December, 2025

• 22 December

  Turkish Defense Ministry, We Will Do What Is Necessary If the SDF Rejects Integration

  

  Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler said talks with the United States over integrating the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into the Syrian army are still ongoing, stressing that integration is inevitable. Answering journalists’ questions on Saturday, 20 December 2025, during the ministry’s annual end of year activities evaluation meeting, Guler said …

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• 22 December

  ‘No Alternative’ to the IDF: Israel Privately Presses Trump To Give International Troops Deadline To Disarm Hamas

  

  JERUSALEM—Israel’s government is privately pressing President Donald Trump’s administration to set a deadline for international troops to disarm Hamas in the Gaza Strip, according to three Israeli officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. Israeli leaders expect the International Stabilization Force to begin deploying to Gaza early next year as …

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• 22 December

  ‘No Alternative’ to the IDF: Israel Privately Presses Trump To Give International Troops Deadline To Disarm Hamas

  

  Israel’s government is privately pressing President Donald Trump’s administration to set a deadline for international troops to disarm Hamas in the Gaza Strip, according to three Israeli officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. Israeli leaders expect the International Stabilization Force to begin deploying to Gaza early next year as …

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• 22 December

  Nearing the End of 2025, What is the State of the Islamic State?

  

  The recent Islamic State attacks in Syria and Australia were less about a resurgence of IS, and more a reflection of a longstanding reality — the group has not been defeated and will remain a major counterterrorism challenge for the foreseeable future. Looking ahead to 2026, the Sahel will remain …

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• 22 December

  The Three Narratives: Gaza as the Last Moral Frontier against Israel’s Policy of Annihilation

  

  Three dominant narratives contend for the future of Gaza and occupied Palestine, yet only one is being translated into consequential action: the Israeli narrative of domination and genocide. This singular, violent vision is the only one backed by the brute force of policy and fact.

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• 22 December

  Le grand gel des avoirs russes de l’UE

  On n’envahit pas la Russie en hiver. Napoléon l’a appris à ses dépens, confortablement installé dans les salons chauffés du Louvre, bien avant que quiconque puisse dérober les bijoux de l’impératrice sous le nez des gardiens de musée. Quiconque croit que le grand jackpot européen de 2025 n’est qu’un leurre …

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• 22 December

  Quand l’homme invente des dieux pour fuir sa responsabilité

  

  Des dieux antiques aux reptiliens modernes, l’homme n’a jamais cessé de projeter sur des forces invisibles la responsabilité de ses propres actes. Derrière les récits complotistes contemporains se cache une structure mentale ancienne : le refus d’admettre que le chaos du monde est d’origine humaine, amplifié par l’inégalité psychologique des …

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• 22 December

  Al-Hijri: The current government is no different from the former regime

  

  Hikmat al-Hijri, the spiritual leader of Syria’s Druze community, said that since the fall of the previous regime and the flight of its president “under international arrangements,” as he put it, it has been replaced by “a system of politicized factions alongside takfiri gangs.” He argued that the transitional phase …

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• 22 December

  Iran Update, December 17, 2025

  

  The Iranian regime announced new Artesh appointments on December 17 as part of a broader reshuffling of senior Iranian military leadership following the Israel-Iran War.[i] Artesh Commander Major General Amir Hatami appointed Brigadier General Alireza Sabahi Fard as his assistant for air defense affairs.[ii] Alireza Sabahi Fard most recently served …

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• 22 December

  Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 17, 2025

  

  Toplines Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly and explicitly outlined his continued commitment to his maximalist war aims in Ukraine — the same aims for which Putin launched his full-scale invasion in 2022. Putin spoke on December 17 to an expanded meeting of the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) board, where …

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