Hundreds of fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrived on Friday in the city of Kobani (Ain al-Arab) in eastern Aleppo province, after the Syrian army facilitated their withdrawal from Raqqa to the Kurdish city on the Turkish border. The development comes amid continued adherence to a ceasefire between …

Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan raises security risks as US begins moving thousands of ISIS prisoners from Syria to Iraq Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said the ceasefire between Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) may be extended, citing security concerns, including the transfer of ISIS detainees from Syria to …

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Residents tell The National they have gone days without food, as Damascus and SDF trade blame over security vacuum at ISIS-linked site Thick black smoke billowed from Al Hol camp in north-east Syria, the country’s largest centre housing families with alleged links to ISIS, as unrest spread among residents who …

US Central Command (CENTCOM) launched a new mission today, Wednesday 21 January, to transfer Islamic State detainees from northeastern Syria to Iraq. CENTCOM said the move aims to help ensure the “terrorists” remain in secure detention facilities, adding that the operation began when US forces successfully transferred 150 Islamic State …

Washington Institute experts assess the immediate fallout of the Syrian government’s advance into SDF-held parts of the northeast, including mutual disinformation campaigns, implications for the Islamic State threat, the terms of new agreements with the Kurds, and the calculus of outside actors like the United States, Israel, and Turkey. As …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country will not accept the establishment of any separatist entity that threatens its security along the southern border, and it will not allow its interests to be harmed. Speaking during a parliamentary bloc meeting of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Ankara …

Les responsables politiques et les journalistes des gros médias du système de l’UE sont si choqués par le revirement des États-Unis qu’ils n’arrivent plus à formuler des plans sérieux. La panique s’empare d’eux car leur logiciel de l’époque de l’OTAN avec les États-Unis dans la position du grand allié ne …

Une «lutte» entre alliés de l’OTAN détournerait l’attention et permettrait une militarisation accrue sans se concentrer officiellement sur la Russie et la Chine. Il est donc tout à fait possible que toute cette «lutte» entre les États-Unis et l’UE/OTAN au Groenland ne soit rien d’autre qu’un plan élaboré (quoique lent) …

Le monde change très vite. L’année 2026 devrait être marquée par le retour des zones d’influence et la fin des Empires coloniaux. Surtout, elle verra le retour du droit international contre les règles que nous connaissions jusqu’à présent. Seuls ceux qui sont capables de comprendre ces évolutions et de s’y …