Middle East

Reports from Beirut indicate that Israel has struck the Syrian army at the 155th Brigade base north of Damascus near the Lebanese border. This follows another purported Israeli air strike in the area on Friday. […]

Russia have deployed new electronic jamming systems that are able to blind radar, disrupt electronic guidance systems, and interfere with satellite imagery.  NATO have complained that Russia have effectively blinded their electronics in Syria, inside […]

A United Nations agency said that up to 100,000 people in Gaza will be forced to spend the winter in tents, shacks and animal shelters. A spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency […]

A horrific market bombing has been reported by Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the Douma neighbourhood of Damascus. At least 70 people have been killed and over 550 injured in the bombing attack […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking to deprive Palestinians of their residency rights in East Jerusalem neighbourhoods that lie beyond the separation barrier. Netanyahu is considering the idea of revoking identity cards for up […]

ISIS have allegedly claimed responsibility for the crash of the Russian plane on Saturday over Egypt’s Sinai, which killed 224 people.  A video has emerged that shows the plane being shot down in the sky by Sinai-based […]

A video has emerged showing Israeli border police threatening Palestinians in Aida refugee camp, saying, “We will gas you until you die”.  In the one minute video, recorded on Thursday by a resident of the […]

Iran have said that they intend to stand firm and boost their defence capability, if Israel or the US make any “malicious moves” against the country.  Defence Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said Iran’s preparedness […]

Media reports from Syria and Lebanon claim that Israeli air strikes have attacked Hezbollah assets in Syria. However Israel has declined to comment on the reported attacks, neither denying nor accepting them, and thus avoiding any immediate […]

Internet trolls came out in force to attack a Free Syrian Army general after he gave an interview in which he asked for Russia’s cooperation to work ‘hand in hand’ to defeat the Islamic State. The cited […]