Tag: Near and Middle East
War in Ukraine: how Saudi Arabia is trying to take on the mantle of mediator
Saudi Arabia is once again trying to impose itself as a mediator in the Ukrainian conflict. Thirty countries should meet on the shores of the Red Sea, this Saturday August…
Judicial reform in Israel: the victory of the neoconservatives
This July 24, under a scorching heat, thousands of demonstrators follow live the vote of the debates of the Knesset broadcast on giant screens installed in front of the Israeli…
Burning of the Koran: after Sweden, the diplomatic crisis extends to Denmark
After Sweden, it is now up to Denmark to attract the wrath of several Muslim countries. Two Koran burnings were staged outside the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen, one on July…
Strait of Hormuz: Can the Revolutionary Guards really block global oil traffic?
“It’s the place in the world where everyone listens to everyone”, summarizes Jean Rolin, journalist and author of the novel. Hormuz (POL, 2013). On this strip of sea located between…
Israel: four questions on the highly contested judicial reform voted on Monday
He has pledged to be present for an important vote, despite undergoing surgery. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had a pacemaker implanted on Sunday July 23. The intervention took place…
Burning of a Koran: the Swedish embassy in Iraq burned down
Like an air of deja vu. The Swedish embassy in Baghdad in Iraq was targeted by supporters of religious leader Moqtada Sadr on Thursday July 20, shortly before dawn. The…
Eli Cohen: ‘Israel will not allow Iran to acquire nuclear capabilities’
In the past, he had played an important role in normalizing relations between Israel and some Arab countries. He notably led the first official Israeli delegation to Khartoum (Sudan). Former…
Sanctions against Russia: in Turkey, the schemes of Western companies
On June 24, the columns of Wagner’s mercenaries climbed towards Moscow. While they are in full mutiny against the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin multiplies the telephone calls to his allies, but…
Sweden in NATO: Erdogan’s good calculations
The whirling dervish struck again. Monday, July 10 in the morning, Recep Tayyip Erdogan categorically rejects any entry into NATO from Sweden, considered then as a country “favorable to terrorists”.…
Jean-Yves Le Drian in Lebanon: an (almost) impossible mission
The first time he set foot in Lebanon was at the end of the 1970s. Then a young socialist, Jean-Yves Le Drian discovered a country at war, plagued by militias,…