Fall of Assad: The end of the PKK?

From the Steppes of Donbas to the Deserts of Syria — OSINT for Ukraine

After more than 13 years of civil war, the Assad regime collapsed in a matter of weeks in December 2024. With few foreseeing the swiftness of the regime's demise, Russian interests in the region were dealt a resounding blow, following nearly a decade of committed involvement. As arguably the Russian ally which enjoyed the most military backing, the old Syria under Assad proved to be somewhat of a testing ground for Russian military expertise - perhaps the most important element of its relations with friendly states in the ‘global south’. 

Living under armed drones: an ethnography of terror and survival in Northeastern Syria - AOAV

An ethnographic study of northeastern Syria reveals how Turkish armed drone strikes between 2019 and 2023 have reshaped daily life, instilling fear, destroying infrastructure, and forcing civilians to adopt survival strategies under constant surveillance and random violence.

‘We’re Kind of a Voice’: KKK Leader Claims White Nationalist Movement Is Growing Ahead of 2026 Midterms, But Says Black People Still Aren’t Welcome

A longtime Ku Klux Klan leader says interest in the white nationalist movement is increasing ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Thomas Robb, who leads

Anatomy of a counter-insurgency - MR Online

The defanging of the George Floyd Uprising was not accidental but was rather a deliberate attempt on the part of the American ruling class to regain social control in the wake of the largest and most militant protests in recent memory. This article examines the dimensions of how this defanging took place: how, within the space of two weeks, we went from burning down a police station to making small budgetary demands.

Mass Killings Reported in Sudan as RSF Seizes El Fasher; 460 Killed at Hospital

Sudan’s military is accusing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of killing at least 2,000 people since seizing control of El Fasher in the Darfur region, including some 460 at the Saudi Maternity Hospital. Meanwhile, tens of thousands have fled. “What’s happening is no less than a … campaign of destruction and annihilation,” says Mathilde Vu, Sudan advocacy manager at the Norwegian Refugee Council, speaking to Democracy Now! from Kenya. What’s unfolding in El Fasher is “the sum of all our fears,” adds Nathaniel Raymond, executive director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health. He urges the United States to put pressure on the United Arab Emirates, which has backed the RSF in the civil war as the group carries out “acts that are tantamount to genocide.”

The Forgotten Hate-Fueled Shootings in the Wake of 9/11

Several shootings driven by Islamophobia were obscured in the aftermath of that day. In a new analysis by The Trace, we revisit what happened.

“Destroy the Makhno movement” - The Bolsheviks’ secret war against Nestor Makhno and his insurgents - Volodymyr Horak

How the Bolshevik state intelligence services tried to destroy the Makhnovist movement - and the resistance they met.

MAGA Newspaper Owner’s AI Bot Defends KKK

An AI-generated summary tried to offer “different views” on the hate group.

The Strange Rise and Fall of Russia’s Crowd Sourced Defense Industry

In the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, much that could go wrong did for the Russian military. As one volunteer

What Felt Impossible Became Possible | dansinker.com

I've spent many hours since the election reading about the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. It started the day after election day when I had hours to kill in the lobby of a Hampton Inn, waiting for a room to open up. I loaded a library archive page up on my phone, and read newspapers from a hundred years ago about the KKK and how powerful they were in the '20s.

DOJ Using Gang, Terrorist Prosecutors To Ensure People Opposed To Trump Are Treated Like Gang Members, Terrorists

The authoritarianism has been out in the open pretty much since day one with this presidency. Things that leak out around the edges — unaccompanied by official statements, announcements, or r…

764: The Intersection of Terrorism, Violent Extremism, and Child Sexual Exploitation

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When Malcolm X Met the Nazis

A look at the strange alliance between the Nation of Islam and the American Nazi Party.

Radio silence: How the defence of Sudan's el-Fasher collapsed after comms blackout

Soldiers who fled the North Darfur city describe how jamming of radios and satellite phones left troops confused and isolated as the RSF attacked

'Zionism Led to Genocide. It Must Disappear': Omer Bartov's New Book …

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