Failings in the establishment of a parliamentary democracy in Iraq provides important lessons learnt for the future of both Iraq and Syria. Of particular importance is the fact that the democratic process has been limited to…
«شيءٌ معقّدٌ، سوريّا!»… لفرط ما تُسمع هذه العبارة في فرنسا ـ على ما يظهر ـ صَمّم نفرٌ من ذوات المعرفة بسوريا من فرنسيّات وسوريّات مقيمات في فرنسا أن يسهّلن فهم النزاع الجاري في سوريا على من…
Vom Regime verfolgt, von Islamisten massakriert: Mahmoud Hassino floh als Homosexueller deshalb aus Syrien. Er sagt: Mit Religion hatte die Verfolgung wenig zu tun. ZEIT ONLINE: Herr Hassino, nach dem Massaker in Orlando wird darüber diskutiert, wie und warum…
داعش بوصفها وسيلة تأديبية للثورات لا تزال الكتلة العراقية تشكل النواة الأساسية لتنظيم الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام “داعش”، ذاك أن التنظيم يعود بنسبة التأسيسي إلى تنظيم القاعدة في بلاد الرافدين وزعيمه أبي مصعب الزرقاوي الذي…
Many internally displaced people within Syria are being prevented from fleeing conflict zones due to fears over sleeper cells There are more than 11.4 million Syrians who have been forced to leave their homes since March 2011. While…
Survivors of crimes committed in Syrian war are talking to prosecutors in Europe, puncturing the pervasive climate of impunity. As Bashar al-Assad’s forces ramped up their bombing campaign on rebel-held territory over the past year, his…
La guerre en Syrie mobilise de nombreux acteurs étrangers. François Burgat, spécialiste du monde arabe et Thomas Pierret, spécialiste belge de l’Islam sunnite et de la Syrie étaient récemment en débat à la Villa Méditerranée. Présents…
The only thing that rivals the amount of injustice in the Middle East is the region’s production of of victimhood narratives. Jews are victims, Arabs are victims, Kurds are victims, and so are Sunnis, Shiites, Alawites,…
Il a bien connu Mehdi Nemmouche, le tueur présumé du musée juif de Bruxelles. Le journaliste Nicolas Hénin, a reconnu Nemmouche comme l’un de ses geôliers, après l’attentat qui a ôté la vie à quatre personnes.…
On a recent Tuesday evening in London, the surgeon David Nott attended a dinner at Bluebird, an upscale Chelsea restaurant. The room was packed with doctors, renowned specialists who had come for the annual consultants’ dinner…
Over the past two years, bombs and shelling have made it too dangerous for students to attend official schools in Aleppo city, so a group of volunteer teachers decided to open their own. ALEPPO, SYRIA – Adnan…
U.K.-based rights group reports over 5.8 million Syrians are now refugees and another 7.5 million have been internally displaced by fighting over the past five years More than 13 million Syrian refugees and displaced people inside…
For years, there has been debate within political science on the extent to which Islam is compatible with the principles of democracy. More recently, the field has moved past this discussion and onto a more productive…
Le jeudi 5 mai dernier, après la réunion du Comité central de direction de son parti, le Premier ministre turc a annoncé sa démission. C’est ainsi que le dimanche 22 mai, Ahmet Davutoğlu, principal théoricien de…
When Rola Hallam arrived in the UK at 13 from Syria, speaking no English and knowing nothing of British culture, she felt like she’d landed on a different planet. Her gynaecologist father had accepted a job at…
It’s been more than a month since some 850 political detainees in Hama’s Central Prison revolted, taking guards hostage and overrunning part of the facility. Negotiations are aiming at highlighting judicial malpractice and the release of…
Mercy Corps is one of the only international humanitarian groups providing food aid to opposition-held areas of Aleppo city. Its humanitarian director for Syria, Ashley Proud, explains how it delivers aid and how it is preparing…
Depuis la sortie du «Printemps des Arabes» et de la «Dame de Damas», deux albums signés avec l’historien, spécialiste de l’islam Jean-Pierre Filiu, l’auteur de BD toulousain Cyrille Pomès colle à l’actualité du monde. Ses pas…
Marah, a teenage girl from one of Syria’s besieged cities, recently arrived in Switzerland as a refugee, where she is struggling with her first pregnancy and the potential breakup of her family. THE ARRIVAL OF the holy…
كان لنا دستور قبل البعث الجمعة 10 يونيو / حزيران 2016 18:48 كان لنا حكومة دستورية نيابية قبل الاحتلال البعثي الارهابي الداعشي وكان لنا دستور انساني وضعه اباؤنا السوريون الاحرار وكنا دولة ذات سيادة ……… اختطفها…
Face à Daech, incarnant le mal absolu, Bachar al-Assad est présenté comme un moindre mal, et on affirme qu’il ne peut exister une solution politique sans un accord avec lui et son régime. Pourquoi devrions-nous choisir…
Am 12. Mai veranstaltete Adopt a Revolution im Heimathafen Neukölln eine Podiumsdiskussion zwischen den renommierten Journalisten Mazen Darwish und Nicolas Hénin. Hier können Sie eine Videoaufzeichnung des Gesprächs sehen! Was bleibt von den ursprünglichen Ideen der…
Rising prices and lower incomes mean Syrian families are struggling to find the average 8,000 pounds a day to pay for meals during the holy month of Ramadan This year the arrival of Ramadan coincided with…
Le monde tourne autour de la Palestine, c’est ce que je pensais jusqu’en 2011. La cause palestinienne, disais-je à l’époque, était le test décisif de l’engagement de toute personne pour la liberté et la justice. La…