Middle Orient

The Iraqi security forces arrested six terrorists in two separate operations in al-Anbar governorate. Al-Anbar operations commander, Naser al-Ghannam, said in a statement earlier today, Tuesday, that the security forces apprehended two “dangerous” terrorists in cooperation with al-Anbar intelligence. Al-Ghannam added that a second operation carried out by the 10th …

PM called off first official trip to UAE last week at the last minute, blaming Jordan for failing to approve flyover; Jordan confirms closing its airspace over diplomatic spat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that he was deterred from flying to the United Arab Emirates through Saudi airspace last …

Egypt and the United Arab Emirates are calling for Syria to be accepted back into the Arab League as analysts say that its suspension has done little good. Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have called for Syria’s return to the Arab League nearly 10 years after its membership was …

In his first months in office, President Joe Biden’s team has signaled that Syria’s civil war won’t be among his top foreign policy priorities. “We failed,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said of the Barack Obama administration’s approach to Syria. “Not for want of trying, but we failed.” …

Since the 2016 Brexit referendum, the United Kingdom has been trying hard to figure out its new position on the global stage. Not without a certain degree of nostalgia, the ruling Conservative Party has put forward the idea of “global Britain,” reviving old imperial networks and repositioning London at their …

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 …