In early December of 2024, the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) movement ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and took power. On December 8, Israel invaded Syria, occupying the demilitarized zone and going deeper, with incursions still ongoing. The first...
Israel continues with its attacks across southern Lebanon today, with a strike against a car in Bint Jbeil killing one civilian, according to reports from the Lebanese Health Ministry. Reportedly the owner of the car and presumptive death was a union worker for the...
Israeli troops continue to launch incursions into Syria’s Quneitra Governorate, with forces entering and setting up temporary checkpoints in a number of areas, and others raiding towns and villages to harass locals. One of the operations Sunday saw Israeli troops...
An Israeli drone strike attacked and destroyed a car in the southern Lebanese village of al-Mansouri, which is in the Tyre District. One person was killed in the attack, Mohammad Shuweikh, who according to the locals was the principal of the Mansouri Public School....
“Syria does not have a sectarian problem.” That’s the official position of Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, who made the declaration and emphasized the idea of Syrian unity and plurality on his visit to London. That has been the ongoing position of the ruling Hayat...
Adding to a growing number of such incidents, the UNIFIL peacekeepers in southern Lebanon reported on Sunday that the Israeli military attacked their personnel. This incident saw Israeli tanks fire on the UNIFIL near one of the military outposts the IDF has built in...
As the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire nears its one-year anniversary, Israeli attacks continue apace, with the UN Human Rights Office reporting today that Israel has killed at least 114 civilians since the ceasefire began in November of 2024. The spokesman for the UN office...
It has been nearly a full year since Israel’s invasion of Lebanon came to an end with a ceasefire agreement. That deal was meant to see an end to cross-border attacks and a withdrawal of Israeli ground troops, along with the beginning of a long effort to reconstruct...
The ouster of long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad was meant to usher in a time of renewed calm in Syria, coming as it did after a bloody civil war. Some Syrians are still upbeat about their chances. Minorities, not so much. Whether they’re religious or ethnic minorities,...
Amid Israel’s ongoing military escalation against Lebanon, there is mounting concern that the Israeli military intends to effectively seize significant parts of the southern Lebanese border area, as troops are constructing a wall in the area near Maroun El Ras and...
