Posted on substack 20 January 2026

A catastrophe is unfolding, hour by hour, in North East Syria.

The transitional government of Al-Sharaa agreed a ceasefire with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of North East Syria (called ‘the Kurds’ by most in the press) on Sunday. But government forces and a...

There’s a major development on the Western Sahara and it’s very alarming. A native population who have suffered repressive occupation for decades, trusting the UN’s promise of self-determination, is about to be abandoned.

If you don’t know the history, Morocco invaded the territory in 1975 when Sp...