(2025-09-05). Profiles of militias in newly formed Druze national guard in Suwayda, Syria. longwarjournal.org On August 23, armed factions in the Suwayda province in Syria announced the formation of a National Guard under the leadership of the Druze spiritual leader Hikmat al Hijri.
(2025-09-05). Syria/France Ochlik/Bouvier/Colvin case: French courts issue seven arrest warrants for senior Syrian officials. fidh.org On 22 February 2012, journalists Rémi Ochlik, Édith Bouvier, and Marie Colvin, photographer Paul Conroy, and interpreter Waël al-Omar were victims of a bombing while they were in an informal press center in the Syrian city of Homs. Rémi Ochlik and Marie Colvin were killed in the bombing. After 13 years of investigation, the investigating judges of the French War Crimes Unit issued arrest warrants for seven former senior Syrian officials for complicity in war crimes and crimes against (…) | – | /…
(2025-09-05). Sharaa launches new fund to rebuild destroyed areas of Syria. newarab.com 
(2025-09-05). Susan Watkins: Israel after Fordow. newleftreview.org Netanyahu is building on the obliteration of Gaza to launch an external offensive across multiple fronts, aiming at cantonization in Lebanon and Syria, and regime change, if not state break-up, in Iran. What explains the West's political investment in an Israeli-centric Middle East, on conspicuous display during June's Twelve-Day War?
(2025-09-05). Belarusian ambassador presents credentials to Moldovan president. eng.belta.by As part of the solemn ceremony a brief conversation took place, during which Anatoly Buben reaffirmed interest in maintaining a constructive dialogue with Moldova. He also informed the Moldovan head of state about Minsk's eagerness to invigorate Belarus-Moldova trade and economic cooperation.
(2025-09-05). Three killed in two separate shooting incidents in northern Israel. haaretz.com A man in his 50s was shot dead in the Druze town of Isfiya, while two residents of Jisr al-Zarqa were shot and killed near their hometown; Police blame rivalries between criminal gangs…