Mount Hermon: Why control of Syria’s highest peak matters
Alex MacDonald
Middle East Eye / December 10, 2024
Israel has taken advantage of Bashar al-Assad's overthrow to capture more territory in Syria.
Israel has occupied the Golan Heights since the 1967 war with Syria.
Between 1974 and 2024 the territory was divided between areas controlled by Israel and areas controlled by Syria,...
As Israel advances on a Syrian buffer zone, it sees peril and opportunity
Melanie Lidman
AP / December 10, 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel – The dramatic downfall of Syrian President Bashar Assad presents possible danger, and an opening, for neighbouring Israel.
After fighting wars on multiple fronts for months, Israel is now concerned that unrest in Syria could spill over into its territory. Israel also...
Latest statistics on Gaza genocide revealed – what we know ?
TPC Staff
Palestine Chronicle / December 10, 2024
The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip publishes an update on the most important statistics of the genocidal war waged by the Israeli occupation. This is what we know.
The government media office in Gaza announced that Israel has committed 9,905 massacres in...
Israeli warplanes pound Syria as troops reportedly advance deeper into the country
Sarah El Deeb, Bassem Mroue & Melanie Lidman
The Independent (AP) / December 10, 2024
Israel has carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advance deeper into the country, reportedly drawing to within 15 miles of the capital.
Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across...
Israel’s warplanes pound Syria as it destroys Assad’s naval fleet
Alex Croft
The Independent / December 10, 2024
After the fall of the Assad regime, the Israeli military has taken control of a UN-controlled buffer zone in the Golan Heights and hit targets across the country.
Israel has carried out a wave of airstrikes around Syria, claiming to have destroyed the country’s...
Israel, US and Turkey launch strikes in Syria to protect interests
Peter Beaumont
The Guardian / December 10, 2024
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels free prisoners of the former president, Bashar al-Assad, who has fled to Russia
Bombing raids have hit sites across Syria as regional actors in the Middle East scrambled to defend their interests in the country after the sudden fall of...
Israel kills at least 25 in same family in North Gaza massacre
Sharon Zhang
Truthout / December 10, 2024
“The situation in northern Gaza is beyond catastrophic,” north Gaza journalist Hossam Shabat reported.
Israeli forces have reportedly killed dozens of members of the same family in a strike in northern Gaza, as the last main hospital in the region is rapidly being destroyed by...
In post-Assad Middle East, Iran’s loss is Turkey’s gain
Vali Nasr
Foreign Policy / December 10, 2024
Ankara will seek to fill the regional power vacuum left by the fall of Tehran’s most valuable client.
The cataclysmic events of the last few weeks in Lebanon and Syria—from Israel’s decimation of Hezbollah to the fall of the Assad regime—have opened a new...
‘Dealbreaker’ – Smotrich sets condition on normalization with Saudi Arabia
The Palestine Chronicle / December 10, 2024
Though it was the Saudis that conditioned any future relations with Israel based on the establishment of a Palestinian state, an Israeli extremist minister has a condition of his own.
Israel will reject any normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia if it requires the creation...
Netanyahu’s trial for alleged corruption centers on these three cases
AP / December 10, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to testify in court on Tuesday, facing charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three separate cases.
The trial has cast a shadow over Israel’s longest-serving prime minister as the war in Gaza grinds on. Netanyahu has...
