In cities and towns across Kurdish-controlled northeast Syria, thousands took to the streets in favor of the idea of retaining a decentralized system of governance in Syria, rejecting the calls of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) for full centralized control of...
Israel Proposed New Security Deal Demilitarizing Southern Syria, Imposing No-Fly Zone
Ongoing security talks between Israel and Syria don’t appear to have reached any deal so far, though the Israelis have reportedly proposed a new security deal to replace the 1974 disengagement pact, which Israeli forces violated with an invasion in December. The new...
Israel Arming, Bankrolling Druze Fighters in Syria’s Suwayda, Commanders Confirm
With tensions continuing to simmer in Syria’s Suwayda Governorate, senior Druze commanders are reporting that the Israeli government has been arming and financing Druze militias that are seeking a large amount of autonomy over the area. Suwayda is the historic...
12 Wounded, Mostly Women and Children, as Israel Attacks Building in Southern Lebanon
Israeli warplanes carried out a flurry of airstrikes against a building in the southern Lebanese town of Nabatieh, causing major damage to the building and the surrounding residential area and wounding at least 14 civilians. The Lebanese Health Ministry reported that...
Israeli Strikes in Southern Lebanon Kill Two Since Sunday
Israel continued with its drone strikes on southern Lebanon over the weekend, killing at least two people in separate strikes on Sunday and Monday mornings. The Sunday strike was in Nabatieh, while on Monday another vehicle was hit in Yater. The Nabatieh strike killed...
Israeli Troops Raid Southwest Syrian Villages, Searching Homes
Early Sunday morning, Israeli troops in armored vehicles advanced into multiple villages in Syria’s southwestern Daraa Governorate. The troops were interrogating locals and searching multiple homes, claiming they were looking for weapons. No arrests were reported. The...
Kurdish SDF Says Government-Backed Forces Attacked Them in Syria’s Deir Ezzor
Tensions between the Syrian government and the Kurdish SDF continue to stall efforts to unify their military forces as for the second time this week there was reportedly a clash between the two sides, this time in Deir Ezzor Governorate. The SDF reported that on...
Syrian Forces Evict Alawites From Damascus Neighborhood En Masse
Continuing the purge of Syria’s Alawite minority that began with large scale massacres back in March, Interior Ministry security forces have almost entirely depopulated the metro Damascus neighborhood of al-Somaria, which was up until the raids, an Alawite majority...
Syria Interior Ministry Claims Hezbollah Cell Captured, Hezbollah Denies Presence
Syria’s Interior Ministry has announced that they made some high profile arrests near the capital city of Damascus, capturing what they described as a “Hezbollah terrorist cell.” The claimed the cell was threatening stability and national security in the area. The...
One Killed in Israeli Strike on Southern Lebanon, Strikes Also Reported in Bekaa Valley
Israel continued with its airstrikes against Lebanon on Thursday, attacking a person on a motorcycle in the Tyre District in the south and then launching a flurry of attacks against the eastern Bekaa Valley. The motorcyclist was attacked on the road near Ain Baal,...