Author: M Barbu

Exclusive—Syria’s New ‘Resistance’ Takes on Israel and a US ‘Axis of Evil’

The overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may have marked a major blow to the Iran-aligned Axis of Resistance coalition, but a new group styling itself in a similar manner has emerged to challenge the interests of the United States and its feuding top Middle Eastern allies.

With post-Assad Syria now at the center of a regional struggle for influence between neighboring Israel and Turkey, the militia known as Uli al-Baas, or “the Possessors of Might,” argues it is “positioned with the Axis of Resistance against the Axis of Global Evil,” of which Washington is said to be a part due to President Donald Trump’s support for both foreign powers.

Another Country.

And other peoples’ heroes.

The scene is a middle-class dining-room in a western country in the late 1960s. A fresh-faced Child, flushed with excitement, just home from university, recounts their participation in a march against the Vietnam War.

“So what you mean” says Parent, “is that you want the Communist system set up here. You won’t be so happy when they take you away to a labour camp like they do in Vietnam.” the discussion rapidly degenerates into an exchange of insults and Child rushes out of the room.

Hamas and Turkey: Partners in Terror

Turkey’s History of Hamas Support
By Jonathan Schanzer

Thousands of people rallied at Istanbul’s iconic Galata Bridge on New Year’s Day 2025 in support of the Palestinian cause and to protest Israel. Bilal Erdogan, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son, was among its speakers. Bilal spoke of the “martyrs” of Palestine, including Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the October 7, 2023, slaughter of 1,200 Israelis. This is, by now, barely newsworthy given Ankara’s long track record of pro-Hamas rhetoric. But the son of Turkey’s strongman leader caught the attention of international observers when he stated, “we are here for … Al-Aqsa Mosque, for Jerusalem.”1

Anxious Iranians hope nuclear talks may ease risk of US attack

Many people in Iran to whom Reuters spoke by phone remained pessimistic about the future.

Weary from long years of biting sanctions and worried about U.S. threats of military action, Iranians have responded to the prospect of talks this weekend with expressions of hope that have boosted their stock market and depressed currency, Reuters reported.

Satanisme et transsexualisme

L’association du satanisme et du transsexualisme est un phénomène culturel très marqué depuis les années 1990. Les exemples sont trop nombreux pour que je me livre à un inventaire. Pensons plutôt à l’exemple emblématique de Marilyn Manson.

La prison de la certitude

Dans l’essai d’hier sur les «réalités parallèles», j’ai exploré la façon dont le tri algorithmique et la manipulation de l’information ont créé des réalités fragmentées où nous ne partageons plus une compréhension commune des faits. Aujourd’hui, je me penche sur le revers de la médaille : pourquoi nos esprits s’accrochent à des croyances malgré les preuves de manipulation.

Trump a menacé l’Iran d’un ultimatum qui ne pourra probablement pas être respecté

Ce que l’on comprend maintenant, c’est que «nous ne jouons plus aux échecs». Il n’y a plus de règles.

L’ultimatum de Trump à l’Iran ? Le colonel Doug Macgregor compare l’ultimatum de Trump à l’Iran à celui que l’Autriche-Hongrie a adressé à la Serbie en 1914 : une offre, en somme, «qui ne pouvait être refusée». La Serbie a accepté neuf des dix demandes. Mais elle en a refusé une, et l’Autriche-Hongrie a immédiatement déclaré la guerre.