Middle East Experience

Every night, Damascus residents stand guard outside shops and homes armed with light weapons often supplied by Syria's new rulers, eager to fill the security vacuum that followed the recent takeover.After Islamist-led rebels ousted former president Bashar al-Assad in early December, thousands of soldiers, policemen and other security officials deserted their posts, leaving the door open to petty theft, looting and other crimes.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: 'Protect our people': Armed Syrian volunteers watch over Damascus

French President Emmanuel Macron called on Ukraine Monday to have "realistic" expectations on territory as its fight against the Russian invasion heads into a fourth year, saying he saw no "quick and easy solution" to the conflict.Outlining France's foreign policy for the coming year, Macron also took aim at Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of social media platform X and close ally of US President-elect Donald Trump, accusing him of supporting "a new international reactionary movement".
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Macron urges 'realistic' expectations from Ukraine on territory

UN mediator Hans Grundberg will also push for the release of UN staff and others currently being held there.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: UN envoy arrives in Yemeni capital in bid to quell tensions

According to the Washington Post, Aliji immersed himself in violent videos and IS chatrooms as a way of managing his depression.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Man who planned attack on Taylor Swift concert considered Israeli embassy as target

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial on Monday charged with accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi.Sarkozy's career has been shadowed by legal troubles since he lost the 2012 presidential election. He has been convicted in two other cases, charged in another and is being investigated in two more. But he remains an influential figure and is also known to regularly meet President Emmanuel Macron.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: France's Sarkozy on trial over alleged Kadhafi financing pact

Suddenly, there is a public possibility that Israel could eliminate Iranian nuclear facilities either by airstrike or by special forces operation.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: How Israel can transform an attack on Iran's nuclear program for 2025

The system can detect, locate and neutralize hostile UAS, across all times of the day and in both rural and urban settings.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Elbit wins m contract to provide Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems to EU country

Its mandate did not include anything relating to probing the Oct. 7 failure, rather only a forward-looking view to preparing the IDF for the future.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Future of the IDF: Nagel Commission issues report on transforming military

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi remains out of jail after being allowed leave on medical grounds but could be re-arrested and sent back at any time, her family's lawyer said Monday.Mohammadi, who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her two-decade fight for human rights in the Islamic republic, was released from Tehran's Evin prison on December 4 after an operation to remove a benign tumour. She is also suffering from other ailments.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Iran Nobel winner could be re-arrested at any moment: lawyer

Syrian state media said a five-day security operation in Homs city ended Monday, with a war monitor reporting hundreds of arrests in sweeps mostly targeting neighbourhoods of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite community."We announce the end of the combing campaign in the neighbourhoods of Homs city after achieving the campaign's objectives," the SANA news agency said, quoting the head of Homs's General Security agency without naming the official.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Syria announces end of Homs security sweep: state media