December, 2025

• 2 December

  Democracy Digest: Orban Visits Serbia, Russia with Energy Top of the Agenda

  Hungarian PM Viktor Orban visited Serbia on Thursday to discuss increasing oil exports there, before jetting off to Russia on Friday to talk with Vladimir Putin about crude oil and gas supplies to Hungary. Orban met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in the northern Serbian town of Subotica on Thursday …

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• 2 December

  Israeli Escalation Against Hezbollah Puts Fragile Lebanon Ceasefire in Doubt

  

  An Israeli attack on Sunday killed one of Hezbollah’s top leaders, threatening to unravel a November 2024 ceasefire that has kept most of the Lebanese population out of the crossfire. Hezbollah has been rebuilding its missile and drone arsenal, but its capacity to retaliate is limited by continued military weakness …

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• 2 December

  Iran Tries to Reconstitute Its Strategic Architecture

  

  Iran shows no signs of altering its core policies despite the damage done by Israel and the United States to Iran’s strategic architecture. A continuation of Iran’s existing policies is unlikely to bring the sanctions relief that moderate leaders such as elected President Masoud Pezeshkian deem vital to addressing economic …

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• 2 December

  Egypt trains hundreds of Palestinians for future Gaza police force

  

  Egypt is training hundreds of Palestinian police officers with an eye towards integrating them into a post-war security force in Gaza, a Palestinian official told AFP. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty announced the plan to train 5,000 officers for Gaza during talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa in August. …

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• 2 December

  Ehud Barak, Jeffrey Epstein And The Privatisation of Mossad, Israeli Intelligence

  

  How a former Israeli Prime Minister & Intelligence Establishment became entwined with the world’s most notorious paedophile sex-racket blackmail operator Introduction: The Ex-Prime Minister in the Shadows The relationship between former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and Jeffrey Epstein has long been discussed in hushed whispers living at the margins …

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• 2 December

  Mali : Barrick Mining paiera 430 millions pour résoudre un différend sur les mines d’or

  

  La société minière canadienne Barrick Mining Corporation a accepté de verser 430 millions de dollars au Mali pour mettre un terme à un différend de longue date concernant la propriété des mines d’or de Loulo et Gounkoto, a annoncé mardi Bloomberg. Tant Barrick que le gouvernement malien ont confirmé, dans …

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• 2 December

  Arrests in Suwayda to “foil a coup” against al-Hijri

  

  The city of Suwayda (in southern Syria) is witnessing security tensions following an arrest campaign that has targeted figures opposing the spiritual leader of the Druze community, Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri. Enab Baladi’s correspondent reported that National Guard forces, which are backed by Sheikh al-Hijri, carried out arrests in the province …

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• 2 December

  Iran Update, November 28, 2025

  

  Toplines Israel reportedly gave the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) a deadline of December 7 to make progress in its disarmament of Hezbollah amid ongoing Israeli preparations for a potential operation in Lebanon.[1] An Israeli Channel 13 journalist reported on November 28 that the LAF has until after Pope Leo XIV …

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• 2 December

  Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025

  

  Toplines The frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse despite recent Russian gains and Kremlin assertions. Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed during a press conference with Russian state media in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on November 27 that Russia is making significant gains across the frontline such that Ukraine and the …

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• 2 December

  Iran Update, November 24, 2025

  

  Toplines The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed Hezbollah’s “de facto chief of staff” and senior commander Haitham Ali Tabatabai in Beirut’s southern suburbs on November 23.[1] Tabatabai’s death will likely disrupt Hezbollah’s reconstitution for a short period because of Tabatabai’s significant experience at many echelons of command in fighting against …

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