Lebanon’s cabinet meets on Friday to review the army’s sensitive plan on weapons, with Hezbollah’s stance and Israeli escalation heightening tensions. Lebanon’s government is bracing for one of its most sensitive cabinet sessions in years, with ministers set to debate the army’s long-awaited plan to place all weapons under state …

Israel said it controls 40% of Gaza City as airstrikes killed dozens and famine deepened, with EU’s Teresa Ribera calling the war genocide. The Israeli military on Thursday said it controls 40 percent of Gaza City, the largest urban centre in the Palestinian territory which it is preparing to conquer …

The Scottish parliament has made another move in support of Palestinians, voting to boycott Israel and companies linked to the Gaza genocide. The Scottish parliament has voted for an immediate and full boycott of Israel and companies linked to the war on Gaza, in a symbolic but landmark move in …

The EU’s Ukraine policy is currently underpinned by two key beliefs. First, Vladimir Putin is a predatorial, rapacious ogre who is hell-bent on destroying the EU. Second, this monster should agree to meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy – whose country he is viciously attacking – and sign a lasting peace agreement (presumably, …

Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, cut a lonely figure in Beijing this week as the only EU leader to attend China’s World War II anniversary events, standing in a line-up alongside Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un and other authoritarian rulers – an image analysts described as a snapshot of …

Ilham Ahmed, co-chair of the AANES foreign relations department, met with Syrian Foreign Minister Assaad al-Shibani, signalling potential progress in negotiations, Al-Hal reports. Efforts to bridge divisions in post-conflict Syria gained momentum this week as representatives from the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) entered high-level talks with …

The collapse of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024 unleashed one of Syria’s most complex economic challenges in decades. Soaring inflation, eroded confidence in the Syrian pound, and the dominance of black-market speculators have turned the national currency from a medium of exchange into a symbol of financial collapse. …

Syria’s recent constitutional declaration, intended to unify a fractured nation, has instead deepened a crisis over the state’s identity, centring on divergent visions of political Islam. By designating Islamic jurisprudence as a principal source of legislation, the transitional authority in Damascus aimed to ground its legitimacy in a shared religious …

This past July, a cleric from Gaza with 1 million followers on TikTok launched a fundraising campaign on US-based crowdfunding platform GoFundMe. The stated goal: to raise 500,000 euros “for humanitarian needs and aid to civilians in Gaza.” But behind the scenes, a covert team sought to uncover his true …

La France dissimule le déclin économique derrière les statistiques officielles. La dette nationale en France atteint 113% du PIB et le déficit est à un peu plus de 6%. Et, le pouvoir politique français doit instaurer confiance, prévisibilité et viabilité en calmant les tensions, en préservant la stabilité des prix …