Fragility

A dispute over Arbel Yehoud’s release highlights the ceasefire deal’s fragility

Arbel Yehoud’s release on Thursday will come as a huge relief to her family and friends, whose hopes for her return had been repeatedly crushed over the past 15 months. Despite being a civilian and female, Yehoud was not freed as part of the short-lived November 2023 ceasefire deal which called for the release of …

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Egypt Independent January 31, 2025

Assad’s fall is huge blow for Putin, highlighting fragility of his own rule

CNN — The world now knows the colors of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s parachute: the Russian tricolor. Assad’s flight to Moscow following the swift collapse of his regime means more than just the loss of a client state for the Kremlin. The fall of the House of Assad deals a major blow to Russian President …

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Egypt Independent December 10, 2024