By Fabrice Balanche|2024-12-12T11:25:16+01:0012 December 2024|Kurdistan, Maps, Syria|
The various Islamist and jihadist factions that overthrew Bashar al-Assad were united by their hatred of the Baathist regime. Now, they need another enemy to maintain their semblance of unity: the Kurds. Anti-Kurdish racism is [...]
By Fabrice Balanche|2024-12-07T17:36:48+01:007 December 2024|Analysis, Maps, Syria|
The city of Homs is resisting the assault of the jihadists who are blocked by the defense line established on the northern ring road. To break it, they could use suicide bombers like in Aleppo. [...]
By Fabrice Balanche|2024-12-05T16:15:32+01:005 December 2024|Maps, Syria|
After Aleppo, it is Hama's turn to fall into the hands of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. The Syrian army, despite the support of the Russian air force, preferred to withdraw from a city that is naturally [...]
By Fabrice Balanche|2023-10-08T01:09:43+02:008 October 2023|Maps, Middle-East|
Israel threatened despite regional cooperation Fabrice Balanche
By Fabrice Balanche|2023-04-02T13:46:21+02:002 April 2023|Maps, Middle-East, Near-East|
Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States has converted to the Israeli doctrine with regard to the Arab and Muslim world. Gunboat diplomacy prevailed: Afghanistan and Iraq for the US; Lebanon and [...]
By Fabrice Balanche|2023-04-02T11:58:29+02:002 April 2023|Maps, Near-East|
Map published in Atlas of Near East, Brill, Amsterdam, 2017 On December 14, 1981, Israel officially annexed the Golan Heights occupied since 1967 by its army. This measure complicates its possible return to Syria because [...]
