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Territorial and Political Strife in Northeast Syria: A Test for the Future
On the 10th of March 2025, Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi and interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa met to sign an agreement [...]
Back From Syria: Separatist Tendencies Prevalent Among Minority Groups
The Druze and Alawite communities are demanding the division of [...]
Back From Syria: The Same Political System, Different Masters
In March 2025, Ahmad al-Charaa declared himself interim president and [...]
Back From Syria: Massacres and Daily Insecurity
The 2025 massacres against Alawites, Druze, and Christians shattered the [...]
Syria
Back From Syria: Separatist Tendencies Prevalent Among Minority Groups
The Druze and Alawite communities are demanding the division of [...]
Back From Syria: The Same Political System, Different Masters
In March 2025, Ahmad al-Charaa declared himself interim president and [...]
Back From Syria: Massacres and Daily Insecurity
The 2025 massacres against Alawites, Druze, and Christians shattered the [...]
Iraq
Deciphering of the political and security perspectives in Iraq
The specialist in Iraq and Syria, Fabrice Balanche, author of [...]
“Iran perfectly uses Shiite difficulties and local conflicts to create militias in the Middle East.” Interview with Fabrice Balanche
Iran is increasingly extending its influence across the Middle East [...]
From Kirkuk to Deir ez-Zor: Threatened Kurdish Autonomies
Can the riots in Kirkuk be compared to the insurrection [...]
Middle-East
Climate Change and Conflicts in the Middle East
Despite the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, it is [...]
Fabrice Balanche is a well know expert on Syria. Then left-wing extremists attacked his lecture.
From Neue Zürcher Zeitung, May 27, 2025, by Lucien Scherrer [...]
The university is doomed if academic freedom is suppressed within its walls.
Open Letter by Senator Max Brisson, JDD, May 25, 2025 [...]