War, sanctions and other economic threats have proven a popular way for the West to try to sway elections in the Middle East. When southern Lebanon went to its municipal elections last week, Israeli media and other Western outlets seemed to expect Hezbollah would...
Israel continues to escalate its airstrikes against southern Lebanon on Thursday, with heavy strikes reported and locals saying they are among the heaviest seen since the ceasefire went into effect in late November. Seven separate strikes were reported across the...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent warning that Syria may be on the verge of another “full scale civil war” seems increasingly more possible, with sectarian tensions erupting on multiple fronts, as the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) government’s promise of...
While the cooperation between the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) government in Syria and the Kurdish SDF originally made it seem like the violence in northern Syria was on the decline, a new round of fighting between those groups has led to increased tensions and...
Israel continues to carry out drone strikes across southern Lebanon on Wednesday, targeting vehicles in the area and killed at least three people, both of whom the Israeli government quickly labeled high ranking Hezbollah officials. The first strike was in the town of...
Israeli drone strikes continued to attack southern Lebanon, with reports that strikes against the town of Mansouri killed one person and wounded at least nine, including school-children. The main strike targeted a motorcycle near a school in the town. All the wounded...
Israel’s campaign of attacks against southern Lebanon continued on Monday, with drone strikes hitting multiple locations and killing one person, while wounding at least two others. The deadly strike took place against the border village of Houla, killing a man...
Attentions are focusing on al-Mayadeen District in Syria’s Deir Ezzor Governorate today, after a late Monday suicide car bombing against a local police station killed at least five people and wounded a numbers of others. Syrian state media reported that three security...
When the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) seized power in Syria in December, it was seen as the presumptive end of the protracted civil war in that country, since it removed President Assad from power. Since then, there seems to be quite a bit of internal conflict...
On Sunday, Israel continues its attacks against southern Lebanon with a drone strike against an army checkpoint in Bint Jbeil District. The strikes wounded at least two people, one of whom was a Lebanese soldier. The reports are that the drone targeted a vehicle at...
