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Regime Arrests 34 Officers and Soldiers in Southern Syria, Including Saasaa Branch Leader

Observers posit that the arrest campaign may be primarily driven by personal vendettas among regime officers, according to Baladi News. In recent hours, Syrian regime forces initiated a wave of arrests impacting numerous individuals, including prominent figures in the city of Quneitra, encompassing leaders of various detachments and checkpoints, as …

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Iran Reinforces Positions in Hama, Deir-ez-Zor and Homs, Withdraws Thousands of Troops From Aleppo

Iran aims to reinforce its forces in its areas of presence in Syria, according to Baladi News. Informed sources have disclosed that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard militias have withdrawn thousands of Syrian members affiliated with them from the Aleppo governorate. These members were relocated to positions in the governorates of …

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Syria Today – US Base Under Attack; Organizations Call for More Aid; Russia Recruiting Mercenaries

Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria. Explosions have been reported near a US army base in Syria following an attack linked to retaliatory US airstrikes against Iranian-aligned groups and their positions. Meanwhile, the United Nations and human rights organizations have called for increased aid for Syria, one …

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Why Armenia and Azerbaijan Still Can’t Reach a Peace Deal

In December, three months after the devastating September 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh displaced more than 100,000 Armenians, Yerevan and Baku engaged in bilateral talks that “reconfirmed their intention to normalize relations and to reach a peace treaty on the basis of respect for the principles of sovereignty and territorial …

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South Caucasus Turns Away From Russia Toward Middle East

Rapid geopolitical change is curtailing Russian power in the South Caucasus, boosting the influence of Middle Eastern countries and bookending the region’s “post-Soviet” history. The South Caucasus is undergoing a geopolitical transformation. The war in Ukraine and the effective resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan mean that …

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How UNRWA threats underscore Palestinians’ right of return

On May 14, 1948, the state of Israel was established, and with it, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forced from their homes. Out of this exorbitant refugee crisis, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) was born. Beginning operations in 1950, today UNRWA provides humanitarian …

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Germany’s hypocrisy: Protest the far-right but support Israel’s genocide in Gaza

A wave of protests is currently sweeping through Germany: Hundreds of thousands of people have been taking to the streets for the past few weeks in opposition to the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party. The protests were triggered by the recent revelation by investigative news website Correctiv that a …

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The end of UNRWA? Why Israel is targeting the Palestinian refugee agency

Humanitarian aid operations in Gaza are once again in the spotlight following the momentous International Court of Justice (ICJ) provisional rulings against Israel on 26 January. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) – the leading aid entity for Palestinians in Gaza and across the Middle East – is …

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Will Arab-Israeli normalisation survive the Gaza war?

Only a few months ago many Western, Israeli, and Arab policymakers and analysts had incorrectly concluded that the Arab world had moved past the issue of Palestine. Some commentators saw the Arab trend toward normalisation with Israel as the future. These voices were convinced that it was only a matter …

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A look at the Iraqi government’s relationship with armed groups that are clashing with US forces

A U.S. strike in Baghdad that killed a commander of the powerful Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group this week highlighted the ambiguous status of the country’s Iran-allied armed factions. Some operate simultaneously as a part of the official security forces and outside of state control. That has put the government of …

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