RESEARCH & ANALYSIS
Direct Lebanon-Israel talks are proceeding in Washington under a ceasefire framework that entered into force on April 16 and was extended by three weeks on April 23 at Beirut’s own…
The confrontation of March-April 2026 pitting the United States and Israel against Iran marks a critical inflection point in the evolving Middle Eastern strategic landscape. The conflict has not only…
The confirmation of the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, 2026, following coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes against Tehran, triggered strong reactions across the Middle…
NINĀWA FORUM
From 14 to 16 December 2025, the University of Mosul hosted the training program “Interreligious Dialogue for Peace and Living Together”, organized by the Peacebuilding and Peaceful Coexistence Center (PPCC) and the Religion & Security Council (RSC) under the Nināwā…
On 9-10 December 2025, RSC Senior Fellow Shireen Mashaqba was among the guests of the event organized in Lisbon on the occasion of the 10 years of the KAICIID International Fellows Programme. The initiative, titled “Celebrating a Decade of Dialogue:…
On 28–29 April 2025, the Nināwā Forum – promoted by the UNESCO Chair at the University of Mosul and the Religion & Security Council (RSC) – brought together religious leaders, civil society actors, academics, and security officials for a constructive…
MEDIA
Beirut, November 24. RSC Chairman Emiliano Stornelli shared his views with “L’Osservatore Romano” and “Vatican News” on the new attack that struck Lebanon’s capital nearly a year after the “ceasefire”…
Interview with RSC Chairman at Télé Lumière-Noursat ahead of the “Medical Day” in Tripoli. Your organization has been active in Lebanon, and particularly in Tripoli, for several years now. What…
ALL POSTS
As France is going through a crisis, some analysts do not consider it the right time to assess the reasons for the country’s failure to deal with the integration of…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ek6Srb_ACU Interview with RSC Chairman Emiliano Stornelli by Ms. Savannah Lane, Executive Director of the Turkish Heritage Organization. The themes dealt with are: – The role of the religious factor…
An inappropriate statement may sometimes turn out to be providential, when it stimulates the debate on how to address the problem that has prompted the same statement. This will hopefully…
RSC Religion & Security Council is gathering support for Lebanon-based NGOs currently engaged in humanitarian and reconstruction work in Beirut after the unimaginable disaster occurred on August 4, 2020. The…
This article has been authored as a preview of the next issue of ‘Alim – The Shari’ah Scholar’s Journal, which is planned out for October 2020, and will be entirely…
Al Hawl camp in Syria (Reuters) During the fighting against the ”Islamic State” (IS) in Syria, government and non-government forces captured thousands of foreign fighters, who are currently overcrowding makeshift…