Middle Orient

The Syrian Petroleum Company ended the unloading of the tanker “GAS MILANO” loaded with about 2700 metric tons of liquefied gas in its tanks in Baniyas, on Saturday, February 21. It began supplying the tanks with the material to be transferred to the provinces, according to Enab Baladi’s correspondent in …

Les opérations de renseignement israéliennes en Iran ont alarmé Pékin, qui les a perçues comme un nouveau modèle de guerre du renseignement, ce qui a incité à une coopération technologique, sécuritaire et stratégique plus étroite avec Téhéran. Les experts militaires et les agences de renseignement chinoises décrivent de plus en …

A delegation from the Syrian government arrived on Saturday, February 21, at Qamishli International Airport, in a move aimed at completing its operating procedures and putting it into service again, as part of a package of accelerated administrative and security movements in the province of Al-Hasakah in recent days. According …

The Syrian Ministry of Interior has outlined the procedures for submitting applications to obtain Syrian citizenship for Kurdish residents covered under Decree No. 13 of 2026, issued on January 16. According to a decision published by the ministry on Friday, February 20, applications may be submitted individually or on a …

The plan for casinos and concentration camps in Gaza is underway, as the inaugural meeting sees the pledging of money and troops The inaugural meeting of the Gaza “Board of Peace” this week revelled in its own success at erasing Palestinians and creating a dystopian nightmare. Donald Trump, chair of …

Toplines Iran is unlikely to make any meaningful nuclear concessions in its upcoming draft proposal to the United States. Iran may calculate that it can delay the strikes if it offers a sufficiently conciliatory proposal, however. US President Donald Trump gave Iran on February 20 a deadline of “10 to …

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan left the inaugural Board of Peace summit in Washington without securing a spot for Turkish troops in Gaza’s International Stabilization Force (ISF). Turkey’s exclusion from the ISF roster dampens President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s longtime desire to put boots on the ground in Gaza, despite his …

The United States’ rapid military buildup across the Gulf has triggered a familiar anxiety in Iran, but the Iranians’ reading of American intentions has grown sharper and more layered than at any point in recent years. Iranian officials and analysts now assume that the goal is neither a full-scale war …

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, announced today, Friday, February 20, the return of Iraqi nationals from al-Hol camp in the countryside of al-Hasakah province in northeastern Syria. The camp has housed families of Islamic State fighters alongside displaced civilians for years. UNHCR Representative in Syria Gonzalo Vargas …

Excerpt On February 11, Turkish lawmakers came to blows on the parliament floor over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to appoint new justice and interior ministers. Cabinet reshuffles are routine in Erdogan’s Turkey, serving as a calculated mechanism to purge insufficiently loyal officials and replace them with figures willing to …