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Fresh Fighting Between Syria and Kurdish SDF After Ceasefire Deal

by Jason Ditz | Jan 19, 2026

Sunday’s ceasefire between the Syrian military and the Kurdish SDF lasted less than 24 hours, following a lot of their recent ceasefires in giving way to immediate new rounds of fighting in the Raqqa Governorate, this time centering on the al-Aqtan Prison. The...

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Israel Declares Mission Accomplished in Southern Lebanon, Kills Two in Strikes

by Jason Ditz | Jan 18, 2026

Israeli drone strikes continue to target southern Lebanon over the weekend after the IDF issued a statement purporting that their 91st Division had successfully completed a ground mission in southern Lebanon. Israeli officials touted the “achievements” of the ground...

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Sharaa Issues Decree Granting Syrian Kurds Rights, But Kurds Want a Constitutional Guarantee

by Jason Ditz | Jan 18, 2026

With heavy fighting raging between the Syrian military and the Kurdish SDF in the country’s northeast, President Ahmed Sharaa sought to make a concession to the nation’s ethnic Kurdish minority with a new decree enshrining a modicum of rights to them. The decree...

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Ceasefire Reached Between Syria and Kurdish SDF: Sharaa Vows Integration of Kurds

by Jason Ditz | Jan 18, 2026

It’s hardly the first ceasefire between the two sides declared over the last week, but Sunday, the Kurdish SDF and the Syrian government announced another ceasefire, one that President Ahmed al-Sharaa says includes a full integration for the Kurds and much of their...

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Israeli Airstrikes Pound Southern, Eastern Lebanon, Order Evacuations Near Sohmor

by Jason Ditz | Jan 15, 2026

Israel is once again escalating their airstrikes against Lebanon, with substantial targeting in the eastern Bekaa Valley and continued drone strikes reported against the south. The main target today appears to be Sohmor and the adjacent town of Machgharah. An...

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Syrian Army Orders Civilians Out of Deir Hafer as Fight With SDF Continues

by Jason Ditz | Jan 14, 2026

Fighting continues in Syria’s Aleppo Governorate east of the city of Aleppo but west of the Euphrates River, as the Syrian military tries to seize the area from the Kurdish SDF forces that have had control over it largely throughout the past decade. The Syrian Army...

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Lebanese FM Claims Israel Has Right to Attack, Parliament Speaker Says Ceasefire Means Attacks Must Stop

by Jason Ditz | Jan 14, 2026

As Israel continues to pound southern Lebanon, parliament speaker Nabih Berri issued a statement critical of the panel meant to oversee the existing ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, saying they’re failing to do their job. The body was mandated, Berri notes, to...

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New Clashes Erupt Between Syrian Troops, Kurdish SDF in Eastern Aleppo

by Jason Ditz | Jan 13, 2026

After a week of heavily fighting between the Syrian military and Kurdish SDF in Deir Hafer and the city of Aleppo, a US-brokered ceasefire was reached. Two days later, fighting has erupted yet again, once again in Deir Hafer and areas east of there. The Syrian...

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Israeli Tank Fires on Spanish Peacekeepers in Southern Lebanon

by Jason Ditz | Jan 13, 2026

Just two weeks after Israeli troops fired on an injured a UNIFIL peacekeeper in southern Lebanon, yet another incident is being reported, with an Israeli tank firing multiple shells at a group of UNIFIL peacekeepers from Spain in the area around Khiam. Three shots...

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Yemen’s Separatists Rule Out Call to Integrate Into Saudi-Led Government

by Jason Ditz | Jan 12, 2026

While the Saudis and their allies in the self-proclaimed Yemeni “government” are treating the disputed dissolution of the separatist STC as a fait accompli, the reality of the situation continues to elude their diktats, and STC officials are rejecting calls for their...

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