A deal between the Syrian government and the Kurdish SDF remains more or less in place in the Hasakeh Governorate, with the central government putting more and more of the former Kurdish-held territory under direct control. But the latest ceasefire not immediately...
Forces loyal to the Islah Party of Yemen continued their crackdown on separatist dissent in southern Yemen, raiding the homes of high-ranking STC officials in the historic southern capital of Aden, and also raiding the homes of people believed to be activists...
Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler says that the Turkish military has no intention of withdrawing from either Iraq or Syria irrespective of what agreements have been reached by other factions within those countries. There had been speculation, particularly with...
Multiple Israeli strikes and raids targeted southern Lebanon today, killing at least four people. Among those slain were multiple civilians, including a three-year-old child. Israeli troops also carried out a ground raid capturing an official within Jamaa al-Islamiya....
The Syrian Internal Security Directorate has announced that one of their officers has been arrested for involvement in an attack on Saturday in which four Druze civilians were killed and one other was wounded. The shooting happened in the village of al-Matana, in...
For the past several days, Israel has been reported to be spraying “unidentified chemicals” on land in southern Lebanon, as well as southwestern Syria’s Quneitra Governorate. The chemicals were sprayed largely over farmland in both areas. Samples taken in the Lebanese...
Israel’s invaded Lebanon in late 2024, culminating in a ceasefire that was reached in November of that year. It was never much of a ceasefire, with Israel consistently launching attacks on Lebanese territory ever since. With the escalations though, it’s even less of a...
The US-mediated effort to get a deal between Israel and Syria still seems to be a work in progress, and the IDF is back deploying forces into Syria’s southwestern Quneitra Governorate, and attacking farmland around the area. Ground troops entered Quneitra and went to...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has released a statement confirming that the government is preparing to file a lawsuit as well as diplomatic action against Israel over a weekend incident in which Israel dropped “toxic” chemicals on Lebanese border territory. Israel...
Fresh off a Sunday where UNIFIL peacekeepers’ operations were disrupted by Israel dropping unknown chemicals in their vicinity and warning them to “take cover,” the peacekeepers were back on patrol in the area of Kfar Kela, along the Lebanon-Israel border. Israel...
