Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated long-standing demands that the entire south of Syria south of Damascus remain absolutely demilitarized, and vowed that Israel will continue to carry out attacks on Syria to enforce that as one of his “red...
Israel carried out multiple drone strikes against southern Lebanon today, killing two people and wounding two others. Both of the slain were claimed by the IDF to have been members of Hezbollah. The first strike was in the area near Kfour, killing one and wounding...
Tuesday’s ceasefire announcement in the southern Syria Suwayda Governorate went pretty poorly. There was fighting before and after, and it fell apart more or less immediately. Wednesday, they’re trying again, announcing a new ceasefire. Tuesday’s ceasefire came from...
The Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank is incredibly important to Muslims dating back over 2,000 years. Israel occupied the mosque in 1967 and converted half of it to an important Jewish shrine called the Cave of the Patriarchs. The site has been a source of tension in...
Israel has carried out a large number of airstrikes against northeastern Lebanon today, targeting the Bekaa Valley and nearby areas in the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. At least 12 people have been confirmed killed and 12 more wounded, according to the Lebanese Health...
The Syrian Defense Ministry has announced a ceasefire between Druze forces and Bedouin tribes in and around the city of Suwayda, following Syrian security forces entering the city aiming to bring an end to multiple days of fighting. Today’s reports suggest around 200...
Adding to the difficulties in southern Syria’s Suwayda Governorate, Israel has carried out airstrikes against Syrian tanks in the village of Samee, claiming they had entered the “restricted zone” which they are forbidden from. The village is in the northwestern part...
Fighting between the Druze population in Syria’s Suwayda Governorate and local Bedouin tribes continues to escalate after breaking out Sunday in the Suwayda neighborhood of Maqus. The most recent figures suggest at least 89 people have been killed in the fighting as...
Adding to the seemingly endless array of different ethnic, sectarian and other general clashes in Syria, fighting erupted in the southern city of Suwayda today, leaving at least 21 people dead, including a child, and over 40 others wounded, as many as 50 by some...
In comments in an interview with The National, US Ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria Tom Barrack warned that Lebanon faces an “existential” crisis if they don’t give in to US demands to fully disarm Hezbollah and all other armed factions by November. “You...
