Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has called for a ceasefire and an eventual end to the armed struggle.[1] Mazloum Abdi, the General Commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), welcomed Öcalan’s appeal, viewing it as a crucial opportunity for peace. Abdi stated that the …

The German far-right “Alternative für Deutschland” (AfD) recently achieved a remarkable electoral success: More than 10.3 million citizens, or 20.8 percent of all participating voters, granted it a record 152 seats in the Bundestag,[1] German parliament’s lower chamber. The party is considered not only ultra-right, but is almost always called …

Latest Developments Plan Calls for Palestinian State on 1967 Borders: Representatives from Arab League nations endorsed Egypt’s five-year plan to rebuild Gaza without resettling its residents during an emergency summit in Cairo on March 4. The plan includes three phases and will cost an estimated $53 billion. Egypt’s plan also …

The Arab peace plan for Gaza sidelines the strip’s rulers, Hamas, as well as the internationally recognized, inept and corrupt Palestinian Authority (PA), but only for six months, “in preparation for enabling the PA to fully return to the Gaza Strip.” In the interim, a “Gaza Administration Committee is being …

The U.S. Army said Saturday it had killed a top military leader of Hurras al-Din, a Syrian branch of Al-Qaida that announced its dissolution in January. The U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, which oversees American forces in the Middle East, said in a statement that its forces on Feb. 23 …

This scenario is increasingly in America and Russia’s shared interests vis-à-vis their “New Détente”. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban predicted late last month that “Ukraine, or what remains of it, will once again be a buffer zone” between NATO and Russia once the conflict inevitably ends. His rationale is that …

L’ancien chef de la diplomatie iranienne et architecte de l’accord sur le nucléaire côté iranien, Mohammad Javad Zarif, conseiller du président Pezeshkian, a présenté sa démission du gouvernement qui n’a pas encore été acceptée, selon l’agence officielle Irna. «La lettre de démission de M. Zarif a été reçue par le …

La conversation dans le bureau ovale s’est avérée être une rupture d’accord pour l’Ukraine, un embarras et l’expulsion de l’homme politique de Kiev de la Maison-Blanche. Dans un échange tendu au sommet de la diplomatie de l’alliance occidentale anti-Russie, Zelensky, figure emblématique de la déchéance ukrainienne, voit son statut vaciller …

The heated White House exchange between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Vice President JD Vance has touched many Ukrainians in many different ways. Some felt a surge of pride in their wartime leader, while others tempered that pride with growing unease over the future of U.S.-Ukrainian …

The initial contacts with the new US administration inspired certain hope, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of the Russian Federal Security Service board on Feb. 27. He emphasized that “Russia and the US are ready to resume cooperation,” adding that “the current US partners demonstrate pragmatism and a …