Lebanese socialist academic and thinker Gilbert Achcar spoke to bianet about the attacks targeting Syrian Kurds, the emerging “new order” in the Middle East, and the roles of the US, Turkey, and Israel in this new framework. A final agreement on military and administrative integration was reached on Jan 30 between the Syrian Interim Government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The agreement includes provisions for a ceasefire, the gradual unification of military and administrative (…)

“The idea that Jamaat-e-Islami has transformed since the July uprising has not withstood the harsh test of reality. The killings, rapes, and sexual violence of the past year and a half have made it painfully clear: ideologically, Jamaat remains where it always was.” After the July uprising, a wave of political turbulence swept through Bangladesh. One significant aspect of this moment was the widespread discussion about a possible “transformation” within Jamaat-e-Islami. A political force (…)

Syria's soaring electricity prices are deepening daily hardship and exposing how the government's economic strategy is failing the masses, writes Joseph Daher. A local resident holds a placard as she takes part in a protest against the soaring electricity prices, in front of the Ministry of Energy in Damascus on January 29, 2026. [GETTY] Following last October's announcement from the Syrian government that there'd be a rise in electricity prices, the recent implementation of the new (…)

En fait, le Conseil du travail de Nuremberg aurait dû se prononcer dès le 9 janvier sur une injonction provisoire qui aurait permis à Isabella Paape, déléguée du personnel et membre du syndicat IG Metall, d'accéder à nouveau aux locaux de l'entreprise et à l'intranet. Elle avait été licenciée sans préavis en novembre, sans motif, et s'était vu interdire l'accès à l'entreprise. De toute évidence, l'approche des élections professionnelles n'y est pas pour rien, tout comme la volonté de (…)

President Donald Trump continues ICE raids, arrests of journalists, and seizing election records, as the public turns against him. All of this is about the mid-term election in November, which Republicans could lose. Photo : Day of Truth & Freedom, Downtown Minneapolis, January 23. (Lone Shaull CC BY 4.0) Tens of thousands protested Trump's immigration policies this past weekend after the murder of two U.S. citizens by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. There were (…)

Israel's restrictions on shelter and medicine have left displaced families helpless as newborns succumb to exposure and preventable disease. Assad Abdeen carries the body of his one-month-old son, Saeed, who died of cold exposure, in Al-Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, December 18, 2025. (Doaa Albaz/Activestills) Last week, Mohamed Abu Jarad returned to his tent in Gaza City's Al-Daraj neighborhood to find his three-month-old daughter, Shaza, freezing cold and no longer breathing. The (…)