As the EU talks of ‘freedom’ from Russian gas for central and eastern Europe and the Balkans, brought by increased imports from Azerbaijan, sceptics warn it comes at a cost: increased reliance on a country engaged in a conflict and with a recent history of bribery and corruption in Europe.
The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad faces renewed threats to its grip on power as Russia redeploys personnel and equipment to Ukraine.
Russia has sought to preserve its gains in Syria in part by engaging and seeking to coordinate Syria policy with Turkey.
Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, is set to make history as Italy’s first female prime minister and as the leader of the most far-right government since the fascist era.
Against the backdrop of a surge in refugees and migrants arriving in Italy by sea, immigration policy has galvanized both the Brothers of Italy party and its electoral base.
The most serious unrest in Iran since 2019 continues to escalate, prompting an increasingly aggressive regime crackdown.
Rioters in some locations have successfully challenged local security forces, but the government has sufficient resources to retain its grip on power.
The protests that have swept Iran since the death a week ago of a young woman in the custody of the morality police have expressed a pent-up determination to create real change in the Islamic Republic.
Les responsables de l’Église catholique annoncent la fin des activités caritatives de Caritas, considérée par les premières comme une ONG qui n’avait pas les autorisations pour exercer ses activités. L’archevêque d’Alger estime que ce sont les activités d’aides aux migrants qui ont provoqué ces tensions avec l’État.
Plus de 200 policiers ont manifesté mercredi à Sfax, dans le centre-est de la Tunisie, pour défendre leur droit syndical et réclamer la libération de huit de leurs collègues, arrêtés il y a cinq jours lors d’un autre mouvement de protestation.
La force Barkhane est une armée formée d’élites militaires françaises pour combattre et lutter contre les groupes terroristes dans la région du Sahel et en Afrique, depuis 2014.
Plusieurs groupes terroristes jihadistes, liés à al Qaeda ou état islamique, s’activent dans ces régions, contrôlées par des groupes criminels et d’autres forces occultes supportées par des régimes étatiques.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they fired missiles and drones at militant targets in the Kurdish region of neighbouring northern Iraq, where authorities said 13 people were killed.
The strikes were reported after Iranian authorities accused armed Iranian Kurdish dissidents of involvement in unrest now shaking Iran, especially in the northwest where most of the country’s population of over 10 million Kurds live.
