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The Damascus government factions declared Sheikh Maqsood and Ashrafiyeh military zones, triggering heavy fighting, civilian casualties, mass displacement, and strong reactions from Kurdish leaders and rights groups.

The Damascus government factions on Wednesday declared the Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsood and Ashrafiyeh in Aleppo a closed military zone, ordering the shutdown of all entry and exit routes and triggering renewed fighting, civilian displacement, and sharp reactions from Kurdish authorities and human rights monitors.

Units of the Syrian army have surrounded the Kurdish-majority neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh in Aleppo, marking the latest escalation after a series of clashes between Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which control 30 percent of Syrian territory, and the Asayish, the SDF-affiliated internal security force.

Russia’s apparent fast-tracking of plans to establish a military hub in Libya could worsen that country’s protracted conflict.

For Russia, as for Iran, last month’s fall of the 54-year-old Assad dynasty in Syria was a major geo-strategic setback. Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s sudden defeat threatened Russia’s important military presence in the eastern Mediterranean.

En dépit des accords de cessez-le-feu conclus avec le Liban et à Gaza, et des discussions en cours avec la Syrie sur les contours d’un accord de sécurité, Israël poursuit une politique dite de « défense avancée » qui fait peu de cas de la souveraineté de ses voisins. Au nom de l’impératif de la sanctuarisation de son territoire, Tel-Aviv continue de redéfinir les frontières, d’étendre sa profondeur stratégique et d’asseoir son contrôle sur son voisinage. Cette politique se heurte toutefois de plus en plus aux intérêts de puissances régionales, comme la Turquie ou l’Arabie saoudite.

Public offices and schools closed and flights suspended in northern city as fighting continues

The Syrian army warned Kurdish militias on Wednesday that it would strike “military targets” in Aleppo, as deadly exchanges continued for a third day in the latest round of urban warfare in the country’s second-largest city.

Iran’s New Year protests expose the pressures shaping the political system’s response to dissent.

The New Year demonstrations in Iran came at the end of a year marked by war, economic strain, and political uncertainty.

Sukkot stated that Haaretz has “become a mouthpiece for anti-Zionist propaganda, and in some cases even includes content that encourages the delegitimization of IDF soldiers and the State of Israel.

RZP MK Zvi Sukkot will push for the Education Ministry to remove the inclusion of texts from Haaretz in high school matriculation exams, calling the paper “anti-Zionist” and “illegitimate,” he said on Sunday.