Collapse of the SDF Project

  

  The rapid shifts unfolding in the Euphrates region offer a textbook illustration of what political-science literature terms the “end of functional roles” for non-state actors. After years of military and political expansion, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have arrived at a moment of structural unravelling and dissolution into the institutions …

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• 26 January

  Decentralization and Federalism in Syria: Governance Tools or Pathways to Fragmentation?

  

  In Syrian political discourse since 2012, the concepts of federalism and political decentralization have been presented as technical solutions to a chronic governance crisis, or as “rational” exits for managing diversity and containing collapse. However, this framing, despite its superficial appeal, ignores the true context from which these projects emerged. …

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