On Saturday, Israeli drones carried out an attack on a vehicle traveling in northeastern Syria. The strike killed Maytham Mustafa al-Attar, described as a “prominent” member of Hezbollah’s air defense unit. In keeping with Israeli military statements, he was described...
IDF Reservist Killed as Hezbollah Fires Over 200 Rockets at Northern Israel Military Targets
Yesterday, an Israeli attack on the southern Lebanese city of Tyre killed a Hezbollah commander named Mohammed Naameh Nasser. Nasser was reportedly the head of the Aziz Unit, one of three units of Hezbollah forces along the southern border with Israel. Hezbollah...
Israeli Strike Kills Senior Hezbollah Commander in Southern Lebanon
Israel carried out an airstrike against the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Wednesday, killing Mohammed Naameh Nasser, described as the head of the Aziz Unit. He would be the highest-ranking Hezbollah member killed in an attack in nearly a month. After Nasser’s...
Israel Attack Kills Three Hezbollah Members in Southern Lebanon
Hezbollah and Israel continue to trade strikes along the border, with mounting fears that months of such exchange of fire is escalating into full-scale war. Israel fired four missiles at a two-story building in the southern Lebanese village of Houla, on Sunday,...
US Imposes New Sanctions Against Iran, Claiming ‘Nuclear Escalation’
The US State Department announced today, as it threatened earlier this month, a new round of sanctions against Iran, claiming it was the result of “nuclear escalations.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Iran announced expansions that had “no credible...
Balloons Land in Southern Lebanon, Warning Locals the Land ‘Belongs to Jews’
Messages attached to balloons have begun landing in southern Lebanon, demanding that the locals, those not already displaced by the ongoing attacks and looming threat of large-scale war, “evacuate immediately,” declaring the land “belongs to Jews.” It is not clear who...
Israeli Airstrikes Kill Two in Southern Syria
Israel has carried out airstrikes near Sayyidah Zeinab, an important destination for Shi’ite pilgrims late Wednesday, killing two as-yet-unidentified people. The shrine town is just over 2 miles south of the Syrian capital of Damascus. Syrian state media reported...
Close Ties to Israel Risk Cyprus Being Drawn Into Lebanon War
While there is much focus on a possible Israeli re-invasion of Lebanon, the first since 2006, it appears the nearby island nation Cyprus may become embroiled, with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warning Cyprus against giving Israel access to military bases or...
Israel Pounds South Lebanon Town With White Phosphorous
Amid growing fear of a full-scale invasion, Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes against the southern Lebanon town of Khiam, using incendiary white phosphorous bombs, according to the National News Agency. Israel has not commented on the use of white phosphorous...
Russia Confirms US Drone Strikes Against Eastern Syria
Russian officials have issued a statement confirming that multiple drone strikes overnight in eastern Syria, near the Iraqi border. The strikes killed multiple, and included an attack on a cargo truck traveling through the region, killing a member of Iraq’s Sayyed...