Eurasia Press & News
The United States House of Representatives voted late on Thursday, 10 December, by a majority in favor of the defense budget bill, which includes a provision to repeal the Caesar Act imposed on Syria. Mohammed Alaa Ghanem, Director of Policy at the Syrian American Council, said on his account on …
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December, 2025
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15 December
The Price of American Authoritarianism
When Donald Trump won reelection in November 2024, much of the American establishment responded with a shrug. After all, Trump had been democratically elected, even winning the popular vote. And democracy had survived the chaos of his first term, including the shocking events at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. …
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15 December
A fragile dawn: Syria’s first year after Assad
If the new government can deliver justice, contain sectarian tensions, and foster equitable rebuilding, Syria will begin charting a path towards a better future Damascus, Syria – On the night of the 8th of December 2024, Assad fled his presidential palace aboard a Russian military helicopter. In just 11 days, …
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15 December
SDF details joint raid campaign with Coalition in Deir Ezzor
TOL special operations units affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in coordination with the International Coalition to fight the Islamic State group, carried out a security operation in the countryside of Deir Ezzor (eastern Syria) on 7 December. In a statement published on its official platforms on Tuesday, 9 …
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15 December
Revising U.S. strategy, for better and worse
The Trump administration released a new National Security Strategy in recent days, articulating a conceptual break with many aspects of prior post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy.In some places, the new NSS comes close to sounding like restraint: insisting on the need to prioritize among goals, advancing a narrower definition of …
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15 December
National Security Strategy of the United States of America
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15 December
Socialism: Here, There, and Everywhere
It is hard not to notice the word “socialism” appearing steadily more often in steadily more places. Some appearances of the word aim to register dismissal or hate. But many appearances aim to register elevation and desire. Socialism in polls. Socialism as epithet. Socialism in Gracie Mansion. Socialism buried. Socialism …
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15 December
Congress Unveils Proposal To Repeal Syria Sanctions as Syria-Israel Tensions Continue
Latest Developments Repeal Likely to Pass: Congress is likely to repeal economic sanctions on Syria enshrined in the 2019 Caesar Act in the coming weeks, unveiling language for its repeal within the 3,000-page National Defense Authorization Act. The provision requires regular reports to Congress from the White House certifying that …
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