December, 2025

• 15 December

  Israel destabilizes southern Syria through incursions and land grabs

  

  From the moment the Assad regime fell on 8 December 2024, Israeli intervention in Syria took an upward trajectory, in multiple forms, including air and ground strikes, house searches, checkpoints and arrests, land bulldozing, and the construction of gates and barriers. Israel has also used certain methods to win over …

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• 15 December

  SDF condemns threatening chants against it during the Syrian Liberation Day celebrations

  

  The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) issued a statement condemning chants shouted by some members of the Syrian Ministry of Defense, which it said contained “threats and incitement” against it, during gatherings held on Liberation Day on Monday, 8 December. Social media users circulated a video showing a commander in the …

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• 8 December

  Document déclassifié de la CIA 2004 : État de l’analyse scientifique et technologique dans la communauté du…

  

  Ce document déclassifié de la CIA datant de 2004 décrit la méthodologie utilisée par les services de renseignement américains pour recruter des scientifiques civils de pointe. Les domaines d’intérêt spécifiques comprennent la nanotechnologie et la biotechnologie. Il y est question de l’utilisation possible d’armes de destruction massive fabriquées par des …

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• 8 December

  Israel tells mediators that Gaza terror groups can reach body of last hostage — report

  

  Hostage point man said to demand action for return of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili’s remains; Muslim-majority countries worried Israel aims to transfer Gazans to Egypt with opening of Rafah crossing Israel has told mediators that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad know how to reach the remains of Master Sgt. Ran …

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• 8 December

  Defying Trump, Israel Expands Buffer Zone in Syria

  

  Bottom Line Up Front Israel’s policy in Syria relies on hard power and control over territory rather than building an interrelated web of diplomatic alliances and coalitions to protect its interests. Israeli leaders are expanding a buffer zone in southern Syria even though U.S. officials warn that doing so might …

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• 8 December

  Hamas’s “Rigid Pragmatism”: Between Tactical Flexibility and Ideological Intransigence

  

  Gaza stabilization must include precise disarmament rules, independent monitoring, and pressure from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey to counter Hamas’s blend of flexibility and intransigence. After the publication of President Donald Trump’s twenty-point plan, many were surprised to see Hamas relinquish some of its ostensibly nonnegotiable demands from the past two …

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• 8 December

  Major Anti-Government Protests Erupt Across Bulgaria

  

  Huge crowds took to the streets of the capital Sofia and other major cities on Monday night to protest against the governing coalition of centre-right populists GERB, the pro-Russia Bulgarian Socialist Party and nationalist party There’s Such a People, backed by tycoon Delyan Peevski’s New Beginning. The protests were some …

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• 8 December

  New Czech Government to Follow CEE Trend of Targeting NGOs

  

  Even before prime ministerial hopeful Andrej Babis submitted his proposed ministers to the president for approval on November 26, the coalition that the populist billionaire had put together following the October general election was already triggering street protests and prompting worries within Czech civil society. When the division of ministries …

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• 8 December

  Why Trump’s Gaza Plan is Not a Peace Deal

  

  In the eyes of Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups, the plan is nothing but another temporary ceasefire, not different than previous ones reached between Israel and Hamas over the past two decades. Those who think that Hamas, by agreeing to Trump’s “peace plan,” has abandoned its desire to eliminate …

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• 8 December

  Seizing the Initiative against Russia: Putting the United States in Control

  Introduction To deter and win future wars, America must be able to seize the initiative against any actor it may need to fight. Wars are rarely won through reactive approaches. Russia is on a trajectory toward protracting and expanding the current war. As long as the Kremlin perceives that it …

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