Israel holds the Golan Heights and a buffer zone in southern Syria, and its air strikes and ground incursions reach deep into south Lebanon. Independent and regional sources report on the occupation and the war over land in both countries.
Behind The Headlines
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu draft plans to launch another attack on Iran – as oil prices continue to rise once again. In this episode of The Target Mint Press News’ Robert Inlakesh…
Middle East & Africa
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Two months after Israeli troops withdrew from the Lebanese village of West Zawtar, residents are living with a paradox: they have returned home, but the war remains visible and audible just across the valley. Israeli…
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During a speech at the United Nations last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, calling him a “tyrant.” “Now he wants to take over Syria,” Netanyahu said…
Israel-hezbollah
Fearing a security vacuum if UN peacekeepers leave southern Lebanon when their mandate expires December 31, the Lebanese government is desperately seeking an extension of the United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL) or the…
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Mass protests have swept Syria—from Aleppo to Deir ez-Zor. Two years of empty Western promises, plundered oil fields, Israeli occupation of the south, and rule by a former terrorist whom Washington and London placed on…
Lebanon
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Islam Times - Field and political developments in Southern Lebanon since the November 2024 ceasefire, and more clearly since the resumption of war in March 2026, raise a question that goes beyond the concept of a…
United Arab Emirates
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Islam Times - An informed security official has disclosed documented information about the activities of networks linked to Emirati capital to purchase land and property in parts of southern Syria and southern Lebanon…
Lebanon
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In 2026, Lebanon finds itself at a historic crossroads. Fighting rages in the south, while political instability grips the north. The once “Switzerland of the Middle East” is enduring its most severe crisis since the…
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In November 2001, Peter Mandelson wrote an article in the Independent about the visit he paid to Syria’s new dictator, Bashar Assad, in January of that year. The then Northern Ireland secretary claimed that “politics had…
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Iran has warned the United States that it would respond forcefully if Israel launches a major offensive against the Ali al Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, where Iranian Revolutionary Guard personnel are reportedly…
Lebanon
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Islam Times - In its media messaging regarding the northern front, the “Israeli” occupation forces [IOF] seek to portray themsleves as acting under the banner of humanitarianism, repeatedly promoting the narrative that…
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When Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsed in a political earthquake on 8 December 2024, it was far more than a mere political transition that occurred. The amount of time Bashar al Assad was in place Israel was up against…
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The base at Abu al-Duhur had been dead for thirteen years. Wrecked in the Syrian war, out of service since 2012, its runways cratered and its hangars stripped, it sat in Idlib province about 60 kilometers from the…
Israel
For two years, Israel's war in Lebanon has been measured largely in a human toll: the dead, the wounded, the displaced. What has drawn far less attention is the destruction of the land itself. Across southern Lebanon, a…
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Israeli forces raided homes in the town of al-Rafid, in Syria’s Quneitra countryside on August 15, and the operation drew almost no attention beyond Syria itself. Such raids have become so ordinary along the old…
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Tensions between Israel and Turkey over Syria are escalating after Israel struck the Abu al-Duhur airbase earlier this week, warning that it would not accept a Turkish military presence at the site. Israel said Syria was…
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ALBAWABA- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel would not tolerate a Turkish military presence in Syria that it considers a threat to its security, following Israeli airstrikes on a Syrian…
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Tensions between Turkey and Israel over Syria have sharply escalated after Israel carried out airstrikes on a Syrian airbase near the Turkish border, prompting Ankara to accuse Israel of using “untenable” claims to…
Turkey
On Tuesday, Israel bombed a Syrian airbase that Turkish officials have been helping to renovate, marking the latest escalation in the Israeli government’s effort to beat back Turkey’s influence in Syria. The strikes…
Behind The Headlines
Tehran has imposed a series of equations on the US-Israeli alliance, using covert and asymmetric warfare tactics, that may have just set in motion a series of regional shifts. In this episode of The Target stream, Mint…
Armed Conflicts
Peacekeepers from Italy serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on a foot patrol with the Lebanese Armed Forces along the Blue Line in south Lebanon. Credit: UN Photo/Pasqual Gorriz By Oritro…
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Islam Times - Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said the two massacres carried out by “Israeli” occupation warplanes in the Lebanese southern towns of Ansar and Deir al-Zahrani, which resulted in the martyrdom of…
Lebanon
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Islam Times - At least seven people were martyred and three others injured after an “Israeli” airstrike struck a house in southern Lebanon early Saturday, in a fresh violation of the ceasefire and a further escalation of…
Middle East & Africa
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On Monday, August 10, 2026, the 24th contingent of Chinese peacekeepers in Lebanon completed their mission of cleaning and restoring the UNIFIL Integrated Training Area in Naqoura, Lebanon, to high standards. They…
Israel-Palestine
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As the deadly Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon continues, the fabulously wealthy banker-turned-“philanthropist” Antoun Sehnaoui has assembled a network of business and media operatives in Washington – and a fascist…
Iran-war
Syria has so far avoided becoming a battlefield in the U.S.-Israel-Iran crisis, but it has not escaped the consequences. As regional peace remains elusive, Syria is confronting the challenge of rebuilding following years…
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Israel Launches Strikes After Deadly Blast as Diplomatic Talks Continue Israel carried out retaliatory strikes in southern Lebanon after two Israeli soldiers were killed during a security operation, even as Israeli and…
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Islam Times - “Israeli” occupation forces carried out a massive underground explosion beneath the UNESCO-listed Shaqif Fortress [Beaufort Castle] in the Arnoun area of southern Lebanon overnight Thursday into Friday…
Hezbollah
On June 26, two official delegations — one from Israel and one from Lebanon — signed a framework agreement with great fanfare in Washington. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, openly enthusiastic, framed the event as paving…
Anti-Muslim Bigotry
Southern Lebanon has been devastated by the Israeli assault; ruins dot the county of Nabatieh. A significant aspect in the ongoing war and negotiations between the United States and Iran has been the related Israeli…
Middle East
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Hamas announced this month it would dissolve its government in Gaza to transfer control to a US-backed Palestinian committee. This was one of the mandates of the US-brokered peace deal between Israel and Hamas last year…
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ALBAWABA- U.S. President Donald Trump said he is considering giving Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa the "green light" to launch a military offensive against Hezbollah while also suggesting that Israel should withdraw…
Reports
BEIRUT, (PIC) Anxiety inside Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps is no longer limited to shrinking healthcare and education services provided by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)…
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On June 26, Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement, mediated by the United States, to permanently end their state of conflict and address its root causes—primarily, Hezbollah’s arms. While the deal is promising…
Human Rights
In late 2024, a lightning offensive led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Islamist faction that broke from al-Qaeda, drove Bashar al-Assad from power in 11 days. Assad fled to Moscow , where he remains today. Syria is now…
#Current Affairs
Bilal Abdul Kareem has spent over a decade reporting in Syria. That Syria would be shed of fifty years of grasping control by a dictator’s family was unthinkable ten years ago, when the war that would eventually see the…
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BEIRUT, (PIC) Israeli airstrikes targeted different areas of southern Lebanon on Friday, killing one person and injuring three others. According to local media sources, one citizen was killed and another was injured…
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When the United States and Iran announced their framework agreement on June 15, attention focused on the direct U.S.-Iran dimensions of the deal, including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the lifting of the U.S…
Civil-war
In a recent interview, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, claimed that the Lebanese army was marginalizing Shiite military personnel in its ranks because of their reluctance to go after Hezbollah…
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BEIRUT, (PIC) Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health announced on Thursday that the death toll from Israel’s military assault on Lebanon has risen to 4,321 people killed since March 2, 2026. In a brief statement, the…
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BEIRUT, (PIC) Lebanon’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday evening that the cumulative death toll from Israeli attacks since March 2 had risen to 4,320, with 12,203 others wounded. The ministry’s Emergency Operations Center…
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BEIRUT, (PIC) Four civilians, including three women, were killed Monday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a vehicle in the southern Lebanese town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa. According to the National News Agency, Esperanza…
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BEIRUT, (PIC) Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health announced Sunday that the death toll from Israel’s military offensive has risen to 4,304 people killed while 12,203 were injured between March 2 and July 5. In a brief…
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On 26 June, the Lebanese government and Israel published a ‘framework agreement’, which threatens to reform the Lebanese state into a security sub-contractor of Tel Aviv. In ‘International Viewpoint’. Read the article…
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BEIRUT, (PIC) The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Thursday evening that 4,298 citizens have been killed and 12,196 others injured since the Israeli aggression on the country began on March 2. The ministry stated…
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Syria has completed the formation of its new People's Assembly, appointing the final 70 members of parliament as part of the country's political transition following the fall of the Assad regime. Meanwhile, security…
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After President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance committed the United States to a deconfliction cell with Iran in Switzerland – a mechanism enforcing a ceasefire in Lebanon as well as Iran – Israel and its…
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Islam Times - The Yemeni Scholars Association condemned the Lebanese government's signing of the framework agreement with the “Israeli” entity, holding the government and its supporters among Arab states responsible for…