While claiming talks with the Syrian government were progressing, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the idea of withdrawing from any of the territory Israel has captured during its invasion of Syria that started in December 2024. Netanyahu said the...
In a Sunday interview, US envoy Tom Barrack accused Lebanon of not taking “concrete actions” to disarm Hezbollah, saying that all they do is talk, and that Israel will absolutely not withdraw from locations inside southern Lebanon that they’ve occupied since last...
The village of Umm Tineh in eastern Aleppo Governorate was attacked overnight, with at least seven civilians killed and four others wounded, according to media reports. Who actually did it though is a matter of substantial disagreement. The village was hit in a drone...
An Israeli drone fired two missiles at a car and a motorcycle on a road in Bint Jbeil, in southern Lebanon on Sunday, killing at least five people, including three children. The Lebanese Health Ministry confirmed the deaths, and also reported two people were wounded....
Turkish Defense Ministry has issued a statement on Thursday saying that the country will only consider pulling its military out of Syria if the border is completely secured and if they are satisfied that the “terrorism” threat is fully resolved. Ministry spokesman...
With just over a week until the one-year anniversary of the Israeli assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during last year’s war, there were already concerns that Israel might start again escalating attacks against Lebanon. In practice Israel never really...
For the first time in 25 years, Syria’s top diplomat, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, is visiting the United States. The visit has a singular goal in mind, getting the US to permanently remove sanctions from Syria. The bulk of the sanctions against Syria come in...
In cities and towns across Kurdish-controlled northeast Syria, thousands took to the streets in favor of the idea of retaining a decentralized system of governance in Syria, rejecting the calls of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) for full centralized control of...
Ongoing security talks between Israel and Syria don’t appear to have reached any deal so far, though the Israelis have reportedly proposed a new security deal to replace the 1974 disengagement pact, which Israeli forces violated with an invasion in December. The new...
With tensions continuing to simmer in Syria’s Suwayda Governorate, senior Druze commanders are reporting that the Israeli government has been arming and financing Druze militias that are seeking a large amount of autonomy over the area. Suwayda is the historic...
