There has been quite a bit of disquiet in southwestern Syria after the December regime change, which was followed by a ground invasion from Israel. Israel started by seizing the demilitarized zone between Syria and the occupied Golan Heights but has increasingly moved...
Israeli Drone Kills One in Southern Lebanon, Troops Fire At Civilians in Kfar Kila
Tuesday marked the end of the deadline for Israeli troops to withdraw from Lebanon, and while IDF troops are still inside Lebanese territory, the main focus Wednesday is on Israeli attacks against the parts of southern Lebanon they actually did withdraw from. In the...
Kurdish SDF Agrees to Integrate into Syrian Army
A major agreement has reportedly been reached between the Kurdish SDF and the post-Assad Syrian government, which will include the full integration of SDF fighters into the national army. The deal also is said to have included the civil leadership in the Autonomous...
US Proposes Sending Private Military Contractors to Southern Lebanon
The extended deadline of the Lebanon ceasefire has come and gone, and as previously confirmed, Israeli troops only left populated areas, but remained in southern Lebanon at five hilltop surveillance posts that the IDF established in the weeks leading up to the...
Israel Confirms Troops Will Remain at Southern Lebanon Sites After Deadline
It is just one day from the extended deadline for Israel to withdraw its military from Lebanon. Israel is preparing to do something presented as withdrawal but which would more correctly be presented as continuing to occupy Lebanese soil. Israeli officials suggest...
US Reports Drone Strike Killed Senior al-Qaeda Operative in Syria’s Idlib
A US drone strike against the Idlib Governorate in northern Syria has killed two people, according to reports from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. US Central Command (CENTCOM) says that one of the slain people was a “senior operative” of al-Qaeda affiliate...
Israeli Troops Kill Several, Including 13-Year Old Girl in Southern Lebanon, Capture Paramedics
The extended ceasefire in Lebanon has just a couple of days left, and while Israel is maybe withdrawing from population centers, but keeping its military in southern Lebanon with new hilltop surveillance posts, the situation wasn’t less bloody this weekend. Instead,...
Israeli Military Will Retain Hilltop Posts in Southern Lebanon After Deadline
In recent days it has become increasingly clear that Israel has no more intention of withdrawing all of its troops from southern Lebanon by the February 18 deadline than it had for the January 26 deadline. It is now more clear what the plan is, and how it will be...
UN Says Israel Must Stop Killing Lebanese Civilians Trying to Return Home
A group of UN experts have issued a statement on the ceasefire in Lebanon today, expressing outrage at Israel’s flagrant violations, including the killing of civilians trying to return to their homes, and the systematic destruction of those homes during the nominal...
Syria Warns Kurds Will Be Excluded From National Dialogue If They Don’t Disarm and Submit
The fighting between the Kurdish SDF and the forces of Turkey and its proxy the SNA continues apace in northern Syria with no signs of ending. Turkey targeted civilian infrastructure, leading to power outages and water cutoffs for some 100 Kurdish villages around...