Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida’s former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani’s chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he’s not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued.
According to Reuters reporters, warplanes swoop low over the Syria capital and unleash a series of massive strikes on central Damascus. “The cityscape was blanketed in smoke with a thick plume rising from the defence ministry”
“We are acting decisively to prevent the entrenchment of hostile elements beyond the border, protect Israeli citizens, and prevent harm to Druze civilians”, the Israel Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir stated during a situational assessment at the Syrian border after the IDF strikes on Wednesday.
“The attacks carried out by Israel this time on central Damascus, following its military interventions in southern Syria, constitute a deliberate attempt to sabotage Syria’s efforts to achieve peace, stability, and security”, Turkey government through the office of the Foreign Affairs Ministry stated.
The Israel Defense Forces, IDF had stated on Wednesday in a press statement that: “The IDF struck the entrance of the Syrian regime’s military headquarters in the area of Damascus in Syria.
The IDF continues to monitor developments and the regime’s actions against Druze civilians in southern Syria. In accordance with directives from the political echelon, the IDF is striking in the area and remains prepared for various scenarios”.
On Tuesday, IDF Said: “Following the directive of the political echelon, a short while ago, the IDF began striking military vehicles belonging to Syrian regime forces in the area of As-Suwayda in southern Syria.
This follows yesterday evening’s identification of Syrian regime convoys, including armored personnel carriers and tanks, moving toward the area of As-Suwayda in southern Syria.
The IDF struck several armored fighting vehicles consisting of tanks, APCs, and MLRS, as well as access roads, in order to disrupt the convoys’ arrival to the area.
We continue to monitor the developments while remaining ready and prepared for various scenarios”.
One of the Druze people who crossed from the Israeli occupied Golan into Syria, in a speech in the village of Hadar was reported to have said: “I came here from the occupied Golan despite the Israeli occupation and its army. What these takfiri gangs, the gangs of Ahmed Al-Sharaa are doing cannot be accepted nor tolerated. We hold the Israeli government and the United States responsible, because they are the ones who brought al-Julani here along with America, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia. Netanyahu can stop the war within an hour. We don’t ask for protection from Israel or anyone, we are protected by God”.
Syria President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa in a televised nationwide broadcast on Thursday, said protecting Druze citizens is a priority while rejecting any foreign involvement. In his first televised statement after Israeli strikes on Damascus, he said Syrians must be defended without inviting chaos or destruction, saying, “Israel Seeks To Create Chaos In Syria”
President Al-Sharaa accused Israel of trying to destabilize Syria, saying: “The Israeli entity seeks to turn our land into a theater of chaos. The Syrian people are always ready to defend their dignity.”
He claimed Israel intensified the situation through its actions, especially toward the Druze population. “Since the regime’s fall, Israel has aimed to dismantle Syria. We have chosen not to be dragged into direct confrontation, to preserve national security,” he added.
Instead of retaliation, Al-Sharaa announced that responsibility for local security would be given to tribal leaders and local factions.
Office of the Prime Minister of Israel on Tuesday, had said: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz have directed the IDF to immediately attack the regime forces and the weaponry that entered the Sweida area of the Druze Mountain in Syria, and that the regime intended to use against the Druze – which was done in contravention of the demilitarization policy they decided on, of preventing the entry of forces and weaponry that endangers Israel in the southern region of Syria.
Israel is committed to preventing harm being inflicted on the Druze in Syria, owing to the deep covenant of blood with our Druze citizens in Israel and their historical and familial link to the Druze in Syria. We are acting to prevent the Syrian regime from harming them, and to ensure the demilitarization of the region adjacent to our border with Syria”.
The Israel Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu in a recorded video statement on Wednesday, said and in quotes: “My fellow citizens of the Druze region, the situation in Sweida, the situation in southwest Syria, is very serious.
The IDF is operating, the Air Force is operating, other forces are operating. We are working to save our Druze brothers and to eliminate the regime’s gangs.
And now I have one request from you: You are a citizen of Israel. Do not cross the line.
You are endangering your lives; you can be murdered, you can be kidnapped and you are hurting the efforts of the IDF. And that’s why I’m asking you – go back to your homes, let the IDF act”.
YnetNews, an Israel based news media in details reported that; “Syrian regime forces began withdrawing Wednesday evening from the predominantly Druze southern Sweida province following five days of intense clashes, Israeli airstrikes and mass cross-border movement of Druze from Israel into Syrian territory.
The withdrawal was part of a ceasefire agreement reached between the regime and senior figures in the local Druze leadership. The deal, announced earlier in the day by Sheikh Yusuf Jerboua, a prominent Druze cleric, calls for the “full integration” of Sweida into the new Syrian administration. However, it also requires the regime’s military units, which were involved in heavy fighting in the region, to pull out and allow local Druze forces to take over internal security.
Local media reported that the pullback began around 9p.m under the terms of the agreement, which permits police forces affiliated with the regime to remain in the province and coordinate with local Druze security elements. A mechanism was also established to regulate possession of heavy weapons, aimed at ending their use outside of official state frameworks. Coordination with religious and community leaders was emphasized, with sensitivity to the social and historical context of the Druze-majority province.
The ceasefire followed reports of atrocities during the fighting, including summary executions of civilians by regime forces and allied Bedouin militias, public humiliation of Druze religious leaders and the looting and burning of homes. A commission of inquiry is to be established to investigate these incidents.
Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, the community’s top spiritual authority in Syria, rejected the agreement outright, calling to continue the struggle “until Sweida is liberated.” He said there could be no negotiation “with the armed gangs calling themselves the government,” and warned that anyone deviating from the unified community position would be held accountable.
A prominent local Druze militia, the Men of Dignity movement, also opposed the deal and demanded a full withdrawal of all regime forces. “After the martyrdom of our best leaders and fighters, the movement will defend itself until the last fighter able to carry a weapon—unless the invaders retreat from all villages and towns,” the group said.
Reports of Wednesday evening’s withdrawal came shortly after the U.S State Department called on President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s regime to pull its forces out of Sweida “to allow all parties to de-escalate tensions.”
Secretary of State, Marco Rubio confirmed shortly afterward that an agreement had been reached, which he said could bring the crisis to an end as early as tonight. The agreement includes “specific steps” required from all sides, he said: “This will require all parties to deliver on the commitments they have made and this is what we fully expect them to do”—a comment likely referring also to an end to Israeli airstrikes.
Control over Sweida remains a central issue in the ongoing tensions. The province is home to Syria’s largest Druze community, numbering about 700,000, and has long feared persecution under the al-Sharaa regime, which has been accused of seeking to “return the Druze to pure Islam” and dismantle their traditional way of life.
In April, violent clashes erupted between Druze fighters and regime forces, resulting in more than 100 deaths. That round of fighting ended with a ceasefire in May, and since then Druze forces had maintained security control in the province.
The latest round of fighting has so far claimed more than 300 lives, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. That figure includes 69 Druze fighters and 40 Druze civilians, 27 of whom were reportedly executed. It also includes 165 regime soldiers and 18 Bedouin militia members.
The violence began late last week after Bedouin gunmen robbed a young Druze man from Sweida. In response, local residents detained several members of Bedouin tribes, escalating tensions. On Tuesday, as fighting continued, al-Sharaa’s forces entered the provincial capital, claiming they aimed to restore order—but according to reports, they joined in the clashes and were involved in attacks against the Druze population.
Druze leaders appealed to the international community, describing the situation as a campaign of extermination. Israel responded with a series of intensified airstrikes aimed at forcing Syrian forces out of Sweida. Among the targets was the Syrian military headquarters in Damascus, hit in a strike broadcast live on Syrian television, killing five.
A military site near al-Sharaa’s presidential palace was also struck, and an Israeli military source told Reuters the attack was a direct message to the regime: “Israel will not allow a military buildup on its border with southern Syria, and it will not allow the massacre of Druze in Syria,” the official said.
We had reported that the Israel Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has commended and praised the efforts of personnel at the Israel Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations known in Hebrew word as Mossad over the fall of Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria early December 2024, apparently corroborating the statement issued by the Iran Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei in late December 2024 that the fall of President al-Assad regime was a plan orchestrated by Israel and the United States, US under the leadership of then President Joe Biden, this, Israel Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu at the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly on October 1, 2013, said that Iran directly participated in Assad’s murder and massacre of tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children in Syria, used chemical weapons against its own people and in 2010, the ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had accused Israel of avoiding peace, and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem warned that in the event of a future war, Israeli cities would be targeted by Syrian missiles, an action Israel Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu believed to be the underground work of Iran Supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei he had accused severally of being the root cause of war in the Middle East, specifically stating at the 68th session of the UN Assembly that “some 2,500 years ago, the great Persian king Cyrus ended the Babylonian exile of the Jewish people. He issued a famous edict in which he proclaimed the right of the Jews to return to the land of Israel and rebuild the Jewish temple in Jerusalem. That’s a Persian decree. And thus began an historic friendship between the Jews and the Persians that lasted until modern times. But in 1979 a radical regime in Tehran tried to stamp out that friendship. As it was busy crushing the Iranian people’s hope for democracy, it always led wild chants of “death of the Jews.” Now, since that time, presidents of Iran have come and gone. Some presidents were considered moderates, other hard-liners. But they’ve all served that same unforgiving creed, that same unforgiving regime, that creed that is espoused and enforced by the real power in Iran, the dictator known as the supreme leader, first Ayatollah Khomeini and now Ayatollah Khamenei”.
We had reported that in April 2025, Israel Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to the United States, US and held meetings with President Donald Trump, only returned from the official trip and intensified more aggressive military campaigns in Gaza and staged a military confrontation with Iran, which led to the killing of almost 1,000 Iranians in a 12-day war with the Islamic country, this, on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet members that he will travel to the US next week to hold very important security meetings with President Donald Trump and the US lawmakers amongst others, while specifically telling the cabinet members that the details of the scheduled meetings are things he cannot reveal at the briefing.
We had reported that the United States, US President, Donald Trump has accused members of the Israel House of Assembly known in Hebrew word as Knesset of apparent politically witch-hunting the Israel Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu with corruption case President Trump had described as nothing but political witch-hunt, saying, the Knesset prosecutors should let Benjamin Netanyahu go, that, he’s a war hero who have worked with the US to eliminate Iran Nuclear threats, and currently he has a big job to do with negotiations of peace deals with Iran and Hamas, stressing in a question manner how possible is it for the Israel Prime Minister to sit in Court all day long, this, the Prime Minister lawyer had filed a two-week delay of the case, citing national security demands following the 12 day Israel-Iran war, but, the court sitting in Jerusalem rejected the application on Friday and Benjamin Netanyahu who has spent 20 years as Israel Prime Minister was expected to be in court on Monday for cross examination in the corruption case that started with police investigation in 2016 and the Court trial commenced in 2020, but, a report from some foreign media quoting the Prime Minister Political Party, Likud a few hours ago indicated that the Court on Sunday has postponed the case and cancelled it from holding this week, similarly, some members of the Knesset had accused the Prime Minister of trying to use the regional war with Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran to secure end to the corruption charges.
We had reported that thousands of mourners on Saturday put on mostly black and black clothes and rallied from Enghelab Square to Azadi Square in Tehran, the Iranian state capital to honour the country top military commanders, Nuclear scientists, four little children and four women among the hundreds of people killed during the 12 days war the Islamic country had with Israel and the United States, US, with the mourners chanting anti US and Israel songs while the Iran Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei was not seen at the funeral, with reports indicating that he has remained out of public space and still taking cover in a well secured hideout since on Tuesday the ceasefire between the two countries had been brokered, and the cynosure of many eyes at the state funeral ceremony was the arrival and appearance of two top senior Iranian military officers previously declared killed by Israel; Ali Shamkhani, senior advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, and Esmail Qaani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC Quds Force, which, Israel Defense Forces, IDF had claimed to have assassinated with an airstrike on 13 June 2025 during the start of the Iran–Israel war, however, Iranian state media contradicted the IDF report on 20 June that the officials are still alive, and they were in stable condition after recovering from severe injuries from the strike.
We had reported that the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has listed what the Troops of Operation Rising Lions achieved in a 12-day war with the Islamic Republic of Iran, stating that Israel will now pursue the path of making peace with Nations in the Middles East and compensate those that suffered damages, specifically stating that all the buildings destroyed by Iran ballistic missiles will be rebuilt anew by the Israeli government for the victims, adding that; without the immense achievements in Gaza, in Lebanon, in Syria, and against the said terrorism in Judea and Samaria, Israel would not have been able to reach Tehran, made the statement on Tuesday evening after Iran President, Masoud Pezeshkian announced an end to the 12 days tensed and frightening military campaigns that the United States led by President Donald Trump took side with Israel and officially and openly got itself involved in the war on Saturday 21, 2025 when US special military troops flew several B2-Bombers fighter jets and attacked three Iranian cities of Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan with allegations that the Iranian Nuclear facilities in the cities have been destroyed, allegations several media reports and authorities in Tehran have dismissed but in retaliation to the US invasion of the Iranian Territory, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, IRGC launched six missiles into Qatar on Monday with the intention to destroy US military base in the Qatari capital of Doha known as US Al-Udeid airbase, but, according to Qatar State media, Doha News, all the missiles were intercepted.
We had reported that the Head of the Christian Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV has appealed to all actors involved in the ongoing war in the Middle East and beyond to end the battles because, according to the Pope, war only amplifies or creates more problems and no amount of military victory can compensate the pains of mothers, the stolen futures and the fear of children, emphasizing that war does not solve problem.
We had reported that the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has commended President Trump of the United States, US over the night attack the US military for the first time for years carried out on Iranian cities of Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, saying, like him and President Trump do say that Peace comes through Strength, the US troops acted with a lot of strength while bombing the Nuclear facilities in the three cities of Iran.
We had reported that the United States, US President, Donald Trump has confirmed that the US military troops have attacked Nuclear facilities in the Iranian cities of Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan on Saturday night June 21, 2025 according to US local time of Pacific Standard Time, PST which was already early morning night on Sunday June 22, 2025 for countries on Greenwich Mean Time, GMT, saying, the US military attacks on Iran was completely successful as Whitehouse published photographs of President Trump and his cabinet members said to be watching the US operations in Iran Nuclear sites, although no authority in Iran has issued any statement over the attacks and some of the media in Iran are yet to give update on the conditions of things in the three cities, but an apparent military insider media of Iran Armed Forces, Daily Iran Military tweeted that residents in the vicinity of Fordow reported no indication of a major explosion while also adding that the Deputy Political Editor of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, IRIB was on live TV programme in the station saying Iran has already evacuated three Nuclear sites some time ago, this, Israel Defense Forces, IDF earlier on Saturday night posted an aerial view recorded video of the Israeli troops bombing a location said to be Isfahan Nuclear site facility said the Iranian Uranium enrichments reconversion were taking place.
We had reported that 22 persons suspected to be spies have been arrested in the Iranian province of Qom, with an apparent military insider media that operate with a verified X social media handle, Iran Armed Forces stating that the 22 Individuals were linked to Israeli Intelligent Services, and Police authority in Qom according to AFP confirmed the arrest of the 22 persons the police said are Israeli spies, this, Israel Defense Forces, IDF in a statement issued on Saturday morning said that Israeli troops in a precise attack killed the commander of the Palestine Corps of the Quds Force, Saeed Izadi in Qom.
We had reported that the India Ministry of External Affairs in a statement issued on Tuesday, says the government of India has moved India students in Tehran out of the Iranian capital city due to safety concerns following the continuous exchange of air bombardments between Israel and Iran, while at the same time, the government of India advised other citizens in Tehran that can afford their own transport fare to leave the Iranian capital city immediately, adding that, some citizens of India have been evacuated out of Iran completely through the border with Armenia, this, the India Embassy in Israel had on Sunday advised persons of India origin not to move unnecessarily in Tel Aviv and they should obey safety instructions from the Israeli authorities and Home Front Command.
We had reported that the ongoing military campaigns between Israel and Iran on Monday did not spare journalists as the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, IRIB building in Tehran was hit by Israeli missile, with the Israel Defence Forces, IDF saying that the media was one of the Israeli military targets to block the military communications of Iran Armed Forces which the Iran Armed Forces immediately retaliated with ballistic missiles fired into Israel, and IDF in a statement issued late hours on Monday confirmed that millions of Israeli residents are currently running into bomb shelters with air raids sirens sounding across several places in Israel, a video currently trending on social media showed the TV host, Sahar Emami fleeing the studio when the station was hit by a missile during a live broadcast, although there are reports from Iran that the state media resumed normal operations minutes after the attack, but there are unconfirmed reports that some journalists were killed in the attack as part of the building was completely on fire, this, International News Agency, Reuters put the total deaths recorded so far since the war began on Friday at 248, quoting Iranian source of Iran suffering 224 deaths, and Israeli source saying Israel has recorded 24 deaths.
We had reported that not less than 100 persons, mostly civilians have been confirmed dead less than 48 hours since on Friday early morning night Israel and Iran began new massive waves of offensive military campaigns that have forced commercial airplanes to avoid the troubled Middle east airspace as the two countries fly missiles of mass destruction in the air corridors, with local media confirming Iran ballistic missile killed 10 persons and injured more than 20 others at a single building struck at Bat Yam City in Israel as the angry Iranian Soldiers launched a massive all night continuous air bombardments campaign against the State of Israel that earlier on Friday began the new offensive military campaign when It flew fighter jets to strike Iranian military homes, nuclear weapon facilities, killing Iran nuclear weapon scientists, military leaders including Iranian Chief of Staff and Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, IRGC alongside almost 60 civilian death casualties, this, President Donald Trump of the United States, US in a statement issued on Friday shortly after Israeli attack via his personal verified social media handle on his own Truth Social media platform, praised and boasted about the military strength and capability of Israel, saying, things will only get worse for Iran because he gave them a chance to make a deal but they ignored the chance, adding with some level of mockery that the Iranian hardliners who spoke bravely are now dead as a result of the Israel attack on Iran, saying with emphasis that the US produces the best leathel military equipments any where in the world, and Israel already has alot of the US military leather equipments, adding that, Israel knows how to use the weapons and more will be giving to them, and in another statement issued also through the Truth Social media platform on Saturday shortly after the unprecedented military parades to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States Army, President Donald Trump threatened to unleash the full strength and might of the US Armed Forces to attack Iran at a level never seen before if Iran dare attack US in any way, shape or form, claiming that the US had nothing to do with the Israeli attack on Iran, reacting earlier, Iran Supreme Leader, Imam Sayyid Ali Khamenei said Iran will retaliate Israeli attack with a strong response of no mercy, just as Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian said Israeli attack on Tehran on Friday killed military commanders, nuclear scientists, women and children, while wishing President Donald Trump and US Armed Forces happy birthday on Saturday, Israel Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu alleged that Iran made an attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump twice, adding that Israel attacked the military and nuclear facilities in Tehran on Friday because Iran was building Intercontinental nuclear weapons that could be used to destroy Israel and any other country in the world.