Middle East Experience

Sources told Al-Monitor that negotiations between the sides had “failed” amid “significant military buildups” on the Turkish border.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Turkey-backed Syrian factions end US-mediated ceasefire with Kurdish-led SDF

When Syria's new government put out a call on social media for soldiers and police to lay down their arms and register with the authorities, Kamal Merhej was happy to oblige."I don't like the army, I want to get back on track with my life without anyone to give me orders," the 28-year-old told AFP.He spent nine years in the army, posted to the capital Damascus, and said he was now happy to be back in his home city of Latakia on the Mediterranean coast.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: 'We're all Syrians': Soldiers hand in weapons, hope for quiet lives

A Syrian bunker complex outside the port of Tartus was ablaze and rocked by explosions Monday just hours after what a war monitor and locals said was an intense wave of Israeli air strikes.Even after the strikes ended, blasts continued to erupt in a valley outside the village of Bmalkah, a Christian community in the hills behind the city, which is home to Russia's naval base in Syria. Israeli planes launched "the heaviest strikes in Syria's coastal region since the start of strikes in 2012" overnight, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israeli strikes leave Syrian ammo dump a smoking ruin

The OPCW has previously documented multiple instances of the Syrian Armed Forces deploying chlorine gas during the country’s civil war, findings consistently denied by the Assad regime.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Global watchdog convenes emergency session on Syria’s chemical weapons

The Jerusalem Post learned that Israel has lost patience with the Houthis and may be ready to act.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel is likely to finally respond to Yemen's Houthis, 'Post' has learned

Beyond the headlines: A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: News isn't just protests and Knesset shenanigans; it's the everyday things, too

Trump said he would discuss ways to bring an end to the Ukraine war with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Trump repeats warning to Hamas to release hostages soon or face consequences

Western powers are looking to establish contact with Syria's new rulers, aiming to avoid Iraq- or Libya-style chaos after the fall of the Assad regime to Islamist-led rebels.Europe's top diplomat Kaja Kallas was heading to Damascus on Monday, after a number of countries, including the United States, announced they had made initial approaches.The situation in Syria, long allied with Iran and Russia, remains volatile and Western nations are wary of the Al-Qaeda roots of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) that seized power in a lightning offensive.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Western powers resume contacts in Syria to prevent chaos

The UN has presented a plan to Libya to help it organize elections, unify the country's competing governments and overhaul its institutions, its envoy to the troubled country told the Security Council Monday.The vast North African nation of 6.8 million people has struggled to recover from years of conflict after the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that overthrew longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi.Libya remains divided between a UN-recognized government based in the capital Tripoli and a rival administration in the east, backed by military strongman Khalifa Haftar.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: UN proposes Libya stabilization, election plan

During a war, the conflict is the chief priority, and no doubt the court will suffer this responsibility throughout the testimonial process.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: On third day of PM's trial, wartime difficulties come to forefront