Syria’s Alawite communities are in the grip of a fear that their women and girls could be kidnapped and held as sabaya, or sex slaves. After the Assad dictatorship fell, amid revenge attacks by militias loyal to the country’s new rulers, there were reports of abductions for rape and even of forced marriage. Alawite human https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-alawite-women-taken-as-sex-slaves-in-syria/

An Abraham Accords-style breakthrough will only be possible between Syria and Israel if one person—President Trump—brings Netanyahu and al-Sharaa together to seal the deal. https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-859815

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Israeli Forces Capture Iranian Terrorist Cell: The Israel Defense Forces announced the capture of an Iran-affiliated cell in southern Syria. The terrorists were apprehended at night... https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/07/02/striking-all-components-of-the-axis-iran-has-built-idf-captures-iranian-operatives-in-southern-syria/

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The elite IDF unit 504 provided intelligence that led to the arrests of multiple members of an Iranian terrorist cell in southern Syria. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-859809

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Overnight on June 21-22, American military aircraft launched strikes on three nuclear facilities inside Iran, most notably the fortified Fordow plant. To reach the underground facility, located inside a mountain near Qom, the United States employed bunker-busting bombs. Although the strikes marked Washington’s entrance into in a war initiated by Israel against Iran on June 13, President Donald Trump framed […] https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/israel-iran-confrontation-tests-saudi-arabias-quest-for-neutrality/

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) apprehended suspects in Syria who are part of “a terrorist cell operated by Iran,” the Israeli military said on July 2, one of several recent raids it has conducted along the border to detain suspects. IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir visited the Golan on July 1 and met with Israeli officers. “We must maintain a high level of alertness and keep our eyes open at all times,” he said. https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/07/israel-defense-forces-raid-iran-linked-terror-cell-in-syria.php

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Billions of Dollars in Damage Prevented: The Israeli Defense Ministry reported that its aerial defenses successfully intercepted 86 percent of ballistic missiles launched by Iran... https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/07/02/israeli-assessment-of-recent-conflict-with-iran-reveals-86-percent-success-rate-in-missile-interception/

Opinion | Welcome to the latest edition of Regions Calling, a weekly newsletter by The Moscow Times bringing you insights and analysis on life and politics beyond Russia’s capital. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/02/in-russias-dagestan-iran-israel-conflict-hits-close-to-home-a89652

Israel will be wise to align its policy with those who seek to integrate Syria rather than with those who seek to fragment it. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/why-al-sharaas-success-in-syria-is-good-for-israel/

Excerpt An attack on a church on Sunday, June 22, killed 25 people in Damascus. The attack in Syria’s capital should mark a turning point in the new Syrian government’s approach to confronting... https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/07/02/what-the-mar-elias-church-bombing-means-for-syrias-future/

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Ukraine is appealing to the US envoy in Kyiv after Washington halted some shipments of critical weapons to the war-embattled country. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-02/us-halts-weapons-shipments-to-ukraine-as-russia-attacks-mount/105488372

Austria is preparing to deport a Syrian man whose asylum status was revoked due to a criminal conviction, in what an EU official and rights groups say will be Europe's first forced deportation to Syria since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/austria-set-deport-man-syria-marking-first-eu-since-assads-fall-2025-07-02/

By Amina Ismail and Layli Foroudi BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) -Austria is preparing to deport a Syrian man whose asylum status was revoked due to a criminal conviction, in what an EU official and rights groups say will be Europe's first forced deportation to Syria since the fall of President Bashar ... https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-07-02/austria-set-to-deport-man-to-syria-marking-first-for-eu-since-assads-fall

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