January, 2025

• 27 January

  “We Sang as We Were Returning as if We Were at a Wedding!” How Syria Lived Its First Month with a New Government — A Report from The Insider

  

  For the first time in 50 years, Syrians celebrated the New Year without the Assads. A month after the overthrow of one of the most authoritarian regimes in the Middle East, the country has largely returned to normal life. Immigrants have already begun to return to Syria, but it is …

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• 27 January

  Iraq Is In For A Rough 2025 – Analysis

  

  Iraq is a developing democracy, but its location — between Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Syria — means that it always faces pressure from outside its borders. The list of challenges it faced in 2024 ranged from ongoing security threats, including attacks on U.S. military bases by armed groups, political …

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• 27 January

  With A New Government, Many Bulgarians Fear A Return To The Past – Analysis

  

  With the approval of a new coalition government, Bulgaria’s parliament has ended a prolonged stretch of political instability, during which the country was largely governed by caretaker cabinets and underwent seven elections in four years. Despite finishing first in the October 2024 elections, the country’s dominant political force, the center-right …

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• 27 January

  Syria’s Transition Under Ahmed Al-Sharaa: Diplomacy And Realpolitik – Analysis

  

  With only a few days left of Joe Biden’s administration in the White House, and as Donald Trump once again prepares to take over the American presidency, the Middle East will greet the new government as a region both in turmoil and rapid transition. While a political and military ceasefire …

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• 27 January

  Lebanon’s New Dawn – OpEd

  

  After Damascus, Beirut now celebrates a new era with the election of a president, a position that Hezbollah had obstructed, leaving the post vacant since October 2022. This new phase in Lebanon concludes 50 years of regional exploitation of this small country, the second-smallest Arab state in terms of area. …

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• 27 January

  Post-Assad Syria: Challenges, Opportunities, And US Role In Shaping Its Future – Analysis

  

  The unexpected fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on December 8 has put Syria in the spotlight once again. Following over a decade of conflict, the killing of hundreds of thousands of Syrians, the displacement of around half of the country’s population internally or externally, there is a new reality in …

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• 20 January

  L’ancien eurodéputé Rob Roos poursuit son combat contre Ursula von der Leyen

  

  Entretien avec un homme qui ne fait pas de compromis sur les libertés fondamentales. Durant son mandat au Parlement européen, l’ancien eurodéputé néerlandais Rob Roos avait interpellé la présidente de la Commission à plusieurs reprises, afin d’obtenir ses explications sur ses manœuvres personnelles et son manque de transparence. Il était …

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• 20 January

  Le cœur du HeartLand

  

  Les Occidentaux n’ont eu de cesse de considérer le monde entier comme un territoire à conquérir, maîtriser, contrôler ! Moi plutôt qu’un autre ! Supposant ainsi que l’inéluctable nécessité de dominer comme un acte naturel, consubstantiel à l’homme, du fond de la jungle à la géopolitique mondiale. Vu d’ailleurs (Orient, …

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• 20 January

  Attends que je te «MAGAtise», baby

  

  Rien d’étonnant à ce que Trump ait dû imaginer une opération psy séduisante, mais toujours lourde de dangers, plus grande que nature, pour impérativement modifier la narration. C’est le plus grand show de la terre – un double programme du Nouveau Paradigme et de la Destinée Manifeste sous crack. Nous …

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• 20 January

  Trump, l’Iran et le plan stratégique d’Obama

  

  Dans des actes de destruction gratuite, Netanyahou a détruit le statu quo dominant, qu’il considérait comme une camisole de force américaine. À l’instar d’une horloge antique brisée, dont les rouages, les roues à rochet et les entrailles s’écartent du boîtier, les mécanismes du Moyen-Orient sont également révélés et brisés. Toute …

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