Violence in Syria’s Homs and Hama Governorates have now spread across the border into neighboring Lebanon, and Syria’s new Islamist government has reportedly sent ground troops into the Lebanese border town of Hermel, sparking massive clashes. Both Lebanese clans and...
Israel’s demolition of civilian homes and infrastructure continues in southern Lebanon, despite the ongoing ceasefire. On Wednesday, this centered on the town of Yaroun, in the Bint Jbeil District, where Israeli bombings were reported. The bombings were reported as...
With a number of new Israeli ceasefire violations being reported daily, Lebanon’s government has taken the matter to the UN Security Council, lodging a formal complaint. The details include complaints of Israeli troops shooting at journalists in southern Lebanon, and...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting the United States, and the best way to get on his good side is to hype up the Iranian “threat,” and make moves against Iran. Unsurprisingly, the US is headed down that route once again. Despite a recent statement...
In the single deadliest bombing since the Syrian regime change in December, at least 20 people were killed and over a dozen others wounded in a car bombing. Most of the dead, and wounded, were women, and the target was agricultural workers on the outskirts of Manbij....
Syria’s ruling Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has repeatedly promised an inclusive Syria that respects all of its communities. That doesn’t appear to be working out so well for the nation’s Alawite minority though, which is coming under growing attack. Over the...
On Friday, Israeli soldiers inside the newly occupied part of the Golan Heights came under fire. There were no injuries, but it may be a sign of growing unrest over the new occupations within the southern Quneitra and Daraa Governorates of Syria. Those concerns are...
As it does virtually weekly, Israel reiterated today that civilians are not to return to their homes in any areas of southern Lebanon Israel currently occupies. This apparently includes not just villages, but the Mediterranean Sea as well, as an Israeli military boat...
Updated 2/2/05 12:11 PM EST On Saturday, the United States launched multiple airstrikes against northwestern Somalia’s Golis Mountain range. Details are still coming in, but President Trump, in announcing the attack on Truth Social, said that “many” were killed. The...
Former a government in a multi-party parliamentary system is often a complex matter, particularly when very few parties of any substantial size are available to include. That’s the case in Lebanon, with the Trump Administration adding some difficulties by meddling in...
