Tag: Near and Middle East
Türkiye: Devlet Bahçeli, the Gray Wolf in the service of Erdogan
February 1978. Turkey is torn apart by violence between left and right groups. The Gray Wolves, nickname for far-right activists, confront left-wing activists, weapons in hand. In Maras, Çorum and…
In Iran, the all-out repression of a beleaguered regime, by Frédéric Encel
For several months, the Islamic Republic of Iran has intensified its repression not only of women freeing themselves from the chador (and the strict ban on singing and dancing) and…
Presidential election in Turkey: the very cash support of the Gulf countries for Erdogan
Miraculously, billions of dollars are raining down from the cloudless skies of the Gulf. On March 6, the Turkish Central Bank received an unexpected gift from Saudi Arabia, which poured…
Presidential election in Türkiye: the Kurds under maximum pressure
In the end, the leaders of the People’s Democratic Party, the HDP, chose to defend themselves by remaining silent. On Tuesday April 11, the future of their political party will…
In Jerusalem, the Esplanade of the Mosques at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
It’s a black and white keffiyeh, stained with a few droplets of blood. It sits near a pile of black garbage bags, chairs and broken furniture. “The remnants of last…
Israel strikes Lebanon: fear of a new military escalation in the Middle East
This is the most significant escalation since the war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006. Southern Lebanon was bombarded by the Israeli army on Friday April 7 before dawn. This…
Hyam Yared: “In Lebanon, girls are slaughtered like baby birds dipped in molasses”
“When I get out of prison, I will shoot you one by one!”, this is what a husband guilty of feminicide launches to those who dared to snatch his weapon…
Impasse de la Palestine, by Christophe Donner
Since he escaped death at the age of 23, Amos Gitaï has directed so many films, shows, written so many books and caused so many scandals that that evening, on…
Israel: Netanyahu, the reasons for a fiasco
“Transforming a crisis into an opportunity”. The headline of the daily “Israel Today”, unconditional support of Binyamin Netanyahu, speaks volumes about the vacuity of the elements of language deployed by…
Frédéric Encel: “The women of Iran must know that they are supported abroad”
Doctor in geopolitics and lecturer at Sciences Po Paris, columnist at L’Express, Frédéric Encel brings together many personalities this March 31 in Paris to discuss the fate of women in…