Less than two weeks after rebel forces led by Ahmad al-Sharaa ousted Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, a U.S. State Department delegation arrived in Damascus to talk with the country’s new leader. It was a meeting few could have predicted. Roughly a decade earlier, the U.S. had declared al-Sharaa — …
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West Bank: Israeli forces arrest, injure Palestinians in raids as settlers also attack
The West Bank on Sunday witnessed heightened levels of Israeli violence with arrests, vows to continue home demolitions and settler attacks. Israeli forces carried out a series of raids on the occupied West Bank early on Sunday, arresting and injuring almost a dozen Palestinians, including children. In the Hebron governorate, …
Read More »The “Resistance Axis” and the Israel-Iran War
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Read More »Iran Update, July 5, 2025
An unspecified high-ranking Iranian official cited by Amwaj Media on July 4 reported that Iran plans to resume indirect nuclear negotiations with the United States, but the conditions that Iran will reportedly present would require unspecified guarantees that the United States would not strike Iran.[1] Such a guarantee would be …
Read More »Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 5, 2025
Russian forces recently advanced northeast of Pokrovsk and may attempt to advance further toward Dobropillya as part of a mutually reinforcing effort to envelop Pokrovsk and bypass Ukraine’s fortress belt in Donetsk Oblast from the west in the coming months. Geolocated footage published on July 4 indicates that Russian forces …
Read More »After this, can Iran’s Axis of Resistance ever make a comeback?
In the aftermath of US & Israeli strikes, Iran is at a crossroads. As well as a weakened ‘Axis of resistance’ the regime faces many internal challenges. The Iranian regime recently faced a critical reckoning. For 12 days, it operated in survival mode amid escalating conflict with Israel and, by …
Read More »Over 500 killed around GHF aid distribution sites in Gaza: UN
More than 500 people have been killed in the vicinity of the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s sites since late May, the United Nations said on Friday. An officially private effort, the GHF began operations on May 26 after Israel halted supplies into the Gaza Strip for more than …
Read More »Investigation Reveals Syrian Defense Ministry-Linked Forces Involved in Killing of 1,500 Alawite Civilians – The Syrian Observer
The investigation, based on field testimonies, satellite imagery, and internal communications, points to a chain of command that runs through the Ministry of Defense, with particular focus on its spokesperson, Hassan Abdel Ghani. A new investigative report has uncovered the involvement of military factions affiliated with Syria’s Ministry of Defense …
Read More »Damascus Breaks Its Silence: No Peace with Israel Without Full Withdrawal – The Syrian Observer
Amid growing speculation and foreign media reports, the Syrian government has officially denied the existence of any peace negotiations with Israel, asserting that such discussions are “premature” and contingent on specific conditions. Despite widespread media coverage suggesting the possibility of secret talks between Damascus and Tel Aviv, a senior Syrian …
Read More »Gaza Genocide By Numbers: Apply BDS Over 0.7 Million Gaza Deaths From Violence And Imposed Deprivation
How many people does Apartheid Israel have to kill before the World acts decisively to stop the killing? In 1960 the World responded to the killing of 69 Africans with Sanctions on Apartheid South Africa. By 25 April 2025 deaths from violence and deprivation in the Gaza Genocide totalled 680,000 …
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