Syria’s Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra and SDF leader Mazloum Abdi announced Tuesday that they have reached a “comprehensive ceasefire,” to go into effect immediately. This followed heavy fighting Monday in the eastern part of the Aleppo Governorate. The fighting...
Tensions between the Syrian military and the Kurdish SDF have continued to escalate, with heavy fighting reported in the Aleppo Governorate overnight. Both sides are blaming the other for the incident. The SDF maintains that the military was engaged in provocations...
An Israeli drone strike on a vehicle in the southern Lebanese town of Zibqin killed a married couple and wounding one other person. Israeli drones also attacked the area near Hermel in eastern Lebanon. The IDF claimed the slain husband was Hassan Atwi, a man who was...
The UNIFIL peacekeepers have issued a statement over the weekend after a Friday incident in the southern Lebanese border town of Maroun el-Ras in which an Israeli drone dropped grenades near their position in the area. The drone strikes started around 11:30 am,...
Israeli troops carried out a night raid Saturday in the Syrian village of Jamlah, in the Daraa Governorate. The troops arrived in six military vehicles, established a checkpoint outside the village, but also entered and raided homes for around an hour, while IDF...
A day after President Trump informed Congress that the US is in a “non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels, the US carried out yet another strike on a Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean Sea, alleging it was loaded with drugs. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth...
An Israeli drone strike destroyed a car on the road between Jarmaq and Kafr Rumman on Thursday, killing two engineers working for the private Meamar Construction company. One other civilian was reported wounded in the attack. The two were identified as Ahmad Saad and...
In March, in excess of 1,300 Alawite civilians were killed by Syrian forces, chiefly along the northwest coast. In July, several hundred more Druze civilians were executed by security forces in the southwestern Suwayda Governorate. Neither crackdown really ended, and...
As Israel continues to flaunt the November ceasefire with daily strikes on Lebanon, the United Nations has stepped up with new data on what is happening. A report from the UN Human Rights Office confirms that they have verified at least 103 of the people killed in the...
Israeli ground troops continue to operate in southwestern Syria, carrying out raids against villages in both the Daraa and Quineitra Governorates. This comes amid ongoing talks between Syria and Israel trying to reduce tensions. On Sunday, Israeli troops in armored...
