Tensions between Israel and Turkey continue to soar after last week’s incident where Israel attacked the T4 air base in Tadmur, Syria, a base which Turkey was very open about planning to take over. Israel said the attacks on that base and others were “a message to...
Israeli troops continue to move deeper into Syria, raising consternation among the locals as they detain civilians on suspicion of “terrorism” and set up roadblocks to prevent villagers from accessing their lands inside the newly occupied “buffer zone.” That “buffer...
After deadly attacks across central Syria on Wednesday killed at least 13 people and wounded dozens, Israel seems to be continuing to step up the pace of their aggression in the neighboring country, pounding the southern city of Nawa on Thursday, in attacks that have...
Yesterday it was being reported that Turkey intended to take over the T4 air base in the Syrian city of Tadmur, and that Israel wasn’t happy with that move. Today, that same base is one of several sites being targeted by Israeli warplanes in Syria, and officials are...
The Syrian Druze population has been something of a wildcard in the future of southern Syria. The Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) government in Damascus has promised unity, while Israel appeared, at least at first, to be trying to court them as allies. Where...
After the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Turkey and Israel seem to be increasingly on a collision course of who gets to control the nation, and how much of it. Israel has been growing its military presence in the occupied southwest, while Turkey has its...
Much was made about the five hilltop surveillance posts Israel hastily assembled before the deadline to withdraw from Lebanon, outposts which they ultimately retained to this day and which seem more or less permanent. Israel isn’t done expanding their military...
The civilian death toll of the massacre by the Syrian government and its allies in the northwest of the country continues to rise, as 11 more civilian bodies were found dumped in the river near Baniyas. They were killed with headshots, as is in keeping with most of...
Syria’s Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) promised to deliver a diverse, inclusive new government for the nation, and while some media reports are praising the new government unveiled today as mission accomplished, many are extremely unsatisfied at what passes for...
Israel continued their attacks on Syria overnight with airstrikes against the major northern port city of Latakia, launching at least six airstrikes against the city, with many focusing on the port itself and the 110th Naval Brigade’s facility, which houses warboats....
