Author: M Barbu

UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson, known for his anti-immigration stance, has been sentenced to 18 months for contempt of court following false allegations against Syrian refugee Jamal Hijazi, defying a 2021 injunction prohibiting further defamatory statements. Meanwhile, in Qamishli, Syria, large rallies led by the Democratic Union Party protested Turkish attacks on Kurdish-held areas, denouncing the strikes as an occupation. Additionally, an Iraqi militia group claimed responsibility for an alleged drone attack on the US al-Tanf base, though the Pentagon dismissed these reports. In other developments, SDF commander Mazloum Abdi denied SDF involvement in an Ankara attack attributed to the PKK, challenging Turkish airstrikes that have targeted vital Kurdish infrastructure. Lastly, a Times of Israel post by an anonymous Syrian author revealed an unlikely admiration for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, or “Abu Yair,” as some Syrians in Idlib celebrated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s death in an Israeli airstrike—a stark shift for those who once viewed Israel solely through an adversarial lens.

In February 2025, US President Donald Trump designated a series of cartels as Specially Designated Global Terrorists and Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), including Tren de Aragua (TdA) and Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), among others.

Previously, the US Treasury Department sanctioned MS-13 as a Transnational Criminal Organization under Executive Order 13581. The Trump administration similarly designated Foxtrot, which has been used by Iranian intelligence, under the same authority last month.

«Loin de ne concerner que le peuple palestinien, l’avenir de notre monde se joue en partie importante en Palestine … (car) l’hégémonie occidentale est confrontée à une série de résistances qui menacent la poursuite de son pillage du monde sur lequel est bâti son modèle économique». ~ Saïd Bouamama

Impressionnant par son grand format, par la qualité du papier, de la typographie, du graphisme, cet ouvrage de Saïd Bouamama, fruit d’années de recherches, doté de références exhaustives en plusieurs langues, extrêmement bien écrit et surtout non-idéologique sur l’essentiel, se trouve à être parmi les rares productions actuelles en Europe occidentale qui soient – du point de vue de Mendelssohn du moins – indispensable.

The Assad regime collapsed late last year, but a recent spate of sectarian violence has left many Syrians worried for the future.

Samir Ismail sat on his knees, his forehead on the ground and hands clasped behind his back. His young nieces and nephews watched — their eyes wide in horror — as he demonstrated how militants lined the nine men up, then shot and killed them.