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from Russia to Dubai, where is the fortune of the Assad clan housed?
According to the British daily Financial Timesdeposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sent $250 million in cash to Russia in 2018 and 2019 to pay for military support from Moscow, but…
François Bayrou, a centrist tenor at Matignon
Emmanuel Macron named François Bayrou Prime Minister on Friday December 13. The mayor of Pau therefore succeeds Michel Barnier. Ally of the President of the Republic since 2017, the Béarnais…
Who is Lee Jae-myung, the man who hopes to depose Yoon Suk-yeol?
Since the brief declaration of martial law on December 3, Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung has led the opposition’s response to the president’s attempted coup. This controversial figure on the…
The risk of fragmentation hangs over post-Assad Syria
The Assad regime in Syria fell on December 8 after more than half a century of unchallenged rule. A new page is opening for this country whose liberation from the…
after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the humanitarian challenge
Sixteen million Syrians need humanitarian assistance after 13 years of civil war, almost three-quarters of the population. A need that did not disappear after the collapse of the regime last…
“Gulf countries see the situation as both cause for concern and opportunity”
Three days after the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Qatar announced on Wednesday December 11 that it will soon reopen its embassy in Damascus. The emirate severed relations with…
Syrian Kurds cornered after the fall of Bashar al-Assad
The fall of the Damascus regime is shaking up the political landscape and the balance of power in Syria. Pro-Turkish militias launched an offensive against the region of the Autonomous…
Korean Han Kang, 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature and modernist storyteller of buried tragedies
On the occasion of the solemn award of the Nobel Prizes in Stockholm this Tuesday evening, a look back at the journey and the exceptional work of Han Kang, winner…
“We must continue to defend the universality of human rights”
International Human Rights Day is celebrated this Tuesday, December 10. On this occasion, RFI interviewed the Senegalese philosopher Souleymane Bachir Diagne, author of Universalize, for a dialogue of cultures. A…
12 dates to better understand the conflict that has ravaged Syria for 13 years
From the popular uprising in Deraa in 2011 to the fall of the Assad regime on December 8, 2024, Syria has experienced 13 years of a particularly deadly war. A…