Mid East – Page 237 – Prologue Journal

Syrian Kurdish commander: Non-Syrian Kurdish fighters to leave if total truce agreed with Turkey

Jerusalem Post Ankara views the main Syrian Kurdish factions as an extension of the PKK. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-834201

Report: 500 major Israeli officers leave military over Gaza war

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The Israeli military is already facing a critical manpower problem as it runs short of thousands of forces. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/12/19/739373/Palestine-Gaza-Israel-US-

Maps: See Israel’s Moves in Syria Since al-Assad Was Toppled

New York Times Israeli fighter jets have launched hundreds of airstrikes, while soldiers have seized a buffer zone and captured military posts in territory formerly under Syrian control. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/world/middleeast/syria-israel-maps.html

Qassam Brigades: Four Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza operation

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has announced that one of its fighters killed four Israeli soldiers, including an officer, at the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/12/19/739372/Qassam-Brigades-claims-to-have-killed-4-Israeli-troops-in-northern-Gaza-stabbing-attack

The unique brutality of Yemen’s Houthi intelligence services

Jerusalem Post A new report uncovers how the Houthis have “laundered” some of their officials into their Foreign Ministry in order to continue to sabotage and siphon off humanitarian aid. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-834160

‘We Just Want Mercy’: A Gaza Hospital Pleads for a Respite

New York Times Medical workers at one of the last functioning hospitals in the north of the territory say the facility has come under heavy attack by Israel this week. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/world/middleeast/gaza-hospital-icu.html

Yemen hails successful attacks on ‘strategic’ Israeli military sites

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Yemen says it employed Palestine-2 hypersonic missiles in a recent retaliatory attack on two major Israeli military installations in Tel Aviv. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/12/19/739357/Yemen-target-israel-military-installation-Jaffa

Cancer-stricken Palestinian prisoner tortured to death in Israeli custody: Report

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Cancer-stricken Palestinian prisoner Mohammad Anwar Labed has died of torture in Israeli custody just one month after his arrest. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/12/19/739361/Palestine-Israel-prisoner-Mohammad-Anwar-Labed-Gaza-torture

In Homs, Smiles and Tears Amid a Ravaged Landscape After al-Assad’s Fall

New York Times The ancient city, an early stronghold of opposition to Bashar al-Assad’s oppressive regime, was ravaged by a government crackdown. Residents are reacting to his fall with smiles and tears. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/world/middleeast/syria-homs-assad.html

Israeli soldiers expose shoot-to-kill policy in Gaza’s ‘kill zone’

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Israeli soldiers have revealed arbitrary killings in the notorious ‘kill zone’ in Gaza’s Netzarim corridor. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/12/19/739354/Palestine-Israel-Gaza-Netzarim-kill-zone-Haaretz-