Violent sectarian gunbattles have erupted in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana, when Sunni gunmen from the nearby Maliha suburb attacked Druze groups in the area. At least 18 people have been confirmed killed, including seven Druze fighters. Two security force members...
With near daily airstrikes against Lebanon and thousands of Israeli ceasefire violations documented since the ceasefire went into effect, there is growing pressure on the ceasefire monitoring committee to actually chime in on the matter. The ceasefire monitors, which...
Much has been made recently of Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and their openness to normalizing relations with Israel. The specifics of this interest are more and more public, as a letter Syria submitted to the US has been made public. The letter has made it clear...
For the third time in the past month, Israel has carried out an airstrike against the Lebanese capital city of Beirut. This latest strike targeted the Hadath neighborhood, a southern suburb of Beirut. They issued a warning telling civilians to evacuate the...
March saw the beginning of a violent crackdown against Syria’s Alawite minority in the country’s northwest, with well over a thousand people killed in a very short period of time in the Tartus and Latakia Governorates. The slain were overwhelmingly civilians, dragged...
Syria’s leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has reportedly expressed openness to normalizing relations with Israel under certain circumstances, ending decades of acrimony between the two neighboring states. Sharaa reportedly discussed the matter with Rep. Cory Mills (R – FL)...
The situation on the Lebanon-Israel border continues to worsen, and the ceasefire that’s been in place since November 26 seems increasingly irrelevant with daily attacks. Overnight, Israeli ground troops with tanks and armored vehicles crossed the border and entered...
Months of fighting over control of the Tishreen Dam in Syria’s Aleppo Governorate seems to be on hold now, according to reports from Kurdish officials, after Turkey agreed to mediated talks and a “provisional” halt to shelling the dam. Turkey and their allies in the...
Israel’s continued airstrikes against Lebanon are fueling growing criticism internationally, particularly as a substantial number of civilians are being swept up in the strikes and few obvious justifications are ever offered for the drone strikes in populated areas....
Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) government has been unclear about what their position will be on the Palestinians. That’s an important issue because there is a large Palestinian population within Syria. It’s also an important topic because the US has recently...
