The United Nations (UN) confirmed today that 43 member of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in Syria have been detained. The Associated Press reports: An armed group detained 43 U.N. peacekeepers during fighting in Syria early Thursday and another 81 peacekeepers are trapped, the United Nations said. The peacekeepers were...

The Syrian air force targeted positions held by rebels, including Islamists from the al-Qaeda-affiliated al Nusra Front, close to the Israeli border on the Golan Heights on August 28. The attack followed the reported capture of the Syrian side of the Quneitra border crossing with Israel a day earlier. While...

On Monday, the IDF translated and published the contents of a Hamas bomb-making manual that it captured during Operation Protective Edge. The IDF blog quotes from the manual: The explosives manual recommends teaching civilians how to build and store bombs in their homes. According to the manual, the goal is...

The Iran-backed terror organization Hamas is already broadcasting strong signals that it has no interest in peace and is gearing up for its next war against Israel. The Izzadin Al-Qassam Brigades tweeted (Arabic link): We won, and swore by Allah that we will continue to dig (tunnels), and create more (rockets),...

Hamas fighters have acknowledged that the terror organization used civilian structures to hide its operatives and conduct attacks. Using information that was published on the Shin Bet’s website in Hebrew, Israel Hayom reported yesterday: “During interrogations of Hamas operatives arrested during the Gaza operation, it has become disconcertingly clear that Hamas is...

The al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front reportedly captured the Syrian side of the Quneitra border crossing with Israel on August 27. “Nusra Front and other rebel groups took the Quneitra crossing, and heavy fighting with the Syrian army is continuing in the surrounding area,” said Rami Abdel-Rahman, head of the Britain-based...