Transfer comes days after insurgent teams toppled Syrian chief Bashar al-Assad, weeks earlier than Donald Trump turns into US president once more. Israel’s authorities has accredited a plan to extend the variety of settlers within the illegally occupied Golan Heights, days after seizing extra Syrian territory following the toppling of Syria’s longtime chief Bashar al-Assad….
Political scientist Vali Nasr argues Iran-US relations can enhance as Iran’s footprint throughout the Center East shrinks. After Iran was pushed out of Syria, and its affect in Lebanon wanes, the map of the Center East is quickly altering. Iranian-American political scientist Vali Nasr tells host Steve Clemons that Iran’s retreat within the area opens…
United Nations (UN) human rights specialists condemned the US for its double requirements in addressing violations of worldwide legislation within the Israeli-Palestinian battle, urging an finish to impunity for each Israel and its supporters. At a press convention in Geneva, 4 specialists, who function particular rapporteurs to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), urged the…
Washington, DC – Palestinian rights advocates in the US are denouncing the choice of Republican Congressman Brian Mast to guide the Home Overseas Affairs Committee. Mast, a pro-Israel hawk recognized for his incendiary remarks about Palestinians, was nominated on Monday by fellow Republicans to be the chair of the influential panel within the incoming Congress,…
Netanyahu took the stand for about 4 hours and can resume testifying on Wednesday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken the stand for the primary time in his long-running corruption trial, rejecting what he described as “absurd” allegations in opposition to him. Showing at a crowded courtroom in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, the embattled…
In the meantime, a US federal indictment has charged two former senior Syrian intelligence officers from the regime of former president Bashar al-Assad with “battle crimes towards Individuals and different civilians”, the division of justice introduced. The indictment accuses Jamil Hassan, 72, and Abdul Salam Mahmoud, 65, of conspiring to commit battle crimes by subjecting…
Some 250 Israeli air strikes have hit Syria in 48 hours, stories the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Israel has unleashed a barrage of aerial assaults throughout Syria, battering key navy websites amid a safety vacuum after opposition forces ousted President Bashar al-Assad. Close to the port metropolis of Latakia, Israel focused an air defence…
Israeli forces additionally bomb weapons depots in southern Syria and the capital Damascus, Israeli media experiences. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli forces have seized a buffer zone within the occupied Golan Heights established by a 1974 ceasefire settlement with Syria, after a lightning advance by Syrian opposition forces ended Bashar al-Assad’s rule. Netanyahu mentioned…
Israel has deployed its forces in new positions throughout the buffer zone alongside the Israel–Syria border within the Golan Heights on 8 December, Sunday, following the autumn of the Assad regime in Syria. The Israeli Protection Forces (IDF) confirmed the transfer, marking the primary such deployment because the 1974 Settlement on Disengagement was signed. The…
A month after suspending its mediation bid, Qatar has stated it sees “momentum” in efforts to achieve a deal to finish Israel’s battle on the Gaza Strip, as dozens of Palestinians have been killed within the Israeli navy’s continued assaults on the besieged enclave. Talking on the Doha Discussion board on Saturday, Qatari International Minister…
