This is the warehouse Israel struck in Latakia
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On September 19 satellite images showed the destruction of a warehouse in Latakia that was targeted on September 17. In the images, published on i24 and […]
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Syria reports major missile strike in Latakia hours after ‘buffer zone’ deal
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Massive explosions rocked northern Syria’s Latakia countryside on Monday night hours after a buffer zone deal was announced by Russia and Turkey. The deal appeared […]
Everything you need to know about assassination of Syrian rocket scientist Dr. Asbar
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On Saturday a Syrian scientist left his home in Hama for a drive to Masyaf, a facility of the Scientific Studied and Research Center (SSRC), sometimes […]
From Syria’s Suwayda massacre to Israel’s ‘Nation-State’ law: The Druze between rocks and hard places
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The last week of July and first days of August were momentous and difficult for Druze in Syria and Israel. On July 25 ISIS members attacks […]
Arrogance and hubris led Israel’s nation-state bill to perdition on Druze issue
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “The feeling we are not equal was always a bit present in the street. It’s sad, because we’ve always believed that someday we would be equal, […]
Al-Jarida: “Israel will bomb Iraq, list of Iranian targets”
The Arabic website Al-Jarida reported on July 21 that Israel will bomb Iraq and that it has obtained a list of Iranian targets. A PDF of the cover of the newspaper was […]
Covering the south Syria regime offensive: IDPs, Iran and Israel
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In mid-June the Syrian regime and its Russian allies as well as Iranian-backed militias launched a major offensive to defeat the Syrian rebels in southern Syria. […]
The June 18 airstrike on Iraq’s Kata’ib Hezbollah in Syria has been blamed on Israel, here’s how it unfolded
Breaking: Mystery surrounds overnight airstrikes on pro-Syrian regime fighters June 18, 0800 hours Jerusalem time After Syrian regime blamed US and US denied the attacks, questions remain over who carried […]
Will Iran really be kept out of southern Syria: A history of rumors
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Russia agrees to keep Iran out of southern Syria? We’ve heard this story before. It emerged again on May 28th as it appeared that a crises […]
Iranians in Syria fled the ‘Glass House’ due to Israel airstrikes
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN New images published by ImageSat International (ISI) show damage caused by Israeli airstrikes in Syria on May 10. The images show relatively limited damage to several sites […]
