Staff (2025-05-04). Netanyahu to hold security discussions with defense chiefs, ministers later Sunday. haaretz.com ISRAEL: Hostages' families call on government to halt Gaza war expansion plans as IDF calls up tens of thousands of reservists; Qatari FM slams Netanyahu's 'inflammatory' remarks ‚ñ GAZA: 39 people killed on Saturday, Gaza medical sources say ‚ñ SYRIA: IDF planes deliver humanitarian aid to Druze residents of southern Syria ‚ñ YEMEN: U.S. and British aircraft reported to have carried out dozens of strikes across Yemen…

A A (2025-05-04). First they kill the Alawites and the Christians, now the Druze — who is next in Syria? strategic-culture.su

aljazeera (2025-05-04). Israel uses Druze community to justify "interfering in Syria" aljazeera.com "Interestingly, that their [Druze] location in the Golan Heights presents, if you like, a strategic interest for Israel.

Amos Harel (2025-05-04). In Gaza and Syria, Israel is marching toward an escalation. haaretz.com After nearly 50 days of fighting with no hostages freed, the IDF is calling up tens of thousands of reservists for a broader ground offensive in Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel is intensifying strikes in Syria as Druze communities face attacks from regime-aligned jihadi groups…

Ana Luisa Brown (2025-05-04). Protests in Syria against Israeli attacks. plenglish.com Damascus, May 4 (Prensa Latina) The provinces of Latakia, Tartous and Hama witnessed today popular protests to denounce the repeated Israeli attacks against the Syrian territory and to reject the plans to divide the Arab country, promoted from abroad.

Ana Luisa Brown (2025-05-04). Syria and Azerbaijan review bilateral cooperation. plenglish.com Damascus, May 4 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian Minister of Economy and Industry, Mohammad Nidal Al-Shaar, and the Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister, Samir Sharifov, reviewed today in this capital, the prospects for cooperation in multiple fields.

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead (2025-05-04). Kemi Badenoch's call for 'massive Margaret Thatcher statue outside Parliament' met with brutal mockery. leftfootforward.org With so much going on in the world politically — the local elections, the US-Ukraine minerals deal, Israel's latest airstrikes near Syria — you might expect the leader of the opposition to stay focused. Instead, Kemi Badenoch turned attention to an unexpected priority — the erection of a 'massive' statue of Margaret Thatcher outside Parliament. | This would be in addition to the existing statue of the former prime minister located inside the Palace of Westminster. It would stand alongside Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, Millicent Fawcett, Abraham Lincoln and Mahatma Gandhi immortalised on th…

mforinoco (2025-05-04). 'Israel' Sets up New Outposts in Southern Syria Overlooking Lebanon: Report. orinocotribune.com Israeli leadership has vowed that its occupation in both Syria and Lebanon is indefinite, as permanent outposts have been established in both countries | The Israeli army is establishing two