Middle Orient

Israeli special forces entered the demilitarized zone on the Syrian border last week and destroyed two enemy outposts, the IDF said Tuesday.The covert operation was carried out following repeated Syrian violations of the disengagement agreement. The 1974 agreement between Israel and Syria stipulates that the border buffer zone be occupied …

The US State Department, in unusually tough language, slammed Turkey for creating another crisis off the coast of a small Greek island. Turkey has been using NAVTEX, a naval warning announcement, to force its navy into Greek waters or off the coast of Greek islands under the guise of “research.” …

Hundreds of Armenians from the diaspora are believed to have signed up as volunteers to fight against Azerbaijan in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory.

The Kadhimi government denies reaching a conditional truce with the pro-Iranian militia. The Iraqi government has denied that it negotiated with Iran-affiliated militias to try and reach a conditional truce to stop the US Embassy in Baghdad from being shelled by Katyusha rockets.

North Korea’s military parade and its arsenal, along with Iran’s progress on missile technology, illustrate how these countries have achieved success in the last decade.

The president of the self-declared Artsakh Republic has accused Israel of being aware that Azerbaijan is using Israeli drones in a “genocidal” attack on Armenians in Nagorna-Karabakh.

Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, said that the US had submitted a proposal to Turkey regarding northern Syria and has been working to persuade Ankara to accept it.

The Lebanese authorities seized an oil ship coming from Greece, which was meant to deliver oil to a company linked to the Assad regime, in implementation of the Caesar Act.

SY-24 obtained information and pictures showing that the Syrian regime has reopened the police station in the city of Deir ez-Zor. The station had been out of operation for many years, during which the parties to the conflict in Syria took turns controlling it. When the Islamic State (ISIS) relinquished …

The head of the Syrian National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, Nasr al-Hariri, called on Moscow to sever ties with Bashar al-Assad, in a meeting he had with a Russian diplomat on the sidelines of the 75th United Nations General Assembly.