The capture of Damascus on December 8th, 2024, by the HTC (Hayat Tahrir al-Cham, Levant Liberation Organization) rebels, after a wild twelve-day race that took…
The capture of Damascus on December 8th, 2024, by the HTC (Hayat Tahrir al-Cham, Levant Liberation Organization) rebels, after a wild twelve-day race that took…
On Monday, February 7, two hours before dawn, a very powerful earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria. Fortunately, the international rescue services rushed to…
Will the UN, the African Union and the major powers in Africa (United States, China, France, Russia) soon have to deal with the dramatic consequences…
Familiarity breeds contempt, the saying goes. But when it comes to conflict, it feels like longevity leads to apathy. A decade after the hope of…
By Renaud Girard in Beirut Since the start of the decade, the movement known as the ‘Arab Spring’ has represented a clash between two ideologies,…
Engaging in an act of war is always a serious decision for a head of state. Emmanuel Macron surely did not take lightly the decision…
The post-war world was blessed with a period of peace and prosperity that is clearly coming to an end. The strikes against Syrian chemical weapons…
The latest Syrian-Israeli military incident is not simply an unfortunate slip-up. It indicates an escalation in the Middle East, one fraught with danger in the…
This last Tuesday, November 28, a new session of talks between the opposition and the Syrian government opened in Geneva, under the auspices of the…