Israel intensifies crackdown on Palestinian health sector with arrests in West Bank
Israel carries out targeted assassinations and arrests against Palestinian health workers, while demolishing and shutting health facilities in both Gaza and the occupied West Bank as part of its ethnic cleansing policy.
Attack in Central Damascus shakes Syria’s fragile peace
According to state-run media outlets, the blast resulted from an explosive device implanted in the site, which is located near the Palace of Justice in the Syrian capital.
Israel and Lebanese state in new talks as ceasefire hangs in the balance
The Lebanese state began the fifth round of direct negotiations with Israel in Washington DC on Tuesday, June 23, and they will continue until Thursday 25.
The new round of negotiations came after a volatile week, during which Iran succeeded in including Lebanon in its deal with the US to end the regional war across West Asia. However, Israel reacted by escalating its attacks on Lebanon, killing dozens of people on Friday, June 19.
Fearing that the Israeli escalation would derail the US-Iran deal, US President Donald Trump reportedly pressured Netanyahu’s government to agree to a ceasefire with Hezbollah.
Trump’s move came after Iran halted planned talks in Switzerland to discuss the technical terms of the ceasefire deal, in a protest of the continued Israeli aggression on Lebanon.
US Vice President JD Vance also delivered a stern warning to Israeli officials that the Trump administration would stop supporting Israel, if they continue to criticize the deal and the US president.
Palestinian factions: We categorically reject unilateral disarmament
The factions set the withdrawal of the Israeli forces from the Gaza strip as a prerequisite for advancing to phase two of the Gaza ceasefire deal.
IOF abducts four Birzeit University female students at dawn
A campus activist said the incident is part of the Israeli occupation’s systematic policy that aims to deprive Palestinian students from their right to education.
Israel kills 31 people in Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha
Another massacre was committed in Gaza on the same day, killing nine people, despite the US-brokered ceasefire deals in both Arab territories.
Reflections on the US-Israeli multi-front war in West Asia: How the Axis of Resistance remains resilient
Dr. Issam Khawaja argues that the steadfastness of the Axis of Resistance throughout the war undermines US hegemony in West Asia, and the so-called “New Middle East” project.
Israel carries out sixth consecutive Eid massacre in Gaza
The newly-appointed general commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades, Mohammed Odeh, was killed in the lethal strikes carried out on the eve of Eid al-Adha, less than two weeks after his predecessor was assassinated.