January 2021

Israeli night raids targeting arms depots and military positions in eastern Syria killed at least seven Syrian soldiers and 16 allied fighters, in the deadliest raids since 2018, a war monitor said Wednesday.The Israeli air force…

Israeli warplanes carried out intense airstrikes in eastern Syria early Wednesday, apparently targeting positions and arms depots of Iran-backed forces as the region is on high alert. At least 57 fighters were killed and dozens were…

Israeli warplanes have carried out what is thought to be the biggest bombing raid in years on Iran-linked military sites in Syria, reportedly killing dozens of Syrian soldiers and foreign militiamen in a barrage of strikes early on…

BEIRUT • Israeli night raids targeting arms depots and military positions in eastern Syria killed at least seven Syrian soldiers and 24 allied fighters in the deadliest raids since 2018, a war monitor said yesterday.…

BEIRUT: Israeli air strikes on east Syria killed 57 regime forces and allied Iran-backed fighters, in the deadliest such strikes since the start of the conflict, a war monitoring group said on Wednesday. The overnight raids against arms…

The drug Captagon is taken recreationally across the Middle East, and by fighters who say it takes away their fear The leader of Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah has denied accusations it is involved in amphetamine…

Syrian potato farmers use a tractor to plant the root vegetables near the town of Binnish in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, on 12 January 2021 (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour) Displaced people around Syria are coming to grips with…

The Middle Eastern region has been riddled with crisis and disputes for centuries yet only a few seem to make their way out of an endless war. One such instance is making its way to the map as aged rivals: Lebanon and Israel, are…

Syrian refugees talk outside Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Sarajevo train station in 2018 about abuse they say they suffered at the hands of Croatian police during an attempt to enter Europe. (Courthouse News photo/Cain Burdeau)…

Abeer, one of the main subjects of Skye Fitzgerald’s short documentary Hunger Ward, is as pretty as a fairytale princess, with eloquent brown eyes and a smile—when it appears—to melt the heart. But the conditions of Abeer’s life,…