Civil War

Houthis arrest over 1,000 Yemenis for celebrating 1962 revolution in past two years - rights org.

Rights group says Iran-backed Houthi terrorists detained 1,063 people and raided 123 homes for marking the 1962 revolution in 2024-2025, with families left unaware of detainees’ whereabouts.

|ByJAMES GENN
Protesters, predominantly Houthi supporters, demonstrate in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in Sanaa, Yemen August 15, 2025.
Lebanon's Hezbollah members hold party flags as they listen to their leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addressing his supporters via a screen during a rally marking the anniversary of the defeat of militants near the Lebanese-Syrian border, in al-Ain village, Lebanon August 25, 2019.

To prevent civil war, Lebanese gov't compromising by not disarming Hezbollah, expert says

"Hezbollah and Amal, the two major Shi'ite movements in the country, are telling the Lebanese president and prime minister: forget the government's decision regarding Hezbollah's disarmament."

|ByPELED ARBELI
LEBANESE ARMY soldiers patrol near the Burj al-Barajneh camp in Beirut’s southern suburbs earlier this month.

Hezbollah defies disarmament push as Israel maintains border buffer

BEHIND THE LINES: Lebanon's government faces mounting challenges in its faux attempt to dismantle Hezbollah's weapons, with no signs of real progress on the horizon.

|ByJONATHAN SPYER
People celebrate after reaching the presidential palace, protesting against military rule following last month's coup in Khartoum, Sudan December 19, 2021.

Sudan’s army chief appoints new prime minister as civil war rages on

Sudan has named its first prime minister since its civil war erupted, as fighting with RSF continues on.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF

Syria weighs currency overhaul as pound hits new lows

Syria may revamp its currency, but experts warn reforms are needed to restore stability.

MAY 20, 2025ByRIZIK ALABI/THE MEDIA LINE
Syrian currency is traded from the back of a car on the streets of Damascus, April 15, 2025

Ghosts of Year Zero: The Khmer Rouge, Phnom Penh and the Killing Fields

When the Khmer Rouge seized power, they declared it the start of “Year Zero”—a chilling decree that symbolized the erasure of everything that had come before.

MAY 1, 2025ByALEX WINSTON
An archive picture from Agence Khmere de Presse shows Cambodian people leaving Phnom Penh after Khmer Rouge forces seized and emptied the Cambodian capital on April 17, 1975.

Israeli public divided on government obeying High Court's Shin Bet ruling

A survey shows most Israelis support the High Court's ruling on Ronen Bar's dismissal. The Left and Center back the decision, while the Right opposes it.

APRIL 8, 2025ByJOANIE MARGULIES
Israeli public opinion the government following the High Courts ruling on the firing of Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar.

Majority of Israelis believe civil war is a real risk - poll

The poll also surveyed Israelis views towards the attempted dismissals of the Shin Bet chief and attorney-general, as well as if there is an Israeli "deep state."

APRIL 4, 2025ByAVRAHAM BLOCH
Israelis clash with police during a protest against the decision of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar, in Jerusalem, March 20, 2025.

Likud minister calls for civil war to 'defeat Left'

Minister Amsalem suggests civil war may be needed to "defeat the Left," while opposition leader Lapid warns of a "criminal government."

MARCH 27, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MK Dudi Amsalem reacts during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 19, 2022.

Barak's civil war prediction: A warning or exaggeration? - comment

The question is: which voices deserve our attention and amplification?

MARCH 23, 2025ByHERB KEINON
Israelis protest against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside Prime Minister Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem on August 01, 2020.

'There will be no civil war': Netanyahu fires back on X

"The State of Israel is a state of law and according to the law, the Israeli government decides who will be the head of the Shin Bet," Netanyahu wrote on X.

MARCH 21, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview with The Jerusalem Post.

'Fear No Pharaoh': US Jews and slavery – from implicated to appalled - review

In his book Fear No Pharaoh, Richard Kreitner examines the reactions of six Jewish Americans to slavery and the Civil War.

MARCH 15, 2025ByGLENN C. ALTSCHULER
‘THE OLD PLANTATION,’ watercolor attributed to John Rose, possibly painted between 1785 and 1795 in the Beaufort District of South Carolina.

Forbidden no more: Residents return to Palmyra as military zones reopen

After years away from its impressive Greco-Roman ruins, the inhabitants have returned to stroll among its monuments.

FEBRUARY 16, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Forbidden no more: Residents return to Palmyra as military zones reopen.

A nation divided: Will Syria be better now that Assad is gone? - opinion

What will happen next is not a mystery. There are only a few realistic scenarios, considering that the groups that toppled Assad are former ISIS and al-Qaeda terrorists.

DECEMBER 17, 2024ByMICAH HALPERN
Syrian caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir delivers Friday sermon at the Umayyad Mosque, after fighters of the ruling Syrian body ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in the Damascus old city, Syria, December 13, 2024.

Assad’s fall won’t revive the Arab Spring - opinion

The battle to oust Assad has long ceased to be about democratic reforms or justice for the Syrian people.

DECEMBER 16, 2024ByAMINE AYOUB
THE ARAB Contact Group on Syria meets in Aqaba, this past Saturday. Those present included US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen, and the foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Bahrain, Turkey, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Lebanon.