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Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2019. Credit: Sasa Dzambic Photography/Shutterstock.

Israel faces Russia policy change, or perhaps political posturing, regarding Syria

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Lebanese media outlets as well as Saudi Arabia’s London-based Asharq Al-Awsat have reported that Israel’s freedom of action against Iran in Syria is dwindling as Russia makes changes to its policy vis-à-vis its relationship with Israel....
Court proceedings. Credit: New Africa/Shutterstock.

Israeli court sentences woman who entered Syria to eight months in prison

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The Nazareth Magistrates Court sentenced a young woman who crossed into Syria illegally and was returned to Israel earlier this year to eight months in prison on Monday. In February, Syrian authorities took the 25-year-old...
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on the phone with then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on May 12, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House. Credit: Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz.

Latest attacks between US and Iran-backed militias overshadow ongoing nuclear talks

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Iran’s continued provocations through its terror proxies and with its nuclear program appear to be frustrating efforts by the Biden administration’s efforts revive the Iranian nuclear deal. On Tuesday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...
Ahmed Jibril, founder of the PFLP-GC, died, age 83, on July 8, 2021. Source: YouTube.

Ahmed Jibril, founder of Palestinian terrorist group, dies at 83

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Ahmed Jibril, leader of a Palestinian terror group responsible for multiple hijackings, bombings and kidnappings, died in Damascus on Wednesday at the age of 83. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC),...
An explosions in the air over Damascus during what Syrian media claims was an Israeli strike on targets in the area, on Feb. 6, 2020. Credit: SANA.

Syria reports multiple Israeli strikes in center, north

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Israel struck targets in central and southern Syria on Tuesday night, official Syrian media reported on Wednesday. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) quoted a Syrian military source as saying the strikes were launched from...
An Israeli Apache helicopter at an aerial show in honor of an Israeli Air Force Flight Course graduation ceremony at the Hatzerim Air Base in the Negev desert, Dec. 29, 2016. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Syria: Israeli helicopter struck target in Syrian Golan Heights

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An Israeli helicopter fired a missile at a target on the Syrian Golan Heights early on Thursday, according to Syrian state media. “A helicopter for the Israeli enemy carried out an attack with a missile...
Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (right) with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as he arrives at a hotel in Vienna, Austria, on July 14, 2014, for a day of meetings about Iran's nuclear program. Credit: U.S. State Department.

Kerry denies claim he informed Iran of Israeli strikes in Syria

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U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry on Monday denied allegations that he had discussed covert Israeli strikes on Iranian targets in Syria with Iran’s foreign minister. “I can tell you that this story and these...
View of the nuclear reactor in Dimona in southern Israel. Aug. 13, 2016. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90.

What really happened in the skies near Israel’s nuclear reactor?

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Two days before a Syrian surface-to-air missile flew into southern Israel in response to reported Israeli airstrikes on targets in the Damascus area, two suspicious Iranian cargo planes landed at Damascus International Airport, likely...
An airstrike in Syria on June 24, 2020. Source: Twitter/Majd Fahd.

Syrian air-defense missile falls in southern Israel; IAF strikes launchers

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A Syrian surface-to-air missile (SAM) fired at an Israeli Air Force fighter jet that had been involved in airstrikes on targets in Syria exploded in Israel’s southern Negev region early on Thursday. Warning sirens went...
An aerial view of northern Beirut, Lebanon, March 27, 2005. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Hezbollah steps up preparations for Lebanon’s collapse

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Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror organization is advancing its preparations for the possibility that the state may collapse, Reuters reported on Friday. The group is expanding its food ration card system, importing medicine and preparing storage for fuel to...