A UN investigation into the violence in Syria’s Suwayda Governorate in July of last year concluded that more than 1,700 people were killed and nearly 200,000 displaced in the course of the fighting and subsequent massacres, and that some of the incidents may amount to...
Israeli Forces Raid Syria, Raise Israeli Flag Over Syrian Town of Hadr
Israeli military vehicles rolled into the town of Hadr in Syria’s Quneitra Governorate on Wednesday and raised the Israeli flag over the town’s entrance. Locals say they also closed all but one road leading into or out of the town, and established a checkpoint on that...
Israeli Troops Advance on Dam in Southwestern Syria
Since their invasion of southwestern Syria in December of 2024, Israel has intermittently raided towns and villages across the Quneitra and Daraa Governorates, but has also aimed to secure control over water sources, vital in a region primarily focused on agriculture....
Israel Launches Overnight Attacks on South Syrian Army Camps
Israel has carried out overnight attacks on the Syrian military in the Suwayda Governorate, claiming to have hit a military headquarters as well as multiple army camps and weapons storage in the area in what they presented as retaliation for violence against the...
Report: US Presses Syria to Invade Lebanon to Fight Hezbollah
The US-Israeli war against Iran is already expanding into Lebanon with an Israeli ground invasion of southern Lebanon, but Reuters is now reporting that the Trump Administration is keen to drag Syria into the conflict as well, encouraging its Islamist government to...
Israeli Troops Capture Four Children in Syria’s Quneitra Governorate
While the world focuses on Israeli military operations against Iran and Lebanon, the country continues to carry out active operations in southwestern Syria, and in recent days, that involves detained Syrian children on unknown pretenses, and holding them at military...
Syria Masses Troops Along Lebanon Border, Closes Crossing for Departure
As Lebanon comes under growing attack by Israel, tens of thousands of Syrian refugees who had fled to Lebanon are finding themselves scrambling to return home. The Islamist government in Syria has reported some 40,000 people have crossed back in from Lebanon in recent...
Evacuations Soar as Israel Launches New Ground Invasion of Lebanon
A growing number of civilians are flooding out of towns and villages in southern Lebanon over the past 48 hours. Some 30,000 civilians were displaced already Monday, and the number is expected to grow markedly as Israeli troops launched a new ground invasion of the...
Syria Confirms ‘Mass Escape’ Since They Took Over ISIS Camps from Kurds
Though they didn’t provide exact numbers for how many are still at large, the Syrian Interior Ministry has confirmed that the al-Hawl camp that housed ISIS detainees in the Hasakeh Governorate did experience mass escapes in the weeks since the central government...
US Withdrawing from Base in Northeast Syria, Transferring Equipment to Iraqi Kurdistan
The US has begun withdrawing from a key base in northeastern Syria as part of a drawdown that could lead to a full withdrawal of US troops from the country. Iraqi and Syrian officials told The Associated Press that the US has been removing forces and equipment from...


