Middle Orient

On 6 March 2011, the local security services in the small town of Daraa, southern Syria, detained fifteen teenagers painting anti-government graffiti on fences and buildings. During the subsequent interrogations, the teens were allegedly subjected to unjustifiably cruel treatment and even torture. Since all the detainees were born to prominent …

A ‘networked precision fire system’ that engages targets accurately and prevents collateral damage • 10-year development concludes with successful trials As the IDF completes preparations for possible combat in both the southern and the northern fronts — where it is expected to encounter a smarter, well-organized enemy —the Defense Ministry, …

The new Iranian video shows a dozen mobile launchers with two missiles each mounted on trucks, and underground storage for hundreds of more missiles. Iran has unveiled a new “missile city” which includes a massive amount of missiles and munitions. It is allegedly located near the sea and provides easy …

“They know they cannot defeat us on the battlefield so they try to move the war to a second front and that is our homes and in our cities.” Israel will come under an onslaught of 2,000 rockets and missiles every day during a future war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, …

The Syrian Democratic Forces claim Turkey caused a drop in the Euphrates River water level that will harm residents and their economic activities in the areas they control in northern and eastern Syria. The water level of the Euphrates River in Syria’s northern province of Raqqa has decreased dramatically over …

The ruling party’s increasingly strong alliance with nationalists has dampened support among the country’s Kurds. On a recent morning, young couples gathered for the inaugural class of a newly built, government-run “marriage school.” A woman wearing a black Islamic-style headscarf flips open a laptop as she prepares to lecture the …

A criminal complaint has been filed in Moscow on behalf of a Syrian citizen who was tortured, killed, and had his corpse mutilated by six individuals in 2017 in the Homs Governorate. The complaint demands the initiation of criminal proceedings against alleged members of the so-called Private Military Company (PMC) …

Eyewitnesses revealed information about the two explosions near the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) headquarters in Kirkuk. Eyewitnesses from the demonstrators told Shafaq News Agency that the Joint Operations forces threw two explosive devices to disperse the protesters. According to Shafaq News Agency correspondent, the explosions took place a few hours …

Two Katyusha rockets fell inside Iraq’s Balad air base, 80 km north of Baghdad, which houses U.S. forces. A security source told Shafaq News Agency. The source said, “Two Katyusha rockets landed on an empty yard in the northwestern part of Balad Air Base in Saladin Governorate but caused no …

On Monday, an official source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates confirmed that the European Union is responsible for the shedding of Syrian blood and the suffering of the Syrians through its support for terrorism in all its forms and the practice of economic terrorism. The source added …