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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the buffer zone between Israel and Syria on November 19. (Benjamin Netanyahu on X) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led a large group of Israeli officials and military commanders to the buffer zone between Israel and Syria on November 19. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) took control of the area after the regime…
An Israeli soldier crouches near a Merkava tank on November 17, 2025. (IDF) Palestinian terrorists in Gaza have violated phase one of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas on at least eight occasions between November 13 and November 21, according to reports from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Since the ceasefire’s implementation on October…
Troops of the 76th Division of the Syrian Arab Army. (@kwnan_Syria on X) On November 19, the government-controlled Syrian army and the predominantly Kurdish, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) battled in the area of Maadan, east of Raqqa. According to Syrian government sources, SDF forces targeted Syrian army positions in the Maadan area of Raqqa’s…
Troops of the 76th Division of the Syrian Arab Army. (@kwnan_Syria on X) On November 19, the government-controlled Syrian army and the predominantly Kurdish, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) battled in the area of Maadan, east of Raqqa. According to Syrian government sources, SDF forces targeted Syrian army positions in the Maadan area of Raqqa’s…
The rifle Younis Ishtayeh used to shoot an Israeli soldier on November 20. (IDF Spokesperson’s Office) The Shin Bet intelligence agency, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and the Israel Police announced on November 21 that security forces killed a Palestinian police officer who had shot and wounded a reserve Israeli soldier the day before. Al…
The rifle Younis Ishtayeh used to shoot an Israeli soldier on November 20. (IDF Spokesperson’s Office) The Shin Bet intelligence agency, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and the Israel Police announced on November 21 that security forces killed a Palestinian police officer who had shot and wounded a reserve Israeli soldier the day before. Al…
A martyr poster for Haytham Ali Tabatabai. (Hezbollah Central Media on Telegram) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed Hezbollah Chief of Staff Haytham Ali Tabatabai and four additional operatives in a strike on an apartment in Beirut’s Dahieh suburb on November 23. Tabatabai was among the last legacy senior Hezbollah commanders to survive the recent…
A large screen inside the CMCC in Kiryat Gat, Israel, shows real-time information from Gaza and a daily schedule. (Seth J. Frantzman for LWJ) The US-backed Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) in southern Israel’s Kiryat Gat continues to grow as efforts to stabilize Gaza ramp up. The center, created on October 17 by US Central Command (CENTCOM),…
Ceasefire on paper. Chaos on the ground. Trump’s 20-point plan promises “peace” in Gaza — but Hamas is already violating the ceasefire, gaming hostage returns, killing rivals, and rearming in tunnels. Bill Roggio is joined by his FDD colleagues Samuel Ben-Ur and Aaron Goren to discuss why disarming Hamas is a fantasy, why an international…
The US State Department’s Rewards for Justice poster featuring Osama Mehmood and Atif Yahya Ghouri. The US Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program has offered a $10 million bounty for Osama Mehmood, the leader of Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), and a $5 million reward for his deputy, Atif Yahya Ghouri. AQIS,…