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 (…)