Middle Orient

Key Takeaways: Gaza Strip: The IDF Air Force has killed three Hamas officials in the central Gaza Strip over the past week. Israeli forces continued clearing operations in Rafah.West Bank: Israeli forces engaged Palestinian fighters in five locations in the West Bank.Southern Lebanon and Golan Heights: Lebanese Hezbollah conducted nine …

Moscow and Tehran’s partnership has been growing since 2015 and only increased since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On Sunday at 10 p.m. in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin convened an emergency meeting with Iran’s envoy to Russia, Kazem Jalali. The other attendees included some of the most influential figures in …

The death of Iran’s President Ibrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian might produce modest shifts of emphasis in Iran’s national security strategy.The regime is likely to favor hardline candidates in the June 28 special presidential election to replace him, and permission for reformist candidates to run would signal an …

U.S. forces persistently conduct military exercises alongside the SDF at the military bases established in eastern Syria, Athr Press says. U.S. forces, alongside the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), recently conducted live ammunition military exercises at the Vanguard camp (mouaskar al-Tala’ii) , situated east of Hassakeh. Preceding this, they underwent training …

Protests against the government in southern Syria have continued for a second week, marked by demonstrators waving the flag of the Druze minority, burning banners featuring President Bashar Assad, and even raiding offices belonging to his ruling party. Concurrently, clashes erupted between Arab tribesmen and U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters across multiple …

Bahceli commended the stance of the Kurdish National Council in Syria, which refused to endorse the elections in the Northeast and declared a boycott. The leader of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party, Devlet Bahceli, condemned the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)’ organization of municipal elections in northeastern Syria. He advocated for …

As Amal Nassar lay in pain on a bed at the Al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp in northern Gaza, the echoes of explosions and artillery fire could be heard all around her. It was mid-January and she had made her way to the embattled hospital to give birth …

“Oh hell, what do mine eyes with grief behold?” – John Milton, Paradise Lost People were saying their evening prayers when the IDF attacked the refuge camp at Tel al-Sultan in southern Gaza, where thousands had fled from the Israeli invasion of Rafah. They were told by the Israelis this …

The Israeli government has criticized others for peddling conspiracy theories related to the Jewish philanthropist. From The New York Post to The Wall Street Journal, right-wing pundits have lined up to malign students across the United States who have rightfully criticized their schools for supporting the ongoing Israeli genocide in …

The United States condemned the practices of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) against peaceful demonstrators in Idlib, describing its handling of them as “intimidation and brutality” akin to the methods of the Syrian regime. The US Embassy in Damascus said on Wednesday, May 29, that it condemns this approach against peaceful …