Bashar al-Assad and his father's 54-year regime in Syria was marked by violence, oppression, and widespread human rights abuses through prisons like Saydnaya and Tadmor. With Russian support, Assad faced international condemnation for atrocities. Following his recent flight, significant...
As tensions rise a year after the Oct 7th Hamas attacks, Iran's VP for Strategic Affairs, Mohammad Javad Zarif, discusses with Ian Bremmer the ongoing Middle East conflict. Topics include Iran's self-defense stance, regional provocations, and perspectives on U.S....
Alastair Crooke, a British diplomat and ex-intelligence officer, discusses Benjamin Netanyahu's ideological roots, Hezbollah's history, and a potential Israeli invasion of Southern Lebanon before Hassan Nasrallah's assassination. The conversation, hosted by former CIA analyst Larry Johnson, is part of...
Photo: Jim Vallee on ShutterstockAntonio NavalónFor many years - long after the destruction of the Second Temple, that of Solomon - people have always lived with conviction, and it is written in the Bible that the day the Third...
Image: on literalmagazine.comAngel Jaramillo Torres*The New Holy Alliance and the danger of a world conflagrationFor some historians, the real First World War occurred in 1756-1763.[1] Its theaters were multiple. The war in the United States pitted France and Britain...
The Editor of the Financial Times, Roula Khalaf, addressed a letter to its readers welcoming to Democracy 2024 with a series of articles and short films marking an extraordinary year ahead. "More than half the global population is potentially...