Pinch Point looks at how Israel uses water as a strategic aim and a weapon of war.
These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on the occupied West Bank for Thursday, April 17.
Defence minister says army ‘will remain in the security zones as a buffer between the enemy and [Israeli] communities’.
Parsing through Donald Trump’s Middle East agenda with Steven Cook from the Council on Foreign Relations.
Syria’s President Ahmad al-Sharaa met with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim al-Thani on his first official visit to Doha.
Nawaf Salam meets Ahmed al-Sharaa to discuss border security, refugees, and past political killings under al-Assad.
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Two countries hold talks in bid to avoid confrontation in Syria.
President Ahmed al-Sharaa gives fact-finding committee a three-month extension to file report into Alawite killings.
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The move is a blow to North Korea, which once counted Damascus as an ally until the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.
‘Technical talks’ aim to set up communications channel to avoid clashes in the region, Turkish official says.
These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on the occupied West Bank for Thursday, April 10.
Israel has repeatedly bombed both Syria and Lebanon, experts say it is no mood for peace.
These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on the occupied West Bank for Wednesday, April 9.
Regional tensions are rising due to Israel’s attacks on Syria and its expanding occupation of Syrian land.
