Israel carried out two deadly airstrikes against southern Lebanon today, part of an ongoing escalation that has led to an ever-growing number of strikes and fatalities in the border area. Today’s strikes left two killed and at least seven wounded. The larger strike...
US envoy Tom Barrack, who last week promised that his visit to Lebanon would be his last and that the US was demanding the country enter negotiations with Israel, is back to railing against the Lebanese officials, calling Lebanon a “failed state” over the weekend at a...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz continue to threaten further escalation of attacks on southern Lebanon, even as they’ve already substantially increased the number of strikes they carry out in violation of the ceasefire there....
Two Syrian soldiers were killed and one was wounded Wednesday near the oft-contested Tishrin Dam in the northern Aleppo Governorate. What actually happened is a matter of contention, however, as the military accused the Kurdish SDF of attacking the soldiers with a...
For a country that’s the target of on-again, off-again Israeli invasions, the Lebanese military has historically had little to no involvement in actually fighting them. That may be about to change, however, following a deadly Israeli raid on the Lebanese border town...
Direct negotiations between the Israel and Syrian governments continue, with report that the talks are “nearing completion” with Israel having assured Syria that it does not specifically support secessionist movements among the Syrian Druze population. Interestingly...
Unidentified gunmen attacked a bus on the 110 highway in southwestern Syria, killing at least two civilians and wounding another 11. The bus was traveling from Suwayda Governorate to the capital city of Damascus, and the attack took place near the Marjana station,...
US envoy Tom Barrack is heading to Lebanon this week, and according to reports he plans to tell officials this will be the last time, and that Lebanon has “one last chance” to fully disarm Hezbollah and enter into direct negotiations with Israel. While this is in...
Israel and the UNIFIL peacekeepers in Lebanon have a troubled history, with Israeli drones regularly attacking the peacekeepers in violation of the UN Resolution 1701. Earlier this month, they injured one peacekeeper when a drone dropped a grenade on them. The UNIFIL...
Israeli forces continue to operate in Syria’s southwest Quneitra Governorate, with two more incursions documented on Sunday, with tanks advancing onto a highway and then set up a checkpoint at which they detained a number of locals and seized motorcycles that...
