Russian gas deliveries to Europe through a Ukrainian pipeline will end on January 1 as a five-year agreement signed in 2019 expires at the end of 2024. Russian gas continued to flow through the Soviet-era Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod pipeline following the Russian invasion...
UN Says Israel Has Turned Gaza’s Hospitals Into ‘Death Traps’
A report released by the UN Human Rights Office on Tuesday condemned Israel's attacks on hospitals in Gaza, saying the campaign against medical infrastructure in the Strip is a "direct consequence" of Israel's "disregard" for international law. "As if the relentless...
US Launches Another Round of Airstrikes on Yemen
US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Tuesday that its warships and planes launched a series of strikes against Yemen, targeting the capital, Sanaa, and coastal areas. According to Al Mayadeen, at least eight US strikes hit Sanaa, and targets included buildings...
Hezbollah ‘Patient,’ But Threatens Retaliation If Israel Troops Remain Past Deadline
Now 35 days into a 60-day ceasefire, Israeli troops remain inside Lebanese territory and are increasingly open about staying indefinitely. Given the several hundred Israeli ceasefire violations and scores of Lebanese casualties, however, the real story may be...
Fighting Between Turkey, Syrian Kurds Escalates, at Least 31 Killed
Fighting has been raging off and on for weeks, but seems to be picking up intensity this weekend along the Syria-Turkey border, with Turkey and its affiliates fighting against the Kurdish SDF in and around Manbij. At least 31 combatants between the two sides have been...
Haaretz Calls for Israel To Stop Attacking Gaza Hospitals
On Monday, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz published an editorial calling for the Israeli military to stop targeting hospitals in Gaza, titled "Leave Gaza's Hospitals Alone." The editorial came out just a few days after the Israeli military destroyed the Kamal Adwan...
Israeli Attacks Kill 27 More Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours
Gaza's Health Ministry said Monday that Israeli attacks killed at least 27 Palestinians and wounded 149 in the previous 24-hour period as the US-backed daily slaughter continues. The Health Ministry's numbers only include dead and wounded Palestinians brought to...
Israeli Army Advances Deeper Into Syria’s Quneitra Province
The regime change in Syria earlier this month was followed almost immediately by an Israeli invasion across the demilitarized zone line separating Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from the rest of Syria. Since then, that invasion keeps getting deeper, with troops...
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Meets With HTS Leaders in Damascus
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha was in Damascus on Monday and met with Syria's de facto leader and other senior members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the al-Qaeda offshoot that led the offensive to oust former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Ukrainian...
Foreign Jihadists Appointed to Senior Positions in New Syrian Military
Foreign jihadists have been appointed in senior positions in the new Syrian military, which is now led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an offshoot of al-Qaeda that led the offensive that ousted former President Bashar al-Assad. Syrian sources told Reuters that the...