I don’t see how buffer zones in contested areas should generate return impulses
Media mentions – Syria / Iraq / Lebanon
I don’t think that Turkey has made a general change in its Syria policy, I think that these moves are seen as a necessity to respond to domestic pressure
I don’t think we will see many Syrian or Libyan mercenaries in Donbas. It is also doubtful that they would be useful to the Russians.
In these countries, affordable bread for the working masses is a social contract,
By taking effective action, we can transform the possibility of catastrophe into an opportunity for a new win-win cooperation,
Michaël Tanchum’s article ‘Lebanon Running Out of Time to Avert Starvation‘ features on the frontpage
I don’t think that IS is now succeeding in actively recruiting new members
The question is to which extent old members are still regrouping in the Iraqi and Syrian desert, or whether freed IS prisoners are re-joining the group