Middle East Experience

The Southern uprisings began on Friday night after northern rebels advanced on Homs, threatening to cut off the Syrian government from the sea and Russian support.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: IDF assists UN forces in Hader area in Syria repel attack by armed forces

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday that Syria must not be allowed to fall into the hands of a "terrorist group" as Islamist-led rebels advance on President Bashar al-Assad's seat of power.Lavrov spoke after talks in the Gulf state of Qatar on Saturday with fellow Assad ally Iran and opposition supporter Turkey aimed at preventing Syria from collapsing into chaos after the lightning rebel advances of recent days.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Assad ally Russia says 'terrorist group' cannot be allowed to run Syria

Reports from former hostages and Zangauker’s appearance in the video highlight the grave state of captives held by Hamas.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israeli doctor warns of critical conditions in Hamas captivity after watching video of hostage

Syrian rebels have reached Damascus, meaning the spillover risks into the Golan have grown.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: How Syrian rebels' advance toward Damascus impacts Israel’s border?

The armed wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, released a video on Saturday of an Israeli hostage held in the Gaza Strip since the Hamas attack of October 2023.In the undated, three-and-half-minute video that AFP has not been able to verify, Matan Zangauker says in Hebrew that he has been in captivity for more than 420 days and calls for public pressure on the Israeli government to secure the release of all captives held in Gaza.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Hamas armed wing releases video of Gaza hostage

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is said to have fled Syria after rebels claimed they seized Damascus.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Russia confirms Bashar al-Assad ‘left Syria,’ whereabouts unknown: What to know

Israeli military sources note a new era in Syria offers lots of historic opportunities and serious dangers.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: IDF: Assad's fall marks end of Iran's Axis of Resistance, new challenges ahead in Syria

"I call on the Chief Rabbinate to replace the sign prohibiting ascent with a sign that permits Jews to ascend the Mount!" MK Simcha Rothman stated.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: MK Simcha Rothman calls on the Chief Rabbinate to permit ascent to the Temple Mount

Herzog added, “It's clear that Israel's constitutional structure isn't perfect. I have said this over and over in recent years."
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Herzog – ‘Worried’ about ‘dramatic’ wave of legislation altering democratic foundations

Reda al-Khedr was only five when his mother escaped the siege of Homs in 2014. A decade later in Cairo, he can hardly believe the Syrian government that killed his father has fallen."I can barely remember Syria," Khedr, now 15, told AFP in the Egyptian capital."But now we're going to go home to a liberated Syria. We're done with Bashar al-Assad and his corrupt regime," he said on Sunday, still blinking in disbelief at rebel groups' lightning offensive that toppled the Assad family's five-decade rule earlier in the day.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: 'I can finally go home': Syrians in Egypt rejoice at fall of Assad