A ceasefire in Tigray on humanitarian grounds is needed now more than ever if a massive aid operation across frontlines is to succeed, the UN’s emergency relief chief said on Friday. Speaking in Geneva, Martin Griffiths highlighted the urgency of the situation for all those affected in the northern Ethiopian …

The Afghan Air Force on August 5 resumed air strikes against Taliban positions in southern Afghanistan as militants made additional gains in the country’s north. A Defense Ministry statement said air strikes were carried out across the country, including in the southern Helmand Province where government forces are battling for …

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on August 5 that his country is prepared to “take military action against Iran.” Israel, the United States, and Britain have accused Iran of involvement in a July 29 attack in the Gulf of Oman on the Mercer Street, a Liberian-flagged, Japanese-owned tanker managed …

Ebrahim Raisi took his oath before parliament on August 5 to complete his inauguration making him Iran’s new president. He comes to office facing an economy battered by U.S. sanctions, a growing health crisis, fast-rising regional tensions, and difficult negotiations to revive a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. A …

The pro-regime National Defense Forces have deployed in the city of Suweida, officially to fight terrorism, without convincing locals, according to North Press. The city of Suweida has witnessed an intensive deployment of elements of the pro-regime National Defense Forces (NDF) in the city of Suweida and the establishment of …

The Albanian Ambassador to Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan Mark Gharib expressed appreciation for the efforts conducted by Syria to help in the repatriation of Albanian nationals, including 5 women and 14 children, from the al-Hol Camp in the province of al-Hassakeh. Gharib, in a statement to journalists at the Damascus …

Jihadists from the al-Qaeda-linked Guardians of Religion Organization claimed responsibility for the bombing of a military bus belonging to Assad’s forces in the capital, Damascus. On Wednesday, the group issued a statement saying that the bombing was in response to the regime’s escalation in the Daraa governorate. The statement noting …

Sur les réseaux sociaux, les représentants de la nouvelle génération soutiennent les mesures chocs annoncées par le chef de l’État tunisien. Mais leur appui n’est pas inconditionnel. Fort de son slogan « le peuple veut », le président tunisien, Kaïs Saïed, avait largement été porté à Carthage par des groupes …

Recently there has been an increase in operations against the U.S. military presence in Syria. Within only two weeks there were six incidents of rocket and mortar fire against two bases of the U.S.-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in northeastern Syria: the Al-Omar oil field east of Deir Al-Zor, …

Offensive de Haftar, sort des Kadhafi, ingérences des grandes puissances, mercenaires… L’ex-émissaire de l’ONU en Libye raconte tout à JA dans un grand entretien. Deuxième partie. Quand il décide de jeter l’éponge, en mars 2020, l’ex-émissaire de l’ONU en Libye est épuisé. Physiquement, avec des problèmes de cœur qui se …