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...
With the ceasefire extension in Lebanon still in place until February 18, Israel continues to violate it on every pretext and often no pretext at all. The multiple violations reported on Friday included airstrikes by Israeli fighter jets in both eastern and northern...
Update 2/1/25 – 2:40pm EST: US envoy Richard Grenell returned to the US with six US citizens released from Venezuelan prisons. The White House spokeswoman said two issues were on the agenda (the repatriation of Tren de Aragua gang members jailed in the US as well as...
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich praised the Trump administration on Thursday after he held a meeting with Steve Witkoff, the US envoy for the Middle East. Witkoff has been pushing for full implementation of the Gaza ceasefire deal, an idea strongly opposed...
The US-led coalition in Syria launched a drone strike in the Idlib province, targeting a car, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Thursday. US Central Command later confirmed that its forces launched a strike targeting a "senior operative" of...
President Trump on Thursday insisted Jordan and Egypt will take in Palestinian refugees from Gaza despite fierce objections from the two Arab nations. Trump's recent suggestion to "clean out" Gaza of its Palestinian population and send them to Jordan and Egypt raised...
Russia may expand its arsenal of nuclear weapons if the US goes ahead with a major missile defense program that's been ordered by President Trump, Russia's TASS news agency reported on Thursday. Trump signed an executive order on Monday to develop an "Iron Dome for...
Gaza's Health Ministry said Thursday that over the previous 24-hour period, hospitals in Gaza received 43 more bodies of Palestinians killed by "Israeli aggression," including 42 that were recovered from the rubble and one who died of previously sustained wounds. The...
On Thursday, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad released three more Israeli hostages and five Thai nationals who were captured during the October 7 attack in exchange for the freeing of 110 Palestinians from Israeli jails. The first Israeli hostage to be released,...
The Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon continues, as does Israel’s flaunting of the ceasefire. At least 11 violations of the ceasefire have been reported in the past 24 hours, including airstrikes, drone strikes, and gunfire against Lebanese civilians. Drone...
