It is now just one week from the end of the 60-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. Under the terms of that deal, Israel must fully withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon by January 26. Israel has completely withdrawn from just two towns in the first 53 days...
Israel Launches New Raids, Demolitions in Southern Lebanon as Ceasefire Deadline Looms
US Special Envoy Amos Hochstein offered a “guarantee” over the weekend that Israel would fully withdraw from Lebanon by the 60-day ceasefire deadline. The official US maintains this is still the plan, and with just 10 days left in that ceasefire, Maj. Gen. Jasper...
Israel Kills Two Soldiers and a Civilians in First Attack on New Syrian Government Forces
Concerns about Israel’s newfound hostility toward Syria’s new Islamist government, run by al-Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) grew substantially today after an Israeli drone attacked a military convoy belonging to the new government in the southern Quneitra...
Erdogan Threatens Turkish Invasion of Syria If New Government Doesn’t Eliminate SDF
Heavy fighting continues to rage in northern Syria, as Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) fighters continued to try to attack the Kurdish SDF in areas around the Tishreen Dam. At least 18 fighters, 13 SNA and five SDF, were reported killed today. Turkish...
Israel Continues Ceasefire Violations as New Lebanon PM Promises to Rebuild
With around 12 days remaining in the 60-day Israel ceasefire with Lebanon, Israel continues to commit multiple violations per day. A number of airstrikes are being conducted in southern and eastern Lebanon, along with a systematic destruction of civilian homes in...
‘Anti-Israel’ ICJ President Nawaf Salam Designated Lebanon’s PM
Just months ago the western media was panning International Court of Justice (ICJ) President Nawaf Salam as having an “anti-Israel” bias. Today he’s been concurrently named Prime Minister-Designate in Lebanon, although the media’s focus today is less on his Israel...
US Envoy ‘Guarantees’ Lebanon Israel Will Pullout as Deadline Looms
US Special Envoy Amos Hochstein has reportedly “guaranteed” to Lebanon that Israel will entirely withdraw from all of southern Lebanon by the 60-day deadline, as called for in the ceasefire ending the Israeli invasion in November. Hochstein is said to have provided...
Turkey Rules Out French Presence on Syrian Border as Fighting Rages
Heavy fighting continues to rage in northern Syria’s Aleppo Governorate, as Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) forces attack Kurdish SDF forces. The most intense fighting has been reported southeast of Manbij, on the approach to the Tishreen Dam. The SDF...
Israel Plans Long-Term Occupation of New Zone Inside Syria
Though Israel was very supportive of the HTS regime change in Syria last month, Tel Aviv is now using that regime change as a pretext for open-ended occupation of more Syrian territory, above and beyond the occupied Golan Heights. New reports citing unnamed senior...
Fighting Rages as Kurdish SDF Suggests US, French Troops in Northern Syria
Heavy fighting continues to be reported across north-central Syria today, with at least 37 combatants killed today alone in fighting in the area around Manbij. The fighting involves the Turkish-backed SNA and the US-backed Kurdish SDF. The SNA, with Turkish air and...