April, 2026

• 22 April

  Syria and Jordan Sign Deals Under Security Pressure

  

  Syria-Jordan relations have entered a new phase of cooperation following meetings of the Higher Coordination Council in the Jordanian capital, Amman, which resulted in the signing of nine agreements and discussions on partnership in 21 vital sectors. The talks focused on energy, trade, and security coordination, reflecting a push toward …

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• 22 April

  “We deceived Putin.” Arrested former Furgal aide Timofeev on mafia showdowns, partnership with the FSB, and the Kremlin’s revenge.

  

  In late January, Mikhail Timofeev, a former aide to former Khabarovsk Krai Governor Sergei Furgal, was arrested in Georgia. Russian authorities accuse him of organizing contract killings on Furgal’s orders, and federal media outlets have named him the leader of an organized crime group that included members of his sports …

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• 22 April

  Bortnikov’s Cocktail: How Poisoners from the FSB’s Second Service Are Linked to the Russian Doping Program

  The FSB’s Second Service is known for its program of poisoning and assassinating Russian opposition figures. But, as The Insider has discovered, the very same unit that poisoned Navalny and monitored Boris Nemtsov has been responsible for the state-run doping program in Russian sports for the past several years. The …

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• 22 April

  UAE dismantles terrorist cell and arrests members

  

  Group was preparing systematic terrorist and sabotage activities within UAE The UAE State Security Department on Monday said it had dismantled a terrorist organisation operating inside the Emirates. The department sanctioned the arrests of the group’s members over suspected involvement in activities aimed at undermining national unity and carrying out …

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• 22 April

  The Iran war has forced the US-Gulf alliance out of the shadows

  

  They won’t say it in public. But in private conversations since the February 28 outbreak of war in the region, Gulf officials tell me that they have absorbed Iranian retaliation for hosting a US-Gulf security architecture they were never permitted to name. The current terms are no longer acceptable. They …

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• 22 April

  Five ideas to make the upcoming NATO Summit in Ankara a success

  

  Fewer than a hundred days remain until the 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, and allies’ attention is turning to perhaps the most important question: What will make the gathering a success? In part, this question reflects a sense of opportunity. Last year at The Hague, US President Donald Trump …

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• 22 April

  L’exercice d’équilibriste du Pakistan entre l’Iran et l’Arabie saoudite

  

  L’équilibre entre les relations avec l’Arabie saoudite et l’Iran demeure un élément clé de la politique étrangère du Pakistan, le pays cherchant à la fois à renforcer ses partenariats stratégiques et à préserver son rôle de médiateur dans le contexte géopolitique tendu du Moyen-Orient. La position de l’Arabie saoudite et …

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• 22 April

  Hegseth, le croisé qui commande l’armée américaine

  Il y a quelques semaines, un soldat américain stationné sur une base du Golfe a envoyé un message glaçant à une association de défense des droits des militaires. Il racontait le briefing de son commandant avant les premières frappes sur l’Iran. Le gradé, un homme bardé de décorations, n’a pas …

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• 22 April

  Nato expansion ‘would provoke Russians’, UK understood

  

  Britain’s military has stated hundreds of times that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was “unprovoked”, but declassified files tell a different story UK officials believed Nato expansion “would provoke [the] Russians” if a large group of European states joined the military organisation, declassified files from 1997 show. A March 1997 briefing …

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• 22 April

  UK knew Nato expansion could lead to war with Russia

  

  Britain’s Ministry of Defence prepared for war with Russia after expanding Nato – 26 years before Moscow invaded Ukraine Formerly secret UK documents show that Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) knew that expanding Nato to admit new members could lead to war with Russia. UK Defence Intelligence prepared a Nato …

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