Archiv: death toll in Syria / West Asia War


09:34 [ theGuardian.com ]

‘We’re living in terror’: fears in southern Syria over Israel’s growing occupation

(December 9, 2025)

A year after Israeli forces entered southern Syria, crossing into a UN buffer zone and in some cases beyond, its occupation remains and the frequency of the Israeli military raids on towns is increasing. An Israeli incursion in the town of Beit Jinn at the end of November left at least 13 Syrians dead, including two children.

Residents say they have traded the tyranny of Assad for a military occupation. Checkpoints are now operated by Israelis, not Assad officers. Night-time raids and phone searches continue.

05.12.2025 - 04:47 [ theGuardian.com ]

It’s not just Gaza. From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon, Israel’s onslaught continues

(December 1, 2025)

Broken ceasefires, bombing, ground incursions and mounting deaths: Israeli imperialism is now expanding across the region

28.11.2025 - 21:03 [ Reuters ]

Germany‘s Merz to visit Israel, meet PM Netanyahu

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Israel on December 6 and 7 for his first official visit since taking office, a German government spokesperson said on Friday.

28.11.2025 - 20:45 [ Amnesty International ]

Germany: Resumption of arms transfers to Israel reckless, unlawful and risks complicity in Israel’s international crimes

(November 24, 2025)

“Germany’s decision to lift its partial suspension of weapons shipments to Israel is reckless, unlawful and sends entirely the wrong message to Israel: that it can continue committing genocide, war crimes, and apartheid against Palestinians and unlawfully occupy the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza without fear of consequence.

“Germany is one of Israel’s major arms suppliers. The partial and long overdue suspension of arms transfers by Germany was one of the few forms of meaningful pressure applied by the international community to Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

“Now is absolutely not the time to ease this pressure. On the contrary, this is the time to ensure that Israel stops its violations of international law, including its unlawful occupation as indicated by the International Court of Justice in July 2024 and agreed by the UN General Assembly. Regrettably, with this move, Germany is going down a dangerous path that must be immediately reversed and must not be followed by other states.

28.11.2025 - 20:41 [ Los Angeles Times ]

Israeli forces kill at least 13 people in southern Syria raid, officials and residents say

DAMASCUS, Syria — Israeli forces raided a Syrian village and opened fire when they were confronted by residents Friday, killing at least 13 people, Syrian officials said, in the deadliest Israeli attack since troops seized a swath of southern Syria a year ago.

Syria’s Foreign Ministry called the attack a “horrific massacre” and said women and children were among those killed.

28.11.2025 - 20:17 [ Al Jazeera ]

LIVE: Israel bombs Syria, Gaza after extrajudicial killings in West Bank

– At least 13 Syrians have been killed and others wounded during an Israeli ground incursion and air strikes on the town of Beit Jinn, southwest of Syria’s capital Damascus.

– Palestine’s Foreign Ministry is demanding action from the international community to halt Israel’s “war crime” as it continues its large-scale military assault on the occupied West Bank.

25.11.2025 - 20:45 [ United Nations ]

Security Council must seize ‘moment of renewed hope’ in Gaza

The ceasefire in Gaza is largely holding but recent violence by Israel and Palestinian militants put the truce at risk, the UN Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council on Monday.

Ramiz Alakbarov briefed on conditions in the battered enclave and the occupied West Bank, before touching on developments in Lebanon and Syria.

“Today we meet at a moment of renewed hope,” he said, speaking from Jerusalem.

“While progress on the ground is fragile and deep uncertainty persists, we must seize the opportunity before us to chart a better future for Palestinians, Israelis and the wider region.”

26.10.2025 - 12:45 [ Times of Israel ]

Far-left candidate who called Israel ‘terrorist state’ elected president of Ireland

“If we in this Dáil can’t recognize that Israel is a terrorist state, then we’re in serious trouble,” she said in a video shared on her campaign’s Facebook page in June, referring to the lower house of the Irish legislature where she served. She went on to criticize Israel’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear program, its military conduct in Gaza, and other Israeli policies.

Connolly, 68, is a long-time critic of the European Union in overwhelmingly pro-EU Ireland. She was backed by the left-dominated opposition, was not a household name, and was underestimated by many at the start of the campaign.

30.08.2025 - 15:59 [ Aurora Borealis / Twitter ]

Iron Cross with Star of David .. Video of the Luftwaffe Eurofighter Typhoon „Eagle Star 2.0“

(April 7, 2023)

30.08.2025 - 15:34 [ Bad Bonsai / Youtube ]

German Eurofighter Typhoon jets in the sky of Israel – Blue Flag 21 exercise with german airforce

(October 28, 2021)

With six Eurofighters and around 160 soldiers, the Air Force, under the leadership of the Tactical Air Force Squadron 31 „Boelcke“, takes part in the multinational air force exercise Blue Flag in Israel. be practiced air operations in a multinational group. In addition to the Israeli hosts, the air forces of the USA, India, Great Britain, France, Greece and Italy are also involved. With its open air space and its topography, which is largely below sea level, Israel offers the best training conditions for our pilots.

18.07.2025 - 00:01 [ Al Jazeera ]

WATCH: Is Israel using the Druze to expand hegemony in region?

Israel claims it has attacked Syria to protect its Druze minority, but analysts say its primary goal is to “divide and weaken” the country while expanding its hegemony in the Middle East.

17.07.2025 - 23:53 [ Middle East Eye ]

Syrian Bedouins ‚massacred‘ by Druze anti-government militias, says state media

Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, a Druze spiritual leader who has been critical of the new Syrian government, has been accused of leading the main armed anti-government groups in Sweida.

17.07.2025 - 00:41 [ Breakingthenews.net ]

Syrian army withdraws from Sweida after ceasefire

Following clashes with local Bedouin tribes that resulted in over 100 deaths, Syrian government soldiers entered Sweida on Tuesday with the claimed goal of enforcing a truce that was agreed upon with leaders of the Druze community. Witnesses, however, claimed that during a violent rampage across the city, government forces allied with the Bedouin to target Druze combatants and civilians. Earlier this evening, it was reported that the death toll had topped 300.

17.07.2025 - 00:34 [ Middle East Eye ]

Turkey says ceasefire in Syria may take place within hours

16 July 2025 20:05 BST

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday that a ceasefire could take hold in Syria within the next three to four hours, as Israeli military strikes continue to target Syrian government forces in Sweida and Damascus.

“By working together with the Americans, I hope that

17.07.2025 - 00:31 [ Middle East Eye ]

US calls upon Syria to pull out troops in southern border

16 July 2025 19:23 BST

The statements were made after fighting between Syrian government troops and local Druze fighters resumed in the southern city of Sweida hours following a ceasefire agreement.

17.07.2025 - 00:05 [ Washington Post ]

Israel bombs Damascus, stoking conflict with Syria’s new government

Israel on Wednesday launched what it said were “dozens” of strikes across Syria, including in the capital, escalating a conflict with a fledgling government that was already grappling with domestic unrest in which scores of people have been killed.

Israel tied Wednesday’s strikes and others this week to that internal conflict, saying it was attacking forces of the new Islamist government to protect the Druze minority.

15.07.2025 - 22:01 [ APNews.com ]

Syria announces ceasefire after latest outbreak of deadly sectarian violence

Syria’s Interior Ministry said Monday that more than 30 people had been killed, but has not updated the figures since. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K.-based war monitor, said Tuesday that 166 people had been killed since Sunday, including five women and two children.

15.07.2025 - 21:54 [ NNA-Leb.gov.lb ]

Israeli enemy air raids on Wadi Faraa area in northern Bekaa result in 12 martyrs, 8 wounded

NNA – National News Agency correspondent in Baalbek reported that Israeli enemy warplanes launched air raids on the Wadi Faara area in northern Bekaa, one of which targeted a camp for displaced Syrians, resulting in the martyrdom of 12 persons, including 7 Syrians, and the injury of 8 others.

28.06.2025 - 04:49 [ Caitlin Johnstone ]

The Fictional Mental Illness That Only Affects Enemies Of The Western Empire

But we are asked to believe that this vicious imperial power structure is the only rational actor on earth, and that those who resist its aggressions are the crazy ones.

And you are told that if you can’t see this, then you’re crazy too. You’re a crackpot. A conspiracy theorist. A paranoid nutball whose voice should be marginalized and whose ideas should be dismissed with a scoff.

You are crazy if you don’t believe what the world’s craziest power structure says about its enemies being crazy.

It is gaslighting on a global scale. It is madness, and that is why this civilization has gone mad.

Let’s hope someone finds a way to protect the world from the insanity of the western empire.

27.06.2025 - 05:31 [ Vatican ]

Pope to ROACO: May Eastern Churches bear witness amid pain of conflict

The Pope highlighted Eastern Christians’ “sense of the sacred, their deep faith confirmed by suffering, and their spirituality, redolent of the divine mysteries”.

Pope Leo went on to recall the violence ravaging the Christian East with “diabolical intensity previously unknown,” noting that some ROACO members were unable to come to Rome for the annual meeting due to the conflict in the Middle East.

“Our hearts bleed when we think of Ukraine, the tragic and inhumane situation in Gaza, and the Middle East, ravaged by the spread of war,” he said.

Every individual, added the Pope, must examine the causes of these conflicts and seek to resolve them, while rejecting explanations that are manipulative or false.

“It is truly distressing to see the principle of ‘might makes right’ prevailing in so many situations today, all for the sake of legitimizing the pursuit of self-interest,” he said.

27.06.2025 - 05:23 [ Reuters ]

Pope Leo laments ‚diabolical intensity‘ of Middle East conflicts

Pope Leo said on Thursday that conflicts in the Middle East were raging with an unprecedented „diabolical intensity“ and appealed for greater respect for international law, in comments to Catholic bishops and aid agencies operating in the region.
At a meeting in the Vatican, the pontiff said countries in the region were being „devastated by wars, plundered by special interests, and covered by a cloud of hatred that renders the air unbreathable and toxic.“

22.06.2025 - 21:51 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Any government in the world could expel the rogue state of Israel from the United Nations. None does.

(May 14, 2025)

It‘s not the world order that has failed the Palestinians. It‘s the world.

22.06.2025 - 19:01 [ Umair Malik / Twitter ]

this is the biggest blunder in American history. Mark my words

(December 9, 2023)

22.06.2025 - 18:40 [ Caitlin Johnstone ]

Israel Supporters Will Be Despised For The Rest of Their Lives

Everyone’s always going to remember what they did. Their grandchildren will be disgusted by them. Their families will carry their shame for generations.

16.06.2025 - 20:03 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Any government in the world could expel the rogue state of Israel from the United Nations. None does.

(May 14, 2025)

It‘s not the world order that has failed the Palestinians. It‘s the world.

13.06.2025 - 14:04 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Any government in the world could expel the rogue state of Israel from the United Nations. None does.

(April 27, 2025)

It‘s not the world order that has failed the Palestinians. It‘s the world.

04.05.2025 - 08:04 [ +972 Magazine ]

The Israeli army is facing its biggest refusal crisis in decades

(April 11, 2025)

Over 100,000 Israelis have reportedly stopped showing up for reserve duty. While their reasons differ, the scale demonstrates the war’s waning legitimacy.

03.05.2025 - 11:20 [ France24.com ]

Israel launches new strikes on Syria amid Druze tensions

The strikes came after Druze clerics and armed factions reaffirmed their loyalty to Damascus. They urged the new authorities to appoint local officials to government posts in Sweida province, heartland of the Druze religious group.

Their statement followed fighting between Druze fighters and Syrian forces, including government-affiliated groups that killed more than 100 people in Jaramana and Sahnaya near Damascus and in Sweida, the Observatory said.

02.05.2025 - 13:12 [ Times of India ]

Second attack in two days: Israel hits target near Syrian presidential palace in Damascus

The conflict ignited around midnight Monday following the circulation of an audio recording on social media containing criticism of Islam‘s Prophet Muhammad, attributed to a Druze cleric. However, cleric Marwan Kiwan denied responsibility for the controversial audio in a social media video.

02.05.2025 - 13:05 [ Antiwar.com ]

Over 100 Killed as Sectarian Fighting Surrounding Syrian Druze Community Rages

(May 1, 2025)

The anti-Druze sentiment started overnight Monday into Tuesday. An audio recording was released online insulting the Prophet Muhammad and quickly went viral. It was attributed to an unnamed Druze leader in Suwayda, though that has not been confirmed, and it has been speculated it was specifically released to inflame sectarian violence.

If that was the purpose, mission accomplished, because attacks on the Druze in Jaramana were happening the very next day.

12.04.2025 - 05:11 [ Antiwar.com ]

Israeli Forces Advance Deeper as South Syrians Struggle Under Occupation

(April 10, 2025)

In many places around southwest Syria, there are protests against the Israelis ongoing incursion and recent killings in Nawa. There is a growing viewpoint that they’re increasingly living under an active occupation, and they aren’t happy about it.