Syria eyes calm, Gaza aid site turns deadly, Trump hosts Gulf leaders—here’s your SOFREP Evening Brief for Wednesday, July 16, 2025.

MICHAEL KIMMAGE is Professor of History at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability.

Earlier Israeli strikes hit the Syrian defence ministry, as well as government forces in the southern part of the country.

Israel stepped in as the Syrian forces were not acting to prevent the strikes on Druze and were part of the problem, an ...

Israel bombed the Syrian defence ministry in Damascus as part of a wave of airstrikes aimed at forcing the military to ...

A Lesotho MP is facing charges after accusing the country’s monarch of signing over land to its neighbour, South ...

Israel says it's trying to protect the Druze community in south-west Syria, where there have been deadly sectarian clashes.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has voiced concern over escalating violence in southern Syria, where Israeli airstrikes ...

Secretary of State Rubio says the U.S. is "very concerned" by expanding Israeli strikes targeting Syria's new government, and he wants "the fighting to stop." ...

An Israeli military official said, "we are reinforcing forces in the Golan Heights and along the border, ready for a ...

Prime Minister Micheál Martin and opposition Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald are also potential contenders, while MMA fighter Conor McGregor likely won’t get on the ballot.

The Israel Defense Forces said it struck "the entrance" of Syria's military headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday.Syria's ...