The Syrian Arab Army’s “Tiger Forces” – in coordination with the 87th Brigade of the 11th Tank Division and National Defense Forces (NDF) – have advanced from the Frikka Checkpoint after they captured the ‘Alaween Checkpoint and Malta Hill located southeast of Jisr Al-Shughour.
An Islamic preacher in Turkey launched a scathing attack on clean-shaven men, claiming that they "look like women" and provoke...
Eric Zuesse U.S. President Donald Trump is playing a game of nuclear “chicken” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, regarding Putin’s...
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (6:00 P.M.) – With fierce clashes ongoing in the contested Philippine city of Marawi, ISIS militants destroyed a...
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (8:30 P.M.) – Overnight, heavy clashes erupted in the predominately Sunni city of Marawi in the southern Philippines...
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:10 P.M.) - One of the commanders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh,...
Read moreBEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 P.M.) - A commentator on Israeli military affairs, Alon Ben David, wrote in the Maariv newspaper this...
Read moreBEIRUT, LEBANON (4:40 P.M.) - Iran has once again reverse engineered an Israeli weapon that was likely transferred to them...
Read moreBEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 P.M.) - On Friday, the European Union added the new Syrian Foreign Minister, Faisal Al-Miqdad, to the...
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BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 P.M.) - The Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a series of airstrikes in different parts of Syria...
Read moreBEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 P.M.) - The Russian Navy's Baltic Fleet's platoon entered the Syrian port of Tartus as part of...
Read moreBEIRUT, LEBANON (8:10 P.M.) - The head of the Israeli National Security Research Institute, Major General (res.) Amos Yadlin, said...
Read moreBEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 P.M.) - Earlier tonight, the Aleppo countryside witnessed a number of powerful explosions, following a drone attack...
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