UN investigators say they have compiled secret lists of 4,000 perpetrators of serious crimes in Syria and hope the fall of Bashar al-Assad will help ensure accountability up to the highest level."It is very important that the top level perpetrators are brought to justice," said Linnea Arvidsson, who coordinates the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Syria (COI)."The focus should be on those who carry the main responsibility for the violations that have been committed for so many years, rather than the lower-level perpetrators," she told AFP in an interview.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: UN investigators say 4,000 Syrian rights abusers identified
Israel's ability to attack Iran greatly improved from prior operations, IDF warns
IDF sources said that there is heavy ongoing planning work going on to be ready to strike the Islamic Republic again if that becomes necessary.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel's ability to attack Iran greatly improved from prior operations, IDF warns
Missing American Travis Timmerman found in Syrian prison, released
The 29-year-old from Missouri told CBS News that he was freed from a Syrian prison on Monday after being detained seven months ago for entering the country without permission.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Missing American Travis Timmerman found in Syrian prison, released
Many in Israel-occupied Golan want peace, return to Syrian control
With the overthrow of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, many in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights say they want peace with Israel and a return to Syrian control.Kamil Khater, a barber in the Druze Arab town of Majdal Shams, said: "We, the Syrians... want peace with everyone, including Israel."But once the transition in Damascus is complete, he said, they want Golan to "return to the homeland, Syria".Israel conquered most of the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and annexed those areas in 1981, in a move only the United States has recognised.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Many in Israel-occupied Golan want peace, return to Syrian control
Germany turned blind-eye against PFLP website run on German servers, report reveals
The German company that provides serves to the PFLP admitted to BR24 that it had done so, and that it had taken appropriate action.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Germany turned blind-eye against PFLP website run on German servers, report reveals
Queen Elizabeth saw Israelis as 'terrorists or sons of terrorists,' former president says
Rivlin elaborated, saying, “She refused to accept any Israeli official into the Palace, apart from international occasions.”
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Queen Elizabeth saw Israelis as 'terrorists or sons of terrorists,' former president says
Inside the far-left media that, backed by Moscow, Damascus, and Tehran, attacks Israel
MEDIA AFFAIRS: MintPress News, The Grayzone, and Red are examples of far-left websites that can't be trusted when it comes to the Middle East.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Inside the far-left media that, backed by Moscow, Damascus, and Tehran, attacks Israel
Prison will not silence me, Iran's Mohammadi says
Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate on temporary medical leave from prison, said in a video call released Thursday that she would never let prison silence her.The 52-year-old has been jailed repeatedly over the past 25 years, most recently since November 2021, for past convictions relating to her advocacy against the obligatory hijab for women and capital punishment in Iran.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Prison will not silence me, Iran's Mohammadi says
Paraguay returns Israel embassy to Jerusalem
Paraguay's President Santiago Pena vowed on Thursday to stand with Israel, as he inaugurated the Latin American country's embassy after it moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem for a second time."We were with you, we are with you, and we will always stand with the people of Israel", Pena said during a ceremony to inaugurate the mission that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Paraguay returns Israel embassy to Jerusalem
New Syria leaders vow to search for abducted US journalist Tice
Syria's new leadership said Thursday it was searching for abducted US journalist Austin Tice and had secured the release of another American it said had been held by the ousted government.In 2022, US President Joe Biden accused Syria of holding Tice, a freelance photojournalist detained near Damascus a decade earlier, and demanded that the government of Bashar al-Assad release him.The transitional government, which took the helm in Syria after Assad's ouster on Sunday, said that "the search for American citizen Austin Tice is ongoing".
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: New Syria leaders vow to search for abducted US journalist Tice