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Occupied West Bank: drones used heavily to monitor Palestinians

"We feel watched all the time, on the street, night and day, at school and even inside our homes": in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian farmers denounce the massive use of drones by Israeli settlers and army. According to activists and researchers, it aims to monitor new Palestinian constructions. In 2026, the Israeli government allocated more than EUR 14 million to outposts and illegal settlements to finance so-called "security" equipment, including these drones.

Politics

Azerbaijan: The Islamic veil in the sight of the new school dress code

In Azerbaijan, the new dress code imposed by the government is causing turmoil around schools. It prohibits any garment "incompatible with the secular principles of general education". In the viewfinder: the Islamic veil, even if it is not explicitly quoted. This raises tensions in the country, where 96 per cent of the population is Muslim.

World

Pro-Assad Concerts Cancelled in Syria

In Syria, several artists' concerts accused of supporting the former regime of Bashar al-Assad were cancelled this summer. In Homs, people ripped off posters announcing the concerts of singers Mohamad Iskandar and Hossam Jneed, denouncing their past ties with the regime. One of the artists subsequently offered a public apology.

World

Diving into the global spy aircraft market

From the Mexican border through the Sahel or Syria, companies rent aircraft barred with sensors to armies and intelligence services for necessarily political missions. A discreet but not invisible market.

World

Syria: Israeli army accused of arbitrary arrest and detention

Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, more than 200 people have reportedly been arrested by the Israeli army in southern Syria during operations beyond the buffer zone between the two countries. Israel suspects them of "terrorism", witnesses report arbitrary arrests. The arrested persons are then detained under conditions also denounced by those who have been released and their relatives.

World

Syria: Investigation into Israeli arbitrary detentions

Since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024, southern Syria has become the scene of many Israeli military operations. In a number of villages close to the area of separation between Syria and the Golan Heights, residents told France 24 that they had faced incursions, searches and arrests by Israeli soldiers.

World

The story of Rabbiatu Kuyateh, arrested, detained and expelled from the United States

Among these men and women expelled from the United States, some have been living on American soil for decades. They had worked there, paid their taxes and built their lives. From day to day, they are arrested, detained, and sent to countries they do not know, where they have no resources or clearly established status. Karina Chabour, journalist in the investigation "The Deportation Project" and Lise Kiennemann, journalist Les Observateurs à France 24