The Syrian Druze population has been something of a wildcard in the future of southern Syria. The Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) government in Damascus has promised unity, while Israel appeared, at least at first, to be trying to court them as allies. Where...
After the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Turkey and Israel seem to be increasingly on a collision course of who gets to control the nation, and how much of it. Israel has been growing its military presence in the occupied southwest, while Turkey has its...
For the second time in less than a week, Israel has carried out an airstrike against a residential area in a suburb of the Lebanese capital city of Beirut. This attack was carried out at 3:30 AM, and came with no warning. At least four people were killed, and a number...
Much was made about the five hilltop surveillance posts Israel hastily assembled before the deadline to withdraw from Lebanon, outposts which they ultimately retained to this day and which seem more or less permanent. Israel isn’t done expanding their military...
The civilian death toll of the massacre by the Syrian government and its allies in the northwest of the country continues to rise, as 11 more civilian bodies were found dumped in the river near Baniyas. They were killed with headshots, as is in keeping with most of...
Syria’s Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) promised to deliver a diverse, inclusive new government for the nation, and while some media reports are praising the new government unveiled today as mission accomplished, many are extremely unsatisfied at what passes for...
Israeli troops opened fire on a UNIFIL peacekeeper patrol in southern Lebanon near Rmeish on Saturday. The patrol was already scheduled, so Israel was informed that UNIFIL peacekeepers would be in the area at the time, suggesting this was not a case of mistaken...
While Israel has launched hundreds of attacks on Lebanese territory since the “ceasefire” went into effect in November, they had so far only done flights over the capital city of Beirut. Today, however, they started attacking the capital again. Moments before the...
Israel continued their attacks on Syria overnight with airstrikes against the major northern port city of Latakia, launching at least six airstrikes against the city, with many focusing on the port itself and the 110th Naval Brigade’s facility, which houses warboats....
Last week’s rocket fire toward Israel continues to be used as an excuse for escalating Israeli drone strikes against southern Lebanon. Those rockets didn’t hit anything or do any damage to anyone, but the Israeli drones are killing several people, with four more slain...
