Israel’s military continued its invasion of southern Lebanon today, despite the 60-day ceasefire in place during which it’s meant to vacate the country. The village of Beit Lif was the latest target, with Israeli Merkava tanks and military bulldozers arriving at the...
Hezbollah ‘Patient,’ But Threatens Retaliation If Israel Troops Remain Past Deadline
Now 35 days into a 60-day ceasefire, Israeli troops remain inside Lebanese territory and are increasingly open about staying indefinitely. Given the several hundred Israeli ceasefire violations and scores of Lebanese casualties, however, the real story may be...
Fighting Between Turkey, Syrian Kurds Escalates, at Least 31 Killed
Fighting has been raging off and on for weeks, but seems to be picking up intensity this weekend along the Syria-Turkey border, with Turkey and its affiliates fighting against the Kurdish SDF in and around Manbij. At least 31 combatants between the two sides have been...
Israeli Army Advances Deeper Into Syria’s Quneitra Province
The regime change in Syria earlier this month was followed almost immediately by an Israeli invasion across the demilitarized zone line separating Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from the rest of Syria. Since then, that invasion keeps getting deeper, with troops...
Israel Kills 17, Mostly Civilians, in Damascus Drone Strike
Since the recent regime change in Syria, Israel has been carrying out more and more airstrikes against targets across the nation. The latest was today in Adra, a town in the metro Damascus area, where an Israeli drone killed at least 17 people, mostly civilians....
Israeli Forces Advance Deeper Into Southern Lebanon, Burning Homes
Sunday marks 33 days into the 60-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. So far, Israel has committed at least 329 violations of that ceasefire, and officials are more and more open in saying they probably won’t withdraw from Lebanon in 60 days, as they were meant...
Midway Through Ceasefire, Israeli Army Moves Deeper Into Southern Lebanon
Thursday marks the 30-day mark in the 60-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel. While plainly obvious that IDF military operations never really ceased, Israel is now openly talking about staying in Lebanon past the 60-day pullout deadline. Even more concerning,...
Israeli Officials: Lebanon Withdrawal May Go Slower Than Planned
Under the November 27 Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, Israel is to withdraw all of its troops from southern Lebanon within 60 days. Today, however, officials said Israel may miss that deadline, evidenced by how few troops have left Lebanon so far. These statements to the...
Turkey Demands US End Support for Syrian Kurds
The US has been repeatedly trying to reassure their Kurdish allies that they don’t face any major threat from Turkey. Turkey, however, seems to be going out of their way to make clear they are very much a threat, and that their goal in the region is the end of Kurdish...
Dozens of Israelis Wounded as Houthi Rocket Strikes Tel Aviv
Back and forth strikes between Israel and the Shi’ite Houthi movement in Yemen seem to be growing this past week. On Thursday morning, Israel launched multiple airstrikes against the Houthi-controlled part of northern Yemen, killing at least nine. Overnight Friday,...