After getting off his helicopter, he kissed the ground then pumped his fist in the air in victory. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan made a triumphant return to Khartoum on March 26, to celebrate regaining control over the capital, “liberated” from the grip of the paramilitaries.
Latest Developments
In the quiet corridors of Syria’s emerging republic—where the embers of revolution still flicker beneath the veneer of reconstruction—the saga of the so-called “Strangers’ Brigade” has once again resurfaced. Far from a transient disturbance, it remains a persistent quandary that continues to haunt the evolving Syrian polity. First surfacing in late 2024, the issue drew attention when the nascent General Command integrated several senior military officers into the army’s leadership ranks, including six foreign nationals—a move that symbolised the formal absorption of once-transnational fighters into the structure of a newly envisioned state.
A fierce standoff between Syrian security forces and a French-led jihadist battalion has reignited questions about the future of foreign fighters in post-war Syria—and about whether President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s government is turning against the very elements that once underpinned its military ascendancy.
Une violence sans frein
Les deux dernières années ont été une période de violence israélienne déchaînée. Dans la bande de Gaza, cette violence a pris des proportions monstrueuses ; mais en Cisjordanie aussi, les Palestiniens en subissent leur part. Chaque lieu a sa propre forme de violence. Ici, en Cisjordanie, elle est exercée conjointement par toutes les forces israéliennes présentes : armée, police, police des frontières, service de sécurité intérieure (Shin Bet), administration pénitentiaire, coordinateurs de sécurité des colonies – et bien sûr, des civils israéliens. Souvent, ces civils portent des bâtons, des barres de fer ou des pierres, d’autres des armes à feu. Des milices opérant hors la loi mais dans son giron. Parfois, les civils prennent l’initiative et les forces officielles les couvrent ; parfois, c’est l’inverse. Le résultat, lui, ne change pas.
The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement
In The Name Of The Most Merciful Allah
“Ye are the best nation that hath been raised up unto mankind: ye command that which is just, and ye forbid that which is unjust, and ye believe in Allah. And if they who have received the scriptures had believed, it had surely been the better for them: there are believers among them, but the greater part of them are transgressors. They shall not hurt you, unless with a slight hurt; and if they fight against you, they shall turn their backs to you, and they shall not be helped. They are smitten with vileness wheresoever they are found; unless they obtain security by entering into a treaty with Allah, and a treaty with men; and they draw on themselves indignation from Allah, and they are afflicted with poverty. This they suffer, because they disbelieved the signs of Allah, and slew the prophets unjustly; this, because they were rebellious, and transgressed.” (Al-Imran – verses 109-111).
Introduction
In the 1988 charter that announced its existence, Hamas introduced itself as “one of the wings of the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine.” The charter then informs the reader that the Brotherhood “is a universal organization that constitutes the largest Islamic movement in modern times.”1 That is no idle boast. The Brotherhood has scores of national branches across the globe. Among those branches, Hamas stands out for its unbroken record of violence and its readiness to massacre men, women, and children, as it did in southern Israel on October 7, 2023. Yet the ideas that animate Hamas are not unique; they are part of the Brotherhood’s common heritage. These ideas have also spread far beyond the Brotherhood, animating al-Qaeda, the Islamic State, and many other lethal organizations.
Al-Qurayshi was a shadowy and brutal figure who led ISIL when under intense military pressure from the US and allied forces.
Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi led ISIL (ISIS) from the shadows for a little more than two years before he was killed during a raid by US forces on a house in northern Syria.
In a matter of months, the Trump administration has rewritten the rules of U.S. trade policy. It has imposed blanket tariffs on nearly every country, starting at ten percent and rising as high as 50 percent. Levies on a host of products, such as steel, aluminum, cars, and car parts, have raised these trade barriers even further. At an average effective rate of around 18 percent, U.S. import taxes are now the highest they have been in nearly a century.