Being pro-EU does not win politicians many votes in the Western Balkans and the Caucasus. There, Viktor Orbán’s version of an illiberal Europe appears to be the union’s top-rated political export. It is election season in Europe. Starting today and until June 9, voters in twenty-seven EU member states will …

Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami threatened to retaliate against Israel for the June 3 airstrike that killed IRGC Quds Force Gen. Saeid Abyar in Aleppo, Syria.[i] Abyar was a member of the IRGC Quds Force and had been stationed in Syria since 2012.[ii] Salami stated …

The French National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office has appealed to the Paris Judicial Court after charges against former Governor of the Central Bank of Syria, Adib Mayaleh, related to financing battles in Syria were dropped. Mayaleh, who holds both French and Syrian citizenship, is suspected of financing the Syrian regime accused …