Sectarian violence remains a recurring problem in Syria, with reports that the nation’s Alawite minority continue to bear the brunt of the attacks. Though some killings are being carried out by unknown gunmen, many are taking place at official government checkpoints....
When the Israeli conflict with Iran erupted on Friday, there was immediate concern that Lebanon would be dragged into yet another war, and officials were quick to contact Hezbollah, and urge them not to retaliate against Israel. Hezbollah reportedly agreed over the...
Israeli military operations in Syria continued today, with an overnight raid against the village of Beit Jinn, in Rif Damashq Governorate in which Israeli troops captured seven locals and killed at least one before departing. Beit Jinn is roughly 6 km outside of the...
Unusually far-right even in the generally far-right Israeli cabinet, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu has sparked some new controversy today in a speech to an ultra-nationalist youth conference, where he called for Israel to have full control over both Syria and...
Overnight, Israel carried out a cross-border ground operation into southern Lebanon, with over 50 soldiers, backed by vehicles and bringing bulldozers with them, entered Lebanon in the area just east of Blida. The area was roughly the same place, between Blida and...
An Israeli drone strike was reported Tuesday on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of Shebaa, killing two people, a father and son. A third person, who was also a son, was reportedly injured in the strike. Lebanese media reports identify the slain as...
US officials have reportedly begun discussing the possibility of seeking the dissolution of the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, a move that comes amid a ceasefire that sees multiple violations on a daily basis. They emphasized that no decision has yet...
Israel continues to carry out its offensive against southern Syria, with a drone strike Sunday targeting a person they claimed to be a member of Hamas. The person still has not been publicly identified and Hamas has not commented. The strike targeted a car near a farm...
On Thursday evening, Israel issued an evacuation order for the Dahieh neighborhood of Beirut, and after causing a panicked evacuation, it carried out airstrikes hitting eight buildings. At the time, we had reports of Lebanese soldiers being deployed to inspect the...
An early morning incident Friday in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip saw four Israeli soldiers killed and five wounded, one seriously so, when they entered a reportedly booby-trapped building which collapsed down around them. The building reportedly...
