
Lebanese Elections – January 2026
Less than six months ahead of Lebanon’s anticipated parliamentary elections, if they indeed take place as scheduled and are not postponed, Hezbollah is in the

Less than six months ahead of Lebanon’s anticipated parliamentary elections, if they indeed take place as scheduled and are not postponed, Hezbollah is in the

About a year after the consolidation of the new regime in Damascus, Syria continues to grapple with profound internal instability, reflecting an ongoing failure of

The month of December 2025 was marked by a relative decrease in the scope of strikes compared to previous months; however, this does not indicate

The story of Major (Ra’ed) Mohammad Sami Farhat, a Shiite officer in the Fifth Intervention Regiment of the Lebanese Army, sheds further light on the

On 23 December 2025, former Syrian officer Ghassan al-Naassan al-Sukhni was murdered in the Keserwan area, north of Beirut, near the house where he was

Hezbollah is preparing to preserve its political power in Lebanon. Although the parliamentary elections are not expected to take place until May 2026, in recent

Over the past week (22–28 December), the IDF carried out 13 airstrikes and four ground strikes across Lebanon. As part of these strikes, four Hezbollah

In December 2025, Jordan conducted a wave of airstrikes across Syria, primarily targeting drug and arms smuggling networks in Suwayda province. On December 24-25, Royal
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