After days of fighting and the sealing off of the Kurdish neighborhoods in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, the last of the SDF has reportedly withdrawn from the city as part of a deal with central government forces, though the SDF maintains it is only a “partial...
US Carries Out Large-Scale Strikes Against ISIS in Syria
US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that they have carried out “large-scale” airstrikes against ISIS in Syria, saying the hit multiple sites belonging to the terror group as part of their commitment to “pursuing terrorists” and in retaliation for the mid-December...
Dozens of Israeli Strikes Reported in Southern Lebanon, Major Damage Reported
The Israeli Army has carried out dozens of strikes across southern Lebanon on Sunday, after the IDF issued an evacuation order against the town of Kfar Hatta, north of the Litani River. The town was hit over 10 times within an hour, and multiple other sites across the...
Delegation to Riyadh Still Missing, STC Denies Saudi Claim They’ve Disbanded
In an increasingly awkward and alarming situation, Saudi Arabia announced over the weekend that the STC, the South Yemen separatist movement, has disbanded. Saudi state media showed footage of a member of the STC’s negotiating delegation announce the dissolution of...
Yemen Separatist Leader Flees to UAE; Saudis Declares Him a ‘Fugitive’
Adding to questions about the situation in southern Yemen, STC President Aidarous Zubaidi has reportedly fled the country and arrived in the United Arab Emirates. The Saudi military accused the UAE of smuggling him out of the country by way of Somaliland. The...
Syrian Army Declares Curfew in Kurdish Parts of Aleppo, Escalates Crackdown on Neighborhoods
The Syrian Army’s latest fight with the Kurdish SDF is further escalating today, with the army now not only declaring multiple Kurdish neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo “active military zones” and now imposing daytime curfews on those parts of the city, while firing...
Saudis Launch New Strikes on South Yemen as Separatist Delegation ‘Disappears’ in Riyadh
Fighting between UAE-backed separatists and Saudi-backed forces in Southern Yemen seem to be further escalating today, with Saudi-brokered peace talks seemingly in ruins and Saudi forces carrying out heavy airstrikes against the separatist STC’s positions. Indications...
At Least 11 Civilians Killed, Scores Wounded as Syrian Forces Fight Kurdish SDF in Aleppo
Tuesday’s fighting in the Aleppo Governorate has escalated into a bigger clash between Syrian security forces and the Kurdish SDF, with the battle spreading to the governorate capital of Aleppo, and the military announcing a “limited military operation” against the...
US-Brokered Paris Talks between Israel and Syria Result in De-escalation Deal, Intelligence Sharing
The high-profile Paris talks between Syrian and Israeli officials on Tuesday marked the resumption of direct negotiations under US mediation, and reportedly are going much better than anticipated, with substantial deals already in hand and reports that they will...
Seven Killed, Mostly Civilians, Many Wounded as Syrian Army, Kurds Clash in Aleppo
Fighting erupted between the Kurdish SDF and the Syrian Army today in the Aleppo Governorate, with the battle centering around a checkpoint in the town of Deir Hafer. At least seven people were killed in the course of the fighting, six of them civilians. A number of...


