Since Assad’s fall in the first week of December, Israel has destroyed a large proportion of Syria’s strategic stock of weapons so that they do not fall into the hands of Islamic State and other hostile forces. And Israel has unilaterally seized the Syrian side of Mount Hermon and the United Nations demilitarized zone adjacent to the Golan Heights.

In a move raising significant questions, the Tindouf camps, controlled by the Polisario Front under Algerian jurisdiction, recently welcomed Kurdish separatist activists advocating for an independent Kurdistan.

Russia has lost a naval base after Syria ended an investment contract with Moscow, asserting its authority over the Tartus port.

Interesting developments are taking place in north Africa as a result of the recent regime change in Syria. And these developments are intertwined with the Ukraine war. As has been reported, Russia is looking

Russia's Mediterranean foothold faces uncertainty, with Tartus’s future hanging in the balance and alternative bases in Libya and Algeria offering limited, politically fraught substitutes. The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has led to speculation over ...

Following the withdrawal of France's Operation Barkhane, Algeria is being challenged on its southern borders by Sahelian sovereigns seeking to free themselves from its influence.

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The turbulent relationship between France and its former colony Algeria has hit an all-time low, with the two countries accusing one another of humiliation and wilfully inflaming tensions .

Headless skeletons, feral bears and female fighters – a new British Museum show revolutionises our understanding of life in 175 AD

As mentioned above, Jabhat al-Nusra, HTS’s precursor organization, was formed in Syria in 2011 as al-Qaeda’s affiliate within the opposition to the Assad regime. Nusra’s leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, quickly established a capable organization ...