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Iraqi Tribal Council Proposes Volunteer Force to Fight HTS in Syria

by Jason Ditz | Mar 19, 2025

Syria’s Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led government and its role in the massacre of well over a thousand civilians, mostly Alawites, in the northwest earlier this month continues to loom large not just internally but in Syria’s relationship with the...

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Israeli Armored Vehicles Sweep Into Syria’s Quneitra In Largest Incursion Yet

by Jason Ditz | Mar 19, 2025

With growing focus on Israel’s resumption of hostilities against the Gaza Strip, the country has continued its military aggression elsewhere in the region as well. In Syria, there are more attacks, and an even bigger ground invasion. Israel first started invading...

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Ceasefire in Doubt as Syrian Troops Occupy Lebanon Border Village, Burn Homes

by Jason Ditz | Mar 18, 2025

Yesterday’s clash at the border between the Lebanese Army and the Syrian Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) government’s forces seemingly ended with a ceasefire overnight. Eight Syrian soldiers were killed in the Monday fighting, along with five (some unconfirmed reports say...

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Turkey Kills Family of Nine in New Attacks on Syrian Kurds

by Jason Ditz | Mar 17, 2025

Turkey and its auxiliaries continued its attacks on the territory of Syrian Kurds overnight, with a Turkish airstrike against a farm just south of Kobani leaving nine people in the Othman Abdo family dead. Most of the slain were reportedly children. Turkey and its...

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New Fighting Erupts at Syria-Lebanon Border as HTS Shells Lebanese Village, Deploys Tanks

by Jason Ditz | Mar 17, 2025

Updated 3/17/2025 11:34 PM EDT The Lebanon-Syria border has been mostly quiet for the past month after a brief incursion by Syria’s government, the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), in early February. Now there is renewed fighting in the exact same area after HTS...

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Israeli Airstrike Hits Damascus, One Reported Killed

by Dave DeCamp | Mar 13, 2025

An Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in the Syrian Capital of Damascus on Thursday, killing at least one person, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz acknowledged the strike, claiming the apartment...

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Syria Placed Under Islamist Rule for Five Years by New Interim Constitution

by Jason Ditz | Mar 13, 2025

In December, the Sunni Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took over Syria in an internationally-backed offensive. HTS was formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra, and al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) before that. Today, their leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly known as Abu Mohammad...

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Israeli DM: Occupation of Southern Syria Will Continue for ‘Unlimited Time’

by Jason Ditz | Mar 13, 2025

When Israel invaded Syria in December, it announced the intention to remain at Mount Hermon, along the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) region on the Syrian side of the border, through 2025. That appears to have been just the start, as Israel has taken more...

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Report: US Encouraged Kurds To Sign Deal With HTS-Led Syrian Government

by Dave DeCamp | Mar 12, 2025

The US encouraged the Kurdish-led SDF to sign a deal with the new Syrian government led by the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The leader of the SDF and Syria's de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly known as Abu Mohammad...

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Syria Military Operation Over, But Killing of Alawite Civilians Continues

by Jason Ditz | Mar 12, 2025

Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) declared their military operation against the Alawites over on Monday morning, but the execution of Alawite civilians has not halted. The number of civilians executed before Monday has also been rising further as more are counted. At...

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