After talk of normalization of ties with Lebanon, subject to a bunch of unilateral demands, Israel is back to attacking Lebanon from both the air and the ground, with troops crossing the border to attack and Israel carrying out airstrikes near the capital city of...
Difficult negotiations continue to be ongoing between the Lebanese government and Hezbollah with the question of if and how to potential disarm the organization, in keeping with US and Israeli demands. The matter is important right now because while Israel is...
When Israel invaded southwest Syria in December, the Quneitra Governorate was the first place hit. Right along the frontier of the occupied Golan Heights, Israeli forces entered after the ouster of the Assad government. They have only expanded the amount of area...
Since the December regime change in Syria, the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) government has repeatedly talked up improving the nation’s relationship with Israel. That talking point hasn’t gone away, even if it seemed less probable with Israel actively invading...
Cursory reports in the press are suggesting that Lebanon might be on the verge of joining the Abraham Accords and normalizing relations with Israel. The Lebanese government isn’t explicitly denying it, but there seem to be some huge obstacles in the way. The first...
Israel is once again escalating its airstrikes against southern Lebanon this weekend, with a flurry of strikes killing at least four people and wounding dozens of others. As usual, Israeli officials are presenting one of the slain as a “Hezbollah commander.” The...
Israeli airstrikes against southern Lebanon continued on Thursday, with two people reported killed in separate strikes. The IDF quickly issued a statement claiming both were Hezbollah operatives, with one promoted all the way to “elite” Radwan commander. The first...
On Sunday, a massive suicide bomb attack tore through the important Greek Orthodox church Mar Elias in Damascus, killing 27 and wounding dozens more. The huge attack just added to the spate of sectarian violence across Syria, which undercuts the Islamist Hayat Tahrir...
An Israeli drone strike targeted a car near Kfar Dajal in the Nabatieh District of southern Lebanon today, killing the three people within, who were all members of the same family, according to local media reports. Details are still emerging on the attack, but the...
Israeli troops continue to carry out cross-border raids into southwest Syrian villages, particularly in the Quneitra Governorate, as their invasion and occupation of that frontier near Golan continues. Two ground raids were reported against two Quneitra villages on...
