Rojava: The Final Hours of a Revolution?
Dida Faridoon is one of the few journalists to have attended the meeting of Rojava’s political representatives held in Qamishli on August 29, 2026, with Mazlum Abdi and Ilham Ahmed among the participants. Reading her account, the meeting appears to have been a moment of truth. Away from the cameras, a difficult and at times painful debate unfolded among Kurdish leaders confronted with an existential question: what will remain of Rojava, the Syrian Democratic Forces, and the political and social achievements built over more than a decade? Through Dida Faridoon’s exceptional first-hand account, EISMENA offers access to the discussions behind closed doors, as well as to interviews she personally conducted with several senior figures about the future of Rojava, the SDF, and the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ).
Israel Legislative Elections of 2026: Key Players, Alignments and Campaign Issues
On 27 October, 2026 Israeli voters will go to the polls to elect the 120 members of the Knesset. This is the first election to be held since the attacks of 7 October, 2023, imposing security as the major theme facing the open fronts. with security emerging as the dominant issue against the backdrop of various ongoing conflicts. Whilst no […]
Ali al-Taher: a Ridge Becoming a Military and Political Lock at the South of Lebanon
Alexandre Aoun is specialist in non-state movements and the transformation taking place in the Arab world, in this article he takes us behind the scenes of what is unfolding in Ali al-Taher. Based in Lebanon, where he experiences the consequences of this war on a daily basis, our researcher provides a particular insightful framework for understanding the military, political and geopolitical dimensions of the battle unfolding around Ali al-Taher.
The Kirkuk-Baniyas Pipeline: What Does History Tell Us?
Introduction Iraq and Syria recently agreed in Washington to revive the Kirkuk-Baniyas pipeline [1]. As the notion of “revive” indicates, the pipeline has a history. What does that history tell us, and how different is the current situation from the past? By chronicling the pipeline’s history, the article seeks to shed further light on the […]
Palestine in the Shadow of Regional Escalation
This article argues that Palestine is being strategically marginalized at the very moment its humanitarian, civic, and territorial crisis is deepening. In Gaza, the deterioration is no longer adequately captured by the language of short-term emergency; it reflects the sustained erosion of the conditions required for organized civilian life. In the West Bank, a parallel process is unfolding through settler violence, movement restrictions, land pressure, and the progressive fragmentation of Palestinian presence.