This time last month, the Syrian military was sweeping through Kurdish territory in the country’s northeast Hasakeh Governorate, and having seized control of the al-Hawl prison camp, there were reports of thousands of ISIS-linked detainees being freed by the Islamist...
Approaching the one year anniversary of the massacre of Alawite civilians by a faction including government forces, more details are emerging about what happened to civilians, particularly women, caught up in this violence. An investigation by the BBC looked into...
Israel has stepped up attacks once again overnight on Wednesday and into Thursday, hitting targets in southern Lebanon as well as in the Beqaa Valley in the east. As is often the case, the IDF claimed that they were hitting Hezbollah weapon storage sites, though as is...
The Lebanese government’s intention is to fully disarm Hezbollah in the area north of the Litani River within the next four months. That’s not sitting well with Hezbollah, who insists they will not compromise on the issue. Hezbollah cooperated with the disarmament...
As Israel launches more and more cross-border raids into Syria’s Quneitra Govenrorate, troops are establishing checkpoints to harass locals. In addition to the checkpoints, troops are increasingly engaged in raids to capture young men, though exactly why they’re being...
Israel continues to carry out strikes against southern Lebanon. After killing at least five people Sunday night into Monday, the strikes continued against the south and left at least two more people killed later on Monday, both involving attacks on vehicles. The first...
Adding to the growing list of ultimatums imposed on the Kurdish SDF, the Syrian Interior Ministry has announced they are giving SDF members until the end of February to disarm fully and completely return to civilian life. The new documents released by the Interior...
A flurry of Israeli strikes targeted southern and eastern Lebanon on Sunday night and Monday, killing at least five people. Four of the slain were reportedly members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and were killed near the Lebanon-Syria border. The IDF declared them...
While the Saudi-backed government-in-exile for Yemen continues to present the STC separatists as a group that has disbanded and tries to focus on styling themselves as a legitimate government, rallies for the STC continue to grow across the south, hitting more and...
Starting Saturday evening, Israel carried out a flurry of airstrikes against southern Lebanon, centering on the Jezzine and Nabatieh Districts. The IDF claimed the buildings targeted were “Hezbollah weapons depots,” though they as usual provided no evidence to that...
