Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Speaker Nabih Berri met with visiting Iranian National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani today, and it was something of an awkward exchange, leading to Aoun warning Larijani that no group within Lebanon is allowed to bear arms...
Jordan-Hosted Talks on Suwayda End With Statement Backing Syrian Sovereignty
Talks were held Tuesday in Amman, Jordan related to the ongoing situation in Syria’s Suwayda Governorate. No Druze were permitted to attend to the talks, which were between the Jordanian FM, the Syrian FM, and US envoy Tom Barrack. The sides discussed the tentative...
Syria, US to Discuss Suwayda Killings in Amman Talks, But Druze Aren’t Invited
The number of people killed in the massacres in Syria’s Suwayda Governorate is still yet from being fully documented, as tensions continue to flare and the whole governorate is effectively on lockdown from the government. Talks aimed at addressing concerns about that...
Six Lebanese Army Experts Killed, More Wounded in Explosion at Weapons Cache
At least six weapons experts from the Lebanese Army were killed, and an unspecified number of others were wounded Saturday on the outskirts of the town of Zebqine, when the weapons cache they were in the process of inspecting and dismantling exploded. It was one of...
Syria Spurns Kurdish Integration Talks in Paris as Tensions Mount
Over the weekend, the Kurdish SDF held a unity conference in Paris meant to discuss, among other things, how integration with the Islamist Syrian government will actually work. The unity conference was condemned by the government, which refused to take part, claiming...
Lebanon Agrees to Disarm Hezbollah, But US Plan Hinges on Israeli Compliance
After weeks of US demands and conflicting narratives about what is actually being proposed, the Lebanese cabinet has accepted the US proposal to fully disarm Hezbollah by year’s end. Hezbollah ministers as well as other Shi’ites walked out of the cabinet vote. The US...
Seven More Killed as Israel Continues Strikes on Southern, Eastern Lebanon
Last updated 8/7/25 2:25 PM EST Israel’s heavy airstrikes Wednesday night continued into Thursday, with at least two people confirmed killed in the attacks and multiple others wounded. The casualty figures in some of the latest strikes have yet to be confirmed....
Israeli Strikes Pound Southern Lebanon, Kill 12-Year-Old Child
Late in the evening and into the night on Wednesday, Israel carried out a large number of airstrikes against southern Lebanon, targeting Touline, Deir Siriane, Zoutar and al-Qantarah. At least one fatality has been confirmed so far, and three people wounded. The toll...
Hezbollah Rejects Lebanese Disarmament Scheme, Will Act ‘As if it Does Not Exist’
Yesterday, the Lebanese cabinet met to discuss the US demands that they impose a disarmament on Hezbollah by November. The exact order to disarm wasn’t agreed to, but they did agree to charge the Lebanese Army with drawing up plans to disarm everyone in the country by...
Protests in Beirut as Lebanon Cabinet Discusses Hezbollah Disarmament
Hezbollah supporters marched in the streets of Beirut today, expressing opposition to US demands that the Lebanese government fully disarm the movement. It comes as the Lebanese cabinet is meeting to discuss possible avenues to such disarmament. The government is...