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Régis Genté

Journalist based in Tbilisi since 2002, correspondent for Le Figaro, Radio France Internationale (RFI) or France24 in the former Soviet Union.

Syria: Competition for Influence Between Moscow And Tehran Régis Genté · March 2020 The Kremlin has decided to follow to the end the logic of its support for Bachar Al-Assad. Since the beginning of the year Russian aircraft have been bombing Idlib, the last demilitarised zone in Syria, while Damascus’ troops and Iranian militias are advancing on the ground. And Recep Tayyip (…)
Central Asia: Have the Taliban Become Respectable? Régis Genté · February 2019 For a long time, the Taliban terrified the former Soviet republics of Central Asia,which were Muslim but marked by their secular past. However, with the threat of ISIS looming on the horizon and the imminent withdrawal of at least half of the American contingent, these Republics have begun (…)