Russia’s apparent fast-tracking of plans to establish a military hub in Libya could worsen that country’s protracted conflict. For Russia, as for Iran, last month’s fall of the 54-year-old Assad dynasty in Syria was a major geo-strategic setback. Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s sudden defeat threatened Russia’s important military presence …

At least five civilians had been killed and some 30,000 people displaced following renewed fighting in Aleppo, Syria. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, said he is alarmed by reports of civilian deaths and injuries after hostilities re-escalated earlier this week in the northeastern neighbourhoods of Syria, calling …

En dépit des accords de cessez-le-feu conclus avec le Liban et à Gaza, et des discussions en cours avec la Syrie sur les contours d’un accord de sécurité, Israël poursuit une politique dite de « défense avancée » qui fait peu de cas de la souveraineté de ses voisins. Au …