In autumn 2017, the Council of the Syrian Islamic Scholars devised an initiative to unite all groups of the Syrian moderate opposition into the Syrian National Army (SNA), which was supposed to become FSA 2.0.
Northeast Syria (NES) is fragmented under the control of different powers that are all seeking to gain the support of the local Arab tribes.
Moderate Syrian opposition includes some natives from Russia’s North Caucasus, although they are a minority.
In July 2018, Daraa Governorate, once home to an array of rebel groups and local governance councils, supported by significant international assistance, was partially recaptured by the Government of Syria (GoS).
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an alarming rise in cybercrime.
August 2020 marked the 75th anniversary of the dropping of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These attacks constituted the first – and hopefully last – use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict.
INTERVIEW - Jean-David Levitte, ancien ambassadeur de France à Washington et ancien sherpa de Jacques Chirac et de Nicolas Sarkozy, estime que l'Amérique, obsédée par elle-même et la par Chine, va poursuivre son désengagement international, obligeant l'UE à davantage s'émanciper.
​​​​​​Taking Stock, Moving forward: Disarmament under International Law
​​​​​​Taking Stock, Moving forward: Disarmament under International Law
​​​​​​Taking Stock, Moving forward: Disarmament under International Law