(2025-03-18). Lebanon and Syria agree on ceasefire after deadly cross-border clashes. scmp.com Mountainous frontier has been a flashpoint in the three months since Islamist rebels toppled Syria's Assad.
(2025-03-18). Hostages' families: 'Greatest fear came true, Israel chose to give up on hostages'. haaretz.com GAZA: Israel renews fighting in Gaza, killing over 300 ‚ñ SYRIA: IDF strikes Assad regime weapons over concerns groups looking to use them ‚ñ ISRAEL: Netanyahu informs Shin Bet head of his decision to fire him ‚ñ YEMEN: Pentagon says U.S. will use overwhelming lethal force until it achieves objective in Yemen…
(2025-03-18). Child killed as Syria's HTS militants shell civilians in eastern Lebanon. presstv.ir A child was killed and four other civilians injured after Syria's HTS militants launched a volley of rockets at a residential neighborhood in eastern Lebanon.
(2025-03-18). Iran Warns of Severe Consequences of Any US Attack. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Iranian ambassador to the UN rejected the accusations made by the US president that Iran backs the Yemeni forces, warning Washington that it would bear full responsibility for the severe consequences of any act of aggression against Tehran.
(2025-03-18). Kurdistan: 'Turkey must choose between the status quo, endless war and peace with the Kurds'. internationalviewpoint.org Following the appeal by Abudllah Öcalan, leader of the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), for his movement to lay down its arms, what are the prospects for the Kurdish people? L'Anticapitaliste spoke with Salih Azad, head of the Kurdish Democratic Centre in Marseille. | – | / |
(2025-03-17). New Fighting Erupts at Syria-Lebanon Border as HTS Shells Lebanese Village, Deploys Tanks. news.antiwar.com The Lebanon-Syria border has been mostly quiet for the path month after a brief incursion by Syria's government, the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), in early February. Now there is renewed fighting in the exact same area after HTS carried out overnight shelling against the village of al-Qasr, on the Lebanon side of the border. …
(2025-03-17). 'Ethnic cleansing!' Videos show Syrian government-aligned forces reveling in massacre of minorities in coastal town. defenddemocracy.press By Tamara Qiblawi, Sarah El Sirgany, Allegra Goodwin and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Published March 17, 2025 A mother and her daughter hunch down by the windows of their attic as armed men gather outside the gate. They try not to make a sound. But in the video that they furtively recorded of this fraught moment, it's clear they can …
(2025-03-17). Help us. Stop now the genocide in Syria! defenddemocracy.press
(2025-03-17). Thousands reported killed in Syria as HTS-allied forces attack, execute Alawites. defenddemocracy.press Antiwar Dot Com and The Grayzone March 11, 2025 Editor's note: Sectarian Sunni forces linked to the new HTS-led government of Syria have massacred over 1300 Alawites in the past week, according to a conservative estimate. The Grayzone has spoken to staff from a Western aid organization currently on the ground in Syria who say …
(2025-03-17). Erdogan, Trump discuss Ukraine, Syria, defence issues, Turkey says. channelnewsasia.com
(2025-03-17). Turkey Kills Family of Nine in New Attacks on Syrian Kurds. news.antiwar.com Turkey and its auxiliaries continued its attacks on the territory of Syrian Kurds overnight, with a Turkish airstrike against a farm just south of Kobani leaving nine people in the Othman Abdo family dead. Most of the slain were reportedly children. Turkey and its allies in the Syrian National Army (SNA) faction have also been …
(2025-03-17). Brazil seeks to expand trade with Vietnam. tvbrics.com 
The Vietnamese ambassador to Brazil said Brazil is Vietnam's largest partner in Latin America…
(2025-03-17). On the rampage against South Africa, Trump administration kicks out ambassador. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—On Friday, March 14, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio kicked out South Africa's ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasool. The language Rubio used in expelling Ambassador Rasool was crude in the extreme. Evidently Rubio and Trump do not agree with the maxim of Otto von Bismarck, the creator of modern Germany: "Always observe …