Protesters urge Israel sanctions ahead of MPs return

Israel’s Military Actions in Syria and the Druze Minority Conflict

After the fall of the Assad regime in December last year, Israel intensified its military operations in Syria. The situation recently escalated when Israel announced attacks on Syria aimed at protecting the Druze – an Arab minority caught in the...

Updates: Israel kills 116 in Gaza, starvation claims Palestinian baby

Israel, Syria reach ceasefire deal with Türkiye's backing: US envoy

ANKARA Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire supported by Türkiye, Jordan and neighbors, US Ambassador to Ankara Tom Barrack said early Saturday. "Israeli Prime Minister @Netanyahu and Syrian President @SyPresidency supported by the U.S.A....

Barry O’Halloran: Israel may regret flexing its regional superpower muscles by intervening in Syria

The Jewish state risks getting bogged down in a sectarian quagmire in which none of its strategic interests are threatened Benjamin Netanyahu has taken a gamble that may backfire for Israel. Photo: Reuters Today at 06:30 Israel’s bombing of...

Fighting resumes in Suwayda despite Syria-Israel ceasefire deal

SUWAYDA, Syria (North Press) – Heavy clashes continued on Saturday in the center of Suwayda city, southern Syria, in a violation of the ceasefire agreement recently brokered between Syria and Israel under international mediation. Despite the deal,...

Israel kills Palestinian child, block medics from reaching victim in West Bank

A 13-year-old Palestinian child was shot and killed Friday by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank town of Ya'bad in southern Jenin, according to sources. The Palestinian news agency, Wafa, identified the victims as Amro Ali Khaled Qabha and...

Israel kills dozens of Palestinians in raids on Gaza aid distribution points

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed as the Israeli forces struck aid distribution points in the southern Gaza Strip, amid a worsening hunger crisis across the besieged territory. Al Jazeera reported that 41 Palestinians were killed in Israeli...

Israel Comes to the Defense of Syria’s Druze as Fears Mount Over a Dangerous Escalation

Entire Druze neighborhoods in Sweida lie in ruins and at least 300 are dead after days of brutal clashes with Syrian forces — an eruption that has now drawn Israeli airstrikes and raised fears of a wider regional war. The violence, sparked on July...

Iran, Switzerland FMs discuss Israel, US attack on Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis held a telephone conversation on Saturday, discussing regional developments and bilateral relations. Araghchi strongly condemned the recent military attacks by...

Letter from Mideast: Sirens and survival -- the illusion of normalcy in Israel

by Xinhua writer Wang Zhuolun JERUSALEM, July 19 (Xinhua) -- On the surface, life in Israel appears to have returned to normal following days of tense exchanges of strikes with Iran. Cafes are crowded again. Evening traffic on highways stretches...

USAC approves letter criticizing ban of student governments’ anti-Israel boycotts

The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously approved a letter to UC President Michael Drake criticizing the UC’s ban on student governments’ boycott of countries, including Israel, at an emergency meeting July 15. Drake announced in...

The State of Israel must stand by the Druze in Syria

It's already clear that Syria has reached the point of no return. The country's different sects and communities are trying to put an impossible puzzle together out of its tatters and rifts, to no avail.

When Israel disrupts U.S. strategy in Syria, Trump enters the scene

Another cease-fire in Syria, the third in a week, went into effect on Saturday, between the Druze and Bedouin tribes, as well as between the two and the government of President Ahmad al-Sharaa. It's possible that this time, it has a better chance...

135 Sentenced in Dagestan Airport Riot Related to Anti-Israel Protests

Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia — On October 31, 2023, Russian courts sentenced 135 individuals to lengthy prison terms for their involvement in a violent riot at an airport in Dagestan. This unrest followed the arrival of a plane from Tel Aviv,...

Hamas drags feet in negotiations as Israel makes threat

Talks under pressure: The Doha negotiations persist despite Hamas stalling on matters debated for almost two weeks. Israeli figures disclosed over the weekend that Hamas is undermining the discussions, as the terror group has refused for days to...

Northern Israel’s recovery: Addressing trauma, economic challenges, and renewal - opinion

Israel vs Syria ‘War’: U.S. Takes Truce Credit But Unrest Continues; Israeli Druze ‘Cross Border'

The US claims credit for a new Israel-Syria ceasefire, but tensions remain high in Sweida over clashes between Druze and Bedouin tribes. Syria deployed forces, sparking renewed fighting, while an Israeli Druze Knesset member defends border...

Syria believed it had green light from US, Israel to deploy troops to Sweid

Syria’s government misread how Israel would respond to its troops deploying to the country’s south this week, encouraged by U.S. messaging that Syria should be governed as a centralized state, eight sources familiar with the matter told Reuters....

UN Experts Call For End To Anguish Of Families Seeking Truth About Disappeared Loved Ones In The OPT And Israel

GENEVA (18 July 2025) – About 4,000 Palestinians, including children and the elderly and 51 Israelis are still missing since 7 October 2023, UN experts* said today, calling on authorities in both Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory to...