Category Middle East

The surprise assault on the Syrian city of Aleppo by opposition forces on Wednesday appears to have caught the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad and his allies, as well as much of the world, off guard. Currently, as the Syrian…

The Lebanese group Hezbollah has confirmed the death of Hassan Nasrallah, its longtime leader, in an air strike on the group’s underground headquarters near the capital, Beirut. Hours after Israel claimed killing the 64-year-old Nasrallah, the Iran-backed Hezbollah on Saturday…