So, if you are an unpopular regime desperately clinging to power, what do you do? In supposed democracies, this latest “benefit ” to your people – cracking down on dissent “democratically” — means using technology rather than firepower to crush freedom of speech. “Danger: Governments will dictate what you see, …

Amid ambiguity and the absence of a clear institutional framework, implementation of the agreement signed between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is set to begin tomorrow, Monday, February 2. Although the start of procedural steps has been announced, the past hours have seen an escalation in …

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A look at Tehran’s ballistic missile systems and why the Pentagon has cause to be alarmed. Amidst the growing threat of a direct US-Iran confrontation, a stark military reality stares the Pentagon in the face: most American bases in the region sit well within Iran’s missile range. With Tehran openly …

In addition to the ideological component, there is also an economic background in the actions of the Trump administration After the announcement by US President Donald Trump about the need for a coup d’état in Cuba by the end of 2026 and the introduction of new restrictive measures, including the …

Britain called on Israel to reverse its decision US President Donald Trump opposes Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank, a White House official said, after Israel moved ​to ease settlement expansion and widen its powers in the Palestinian territory. The Israeli measures have drawn international criticism and are being …

It’s unimaginable that the US would allow any competitor to reduce its enormous new market share in the European energy industry, which it plans to further expand to make Europe even more dependent on it, and that the US wouldn’t weaponize this if Europe ever defies it on anything of …

Toplines Some Iranian regime elements are signaling that Iran may offer relatively insignificant, nuclear-only concessions, but only if the United States offers complete sanctions relief.[1] The concessions under discussion in the Iranian policy and media space are less significant than the concessions Iran offered in the 2015 nuclear deal, when …

Toplines Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov explicitly blamed the United States on February 9 for the lack of progress in ending Russia’s war against Ukraine. Lavrov used a February 9 interview with TV BRICS, a Russian outlet covering BRICS states and candidate states, to accuse the United States of reneging …

Against the backdrop of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS meeting in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, efforts are accelerating to close the long running file of Islamic State detainees held in detention centers in northeastern Syria, through large scale transfers into Iraqi territory. The move reflects a shift in how …