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 (…)

As settlers set homes ablaze and looted livestock across three villages for over five hours, Israeli soldiers blocked ambulances, arrested victims, and even took part in beatings. This is how it unfolded. On the evening of Jan. 27, Israeli settlers launched one of the most devastating pogroms on the Palestinian communities of Masafer Yatta in recent memory, attacking three villages simultaneously with what appeared to be an unprecedented level of coordination with the Israeli army. (…)

WITH THE PROTESTS that have broken out in Iran, one has seen all-too-typical reactions from those often referred to as tankies or campists. With the emergence of protests against an autocratic, theocratic regime that has positioned itself in opposition to the US, tankies and campists have been quick to denounce the protests as a US-orchestrated “color revolution.” Indeed, if the Trump administration carries out airstrikes or some other form of military intervention directed at the Iranian (…)

La Chine a annoncé le 24 janvier dernier la destitution du plus haut responsable militaire chinois, le général Zhang Youxia. Cette nouvelle purge fracassante dans l'armée met en lumière de fortes tensions au sein du régime. Mais elle pourrait aussi traduire la volonté du président Xi Jinping de réunir les conditions au sein de l'Armée populaire de libération (APL) pour mener un jour une guerre prolongée contre Taïwan. Le général Zhang Youxia (张又侠), 75 ans, vice-président de la Commission (…)