June, 2025

• 11 June

  Landmark SDF-Damascus deal presents opportunity, and uncertainty, for Turkey

  

  The recent agreement between Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander, Mazloum Abdi, marks a turning point in Syria’s conflict dynamics. According to the deal, all civilian and military institutions in northeastern Syria will be integrated into the Syrian state, effectively dissolving the autonomous governance structures …

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• 11 June

  Inside Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s diplomatic offensive with Syria’s Christians and Ismailis

  

  Shortly after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) drove Bashar al-Assad out of Syria last year, the group pledged to respect the rights of minorities. Yet, since HTS took control over much of the country, some across the international community have raised fears that Syria’s new leaders—with their jihadist backgrounds—might erode minority …

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• 11 June

  Dispatch from the UN Blue Line: Israel’s ‘systematic destruction’ in Lebanon

  

  Next month, Lebanon will mark the 25th anniversary of Israel’s troop withdrawal from its southern region after a two-decade-long occupation and eighteen year resistance campaign by Lebanon’s Hezbollah organization. But this year, the commemoration will be marred by the fact that Israeli forces are back on Lebanese soil, effectively maintaining …

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• 11 June

  Why Iraq should build bridges with its ‘new’ neighbor, Syria

  

  Since the opposition ousting of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Western powers have cautiously embraced Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa as the country’s new legitimate leader. The new Syrian government, consisting of technocrats and high-profile former dissidents of the Assad regime, is actively reaching out to international actors in a quest to …

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• 11 June

  The Struggle for Syria

  

  On May 14, President Donald Trump stood smiling with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman and Syria’s self-declared leader, Ahmed al-Shara’a, on the sidelines of the President’s visit to Riyadh. After the get together, the President declared that the United States would lift sanctions on Syria and re-establish diplomatic …

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• 11 June

  Une unité du Hamas pour combattre les gangs armés par Israël à Gaza

  

  Netanyahou admet qu’Israël arme des gangs à Gaza pour contrer l’influence du Hamas, et de nouvelles preuves montrent qu’Israël les paie pour piller l’aide humanitaire et mettre en œuvre son plan de nettoyage ethnique. En réponse, le gouvernement du Hamas a créé l’«unité Arrow». L’armée israélienne arme des gangs pour …

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• 11 June

  Apocalypse now pour l’Occident ?

  

  Qui n’a vu «Apocalypse now», le film de Coppola sur la guerre du Vietnam, qui a reçu la Palme d’orau Festival de Cannes de 1979 ? Ce que Marc Rogez en dit s’applique à toutes les guerres suivantes de l’empire, jusqu’à la guerre contre la Russie en Ukraine et bien …

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• 11 June

  Foreign Office met pro-Israel lobbyist to discuss arms exports

  

  Britain’s Foreign Office met privately with a pro-Israel lobbyist to discuss arms exports to Tel Aviv, documents obtained by Declassified reveal. The meeting took place in October 2024 and was attended by Christian Turner, the political director at the Foreign Office, and Sir Trevor Chinn, a pro-Israel businessman from Britain. …

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• 10 June

  “The Cold War is becoming a reality before our eyes.” NATO officially declares Russia the main threat

  

  The report “NATO-2030”, presented in early December in Brussels, recognizes Russia as the main threat to the coming decade. The alliance is moving to a deterrence strategy characteristic of the Cold War. Military columnist Alexander Golts believes that the unity of the West is especially evident against the background of …

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• 10 June

  Tripolimaria. How Russia and Turkey sympathize over Libya and why Erdogan may be more successful than Putin

  

  In Libya, a new conflict is flaring up: Companions of the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar, who recently met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, tried on May 28 to take control of oil production. This internal conflict entails a clash of interests of larger players. After …

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