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Iran has announced transition plans following the killing of supreme leader Ali Khamenei in a joint Israeli-US attack of unprecedented scale. Also playing a central role is Iran’s top security chief Ali Larijani. Here is a look at the key figures overseeing the transition:The president President Masoud Pezeshkian, 71, is …

For decades, Syria’s unions have been under the control of political parties and the state, and have not developed into independent institutions capable of defending their members’ rights. Even so, they remain a pivotal part of life for millions of Syrians. In principle, these bodies are meant to pursue members’ …

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah vowed Sunday to confront the United States and Israel over their strikes on the group’s key backer Iran. “We will undertake our duty of confronting the aggression,” Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said in a statement, adding that his movement would not leave “the field of honour …

Then what? This is the question that theoreticians of war from Sun Tzu to Jomini and Liddell-Hart and passing by Clausewitz advise leaders to ask before they order the firing of the first shot in a war. Thus, one may suggest that US President Donald Trump should also ask that …

How fitting that the US and Israel finally retaliated against 47 years of aggression by the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran during the week of the Biblical Purim Festival. Then, roughly 2,300 years ago, Haman, viceroy to Persia’s King Ahasuerus, threw a lot (“pur”, plural “purim”) to determine …

Iran’s clerical regime now faces the prospect of trying to find a successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following his killing in joint US-Israeli strikes. The veteran leader, who ruled with an iron fist for nearly four decades, does not have an officially declared heir. Instead, an elected body …

Air defence systems have moved to the centre of the Iran escalation, with interception capacity, stockpiles, and sustainability quietly shaping how far the conflict spreads and how long it lasts. The fresh round of fighting between the US-led coalition – including Israel and the United Arab Emirates – and Iran …

Alors qu’Israël affirme avoir déjà « éliminé 40 hauts gradés » iraniens, dont le Guide suprême Ali Khamenei dans l’opération militaire déclenchée samedi contre la République islamique, l’État hébreu et les États-Unis, qui ont annoncé la mort de trois de leur soldats, poursuivent leurs frappes contre l’Iran. De son côté, …

Les leaders US sombrent dans une spirale infernale sans éthique ni code moral, sans autre divinité qu’eux-mêmes. La destitution ou le procès à La Haye ne suffiront pas à venir à bout de tels criminels Aujourd’hui, l’administration Trump, à la demande du gouvernement décadent de Netanyahu, a joué un rôle …

Key Takeaways: Hezbollah’s changed military and political position in Lebanon means that it poses a different threat to Israel from the one it did before the October 7 War, and that any Hezbollah intervention would likely involve a new strategy using new, longer range and low-cost weapons. Israel’s 2024 campaign …