Middle East latest: Gaza ceasefire holds as Israel cracks down in …
3 days ago · DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — With Israeli shelling and bombardment otherwise halted since the ceasefire took effect on Sunday, rescue workers have intensified their attempts to find and recover bodies trapped beneath the rubble of destroyed buildings. ... since former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s fall.
Middle East latest: Israel says it killed a militant in Gaza as fragile ...
3 days ago · In the days since a fragile ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched a major military operation in the occupied West Bank and suspected Jewish settlers have rampaged through two Palestinian towns. ... national army in Syria should be a priority for the country’s rulers — the former insurgents who toppled President Bashar ...
How 'Israel' was forced to submit to Gaza | Al Mayadeen English
5 days ago · Under such circumstances, the US permitted its Israeli allies to commit a genocide in the Gaza Strip and to work on a project to cripple the Iranian-led Axis of Resistance. It was therefore clear, that eventually, the war was going to expand onto other fronts beyond Gaza. ... the beginning of the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria ...
Israel Faces a Reshuffled Strategic Deck in Syria | Opinion
Jan 1, 2025 · Suddenly, Israel has a Syria problem. For years, officials in Jerusalem had banked on a relatively predictable balance of power with the neighboring regime of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. Despite ...
Gaza war death toll surpasses 45,000, Assad releases statement
Dec 16, 2024 · The call, made at a press conference in Raqa, comes more than a week after Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad after a lightning offensive in which they seized swathes of territory.
Israel faces new Middle East after Assad’s fall, must secure borders ...
Dec 8, 2024 · With Assad’s fall, this arc – which began in Iran and stretched through Iraq, Syria, and northern Lebanon and extended through Yemen and southern Gaza – has been fractured. The vaunted “axis of...
Palestinian resistance inflicted ‘resounding’ defeat on Israel: Syria’s ...
Dec 18, 2023 · Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the Palestinian resistance groups have inflicted a “resounding” defeat on Israel despite the West's unwavering support for the occupying regime in its...
Netanyahu says Assad's fall could strengthen Gaza deal
Dec 9, 2024 · Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad regime could lead to a hostage swap deal in the Gaza Strip.
Israel is using the same tactics in Gaza that al-Assad employed in ...
Dec 3, 2023 · The al-Assad regime has justified these offensives under the nebulous banner of “countering terrorism”, claiming that 119 healthcare facilities were “taken over by terrorist groups”.
Assad dodges Gaza war - Enab Baladi
Apr 29, 2024 · Bashar al-Assad’s first statement on October 12, 2023, after 1537 people were killed and 6612 injured in the entire Gaza Strip, i.e., five days after the Israeli war began, was limited to condemning the crimes committed by Israel against Palestinians.