Israel continued with their airstrikes against southern Lebanon again today, hitting the area around the city of the Sidon overnight but then also went after a house in the town of Khirbet Selm early Tuesday. A three-storey building in Sidon was reportedly leveled,...
Israel Pounds Southern, Eastern Lebanon, Claims to Target Hamas and Hezbollah
On Monday, Israel issued evacuation orders for four villages in southern and eastern Lebanon, saying they were to be targeted to hit Hezbollah and Hamas infrastructure in the area. Those villages included Kfar Hatta, Ain al-Tineh, al-Manara and Annan. The first two...
Talks Between Syria, Israel to Resume Tuesday, With US Mediation
The direct talks between Syria and Israel began last year in April, and aimed to resolve long-standing disagreements as well as active Israeli military aggression against Syrian territory. The talks have hit multiple stumbling blocks, but on Tuesday they will give...
At Least 80 Separatists Killed as Saudi-Backed Forces Retake South Yemen Cities
The situation in southern Yemen seems to be coming to a head once again, with the Saudi-backed “National Resistance Forces” entering into direct conflict with the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), a separatist group that controls an ever-growing amount...
Israel Kills Three, Wounds Three in Strikes Against Southern Lebanon
Israeli drone strikes against southern Lebanon have left at least three people dead over the weekend and three others wounded. The strikes targeted cars in the towns of Khiam and Jmaijmeh, in keeping with Israel’s regular targeting of still-functioning vehicles in...
HTS’ First Year of Rule in Syria Defined by Massacres, Promises of Unity
As 2025 came to an end and 2026 began, Syria’s first full year under the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS) rule is now in the books. Though the year saw Syria go from an international pariah to a welcomed member of the global community, internally, violence still...
Israeli Troops Advance Into Southern Lebanon and Destroy a House
As 2025 comes to an end, the Israel-Lebanon border is in much the same case as it was when it began. There is nominally a ceasefire, as their has been since November of 2024, but the Israeli military routinely ignores that ceasefire and carries out attacks on southern...
Syria Imposes Curfew on Alawite City of Latakia After Protests
A weekend bombing of an Alawite mosque in the Syrian city of Homs sparked major protests by Alawites across Syria’s northwest, and led to a quick crackdown by the government, which has declared the protesters “Assad remnant forces.” Latakia, a major Alawite city, was...
Syria and Kurdish SDF Remain at an Impasse on Integration Plan as Tensions Mount
An agreement was reached in March for the Kurdish SDF to integrate into the Syrian Army, and while we’ve seemed close to the deal actually going through multiple times throughout the year, persistent clashes and tensions have dogged this plan, and as the first full...
‘Temporary’ Israeli Bases in Southern Lebanon Continue to Expand Amid Talk of ‘New’ War
Israeli officials seemingly everywhere and always are talking about new wars against the various nations they’re already effectively at war with. In the case of Lebanon though, officials have been calling a new war inevitable, and the situation on the ground suggests...


