Fighting between the Druze and Bedouins in Syria’s Suwayda Governorate continues to rage, despite the second ceasefire of the week being declared on Wednesday. The toll in the fighting and killing since Sunday is now up to at least 638, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The fighting…| News From Antiwar.com
Nick Maynard, a British surgeon currently working at the Nasser Hospital in Gaza, has told The Telegraph that Palestinians in the besieged enclave are facing "unprecedented malnutrition" due to the Israeli blockade and that Israeli snipers are targeting people seeking food near aid distribution sites. Maynard said that the aid…| News From Antiwar.com
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated long-standing demands that the entire south of Syria south of Damascus remain absolutely demilitarized, and vowed that Israel will continue to carry out attacks on Syria to enforce that as one of his “red lines.” Netanyahu also presented a second red line of…| News From Antiwar.com
More than 500 people have been killed after days of clashes, massacres, and Israeli airstrikes in Syria's southern Suwayda province, according to numbers from the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Clashes began between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes, with the al-Qaeda-linked Syrian government quickly intervening against the Druze. Among…| News From Antiwar.com
France and Italy have declined to participate in a plan to purchase US weapons and send them to Ukraine, a scheme that was announced by President Trump and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Monday. France clarified that it's still set on supporting Ukraine with military aid but wants to prioritize…| News From Antiwar.com
Israel carried out multiple drone strikes against southern Lebanon today, killing two people and wounding two others. Both of the slain were claimed by the IDF to have been members of Hezbollah. The first strike was in the area near Kfour, killing one and wounding two. About an hour later,…| News From Antiwar.com
Gaza's Health Ministry said on Thursday that at least 93 Palestinians were killed and 367 were wounded as a result of Israel's genocidal war over the past 24-hour period, as relentless US-backed Israeli strikes continue. The Health Ministry said that another body was recovered from the rubble. "A number of…| News From Antiwar.com
An Israeli military tank on Thursday struck the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City, killing three people and wounding at least nine others. Two of the dead have been identified as Saad Salameh, the parish's 60-year-old janitor, and Fumayya Ayyad, an 84-year-old woman who was receiving psychosocial support from…| News From Antiwar.com
The US will fund and construct a base for fast boats for the Philippine military on the South China Sea amid heightened tensions between Manila and Beijing over disputed rocks and reefs in the area. The base will be built on the west coast of the Philippine island province of…| News From Antiwar.com
Tuesday’s ceasefire announcement in the southern Syria Suwayda Governorate went pretty poorly. There was fighting before and after, and it fell apart more or less immediately. Wednesday, they’re trying again, announcing a new ceasefire. Tuesday’s ceasefire came from Defense Ministry officials, while Wednesday’s was announced by the Interior Ministry. Both…| News From Antiwar.com
