Middle East Experience

Syria's health minister said Monday that overnight Israeli strikes killed 18 people in central Hama province, updating earlier figures, while a war monitor gave a higher death toll for the raids on military sites.The Israeli military, which has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria since its civil war started in 2011, declined to comment on the latest reported attack."The number of martyrs of the brutal Israeli aggression reached 18 martyrs and 37 wounded," Syria's Health Minister Hassan al-Ghabash told AFP.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israeli strikes on Syria kill 18: minister

New research at the Weizmann Institute takes a closer look at photosynthesis, learning how the phenomenon can be manipulated to better serve humanity.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Will a better understanding of photosynthesis help us grow plants under artificial light?

Near the usually quiet Syrian town of Masyaf smoke was still billowing from trees while burnt-out cars stood nearby, a day after authorities reported deadly Israeli strikes on military sites.Syrian health minister Hassan al-Ghabash told AFP the overnight "Israeli aggression" killed 18 people and wounded 37 others, during a media tour organised by the authorities.At the entrance to the mountainous town, about 220 kilometres (135 miles) north of the capital Damascus, a partially burned sign read "Masyaf".
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Charred cars, burning trees after deadly Israeli strikes on Syria

'Hamas has not agreed to any of the US-facilitated hostage deals; they are the sole reason there is no hostage deal in place.'
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Blame Hamas, not Israel's government, Ron Dermer says

United Torah Judaism (UTJ) has threatened to boycott the Knesset plenum until their concerns over Haredi education funding are addressed.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: UTJ threatens Knesset boycott amid Education funding standoff

Efraim Zuroff, the last Nazi hunter, steps down after 38 years at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, pledging to continue fighting antisemitism.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Last Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff resigns from Simon Wiesenthal Center, vows to fight antisemitism

Human Rights Watch on Wednesday accused Lebanon's army and the authorities in nearby Cyprus of working together to keep refugees out of Europe and deporting them to war-torn Syria.Lebanon's army has intercepted Syrian refugees trying to leave by boat, "pulled them back, and summarily expelled them to Syria", the rights watchdog said in a statement launching a report."In tandem", Cypriot security forces including the coastguard "have sent Syrians whose boats reached Cyprus back to Lebanon, without regard to their refugee status or risk of being expelled to Syria", it said.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: HRW accuses Lebanon, Cyprus of deporting refugees back to Syria

Israel's national security is being influenced by delays in publishing October 7 probes and significant leadership changes initiated by IDF Chief Herzi Halevi during the ongoing war.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Evolving Oct. 7 probes and the changing face of the IDF

A notorious Libyan human trafficker sanctioned by the UNSC, was killed in Tripoli by unknown assailants, raising further questions amid Libya's ongoing turmoil and migrant crisis.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Notorious human trafficker sanctioned by the UN killed in Western Libya

Lebanon's former central bank chief Riad Salameh was charged Wednesday with embezzling public funds and money laundering a day after his detention, a judicial source said.On Tuesday, he was questioned over the embezzlement of $40 million and detained for the first time since he left his post at the end of July 2023 at the helm of the central bank.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Lebanon ex-central bank chief charged with embezzlement