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June, 2025

  • 2 June

    Iraq Is Buffeted by Regional Crosscurrents

    The security calculations of the Shia Muslim-dominated government in Baghdad were upended by the collapse of the Assad regime in neighboring Syria, which brought Sunni Muslim Islamists to power on Iraq’s western border. The Türkiye-backed political change in Syria leaves Iran as Iraq’s main remaining regional ally. Iraqi Shia leaders …

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  • 2 June

    THE LEGACY AND EVOLUTION OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS IN SYRIA

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  • 2 June

    The file of foreign fighters in Syria: between entitlement and risk

    This paper examines the complex situation of foreign fighters in Syria after the change of the former regime, details their composition, explores the long-term challenges and risks arising from their integration into the new Syrian army, their leadership roles, and the consequences of this locally and internationally, and addresses the …

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  • 2 June

    Les États-Unis ont acculé leurs alliés dans une impasse

    Le débat fait rage dans les pages du magazine hongkongais Asia Times : que se passera-t-il si – non, plus «si», mais «quand» – les États-Unis, avec leurs alliances militaires et leurs engagements, se retirent d’Asie ? Dans un article récent sur ce sujet, le chercheur singapourien Marcus Lo se …

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  • 2 June

    Du clown au tyran : l’Ukraine livrée à la Bête

    Comment l’Europe, aveuglée, sacre-t-elle un pantin devenu tyran, niant la vérité et semant la ruine de l’Ukraine ? Cet article, né du rêve perdu de 1989, dénonce un narratif occidental arrogant, effaçant les voix russophones. Citoyenne européenne indignée, je pleure notre complicité dans une honte que l’histoire lucide jugera.

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  • 2 June

    Le pays des leçons non apprises. L’Allemagne à deux doigts de la guerre avec la Russie – Réseau International

    Le chancelier allemand Friedrich Merz commence à s’embrouiller dans ses déclarations. Lundi encore, il a fait une déclaration pathétique selon laquelle, désormais, les forces armées ukrainiennes pourraient utiliser toutes les armes fournies par l’Occident comme bon leur semble, ce qui changerait complètement la donne sur le front.

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  • 1 June

    Iran Update, May 29, 2025

    We do not report in detail on war crimes because these activities are well-covered in Western media and do not directly affect the military operations we are assessing and forecasting. We utterly condemn violations of the laws of armed conflict and the Geneva Conventions and crimes against humanity even though …

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  • 1 June

    Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 28, 2025

    Western insider reporting about Kremlin demands to end the war in Ukraine continues to align with repeated public statements from Kremlin officials outlining Russia’s demands, indicating that Russia’s goal of Ukrainian capitulation and destruction of NATO remains unchanged. Reuters reported on May 28 that three Russian sources familiar with the …

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  • 1 June

    Iran Update, May 28, 2025

    The US Treasury lifted most sanctions on Syria on May 23. The US Treasury issued Syria General License (GL) 25 to provide “immediate sanctions relief” to Syria in accordance with US President Donald Trump’s May 13 order to lift all sanctions on Syria.[i] The removal of sanctions will allow the …

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  • 1 June

    Spotlight on Iran and the Shiite Axis (May 21-28, 2025)

    The Supreme Leader of Iran reiterated his call for the Muslim world to mobilize to stop“Israel’s crimes in the Gaza Strip” and declared that the Palestinian issue is the most importantin the Islamic world. The Iranian foreign minister noted that, at this stage, there are no relations between Iran andSyria, …

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