Civil War

Damascus struggles to assert control in southern Syria amid ISIS threat, Druze tensions - analysis

Southern Syria is particularly complex for several reasons. One reason is the continued Israeli raids along the border.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
ISIS fighters.
Houthi control around Bab el-Mandeb gives Iran-aligned forces leverage over a second major maritime choke point, opposite the Strait of Hormuz on the other side of the Arabian Peninsula. A Yemeni government army officer gestures as he rides a boat in Bab el-Mandeb, Yemen, April 2.

Yemen’s government needs weapons, but they can’t come from the US or Israel, expert tells 'Post'

Though an expert from the Royal United Services Institute said that the Houthis needed to be defeated, he insisted this could only come about by empowering the legitimate government - not airstrikes.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Members of the Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP) patrol after Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) army retreated from the regional capital Mekelle, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, October 8, 2026.

Ethiopian-Eritrean fighting raises fears of wider war as Egypt builds Red Sea alliance - analysis

Drone strikes in northern Ethiopia, competing claims over Red Sea access, and a new four-country diplomatic alignment threaten to deepen instability across the Horn of Africa.

|ByWASEEM ABU MAHADI / THE MEDIA LINE
An internally displaced Yemeni boy carries sticks of firewood on his head at a makeshift camp for the internally displaced who fled their homes due to renewed clashes between Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces and the Houthi authorities in the northern Hajjah governorate on October 7, 2026.

Yemen displacement surges past 200,000 following fresh Houthi offensive, UN migration body warns

"People are running for their lives and finding nowhere safe to go," said IOM Director General Amy Pope, who called for more funding amid rising needs for food and shelter.

|ByREUTERS

How much longer will Israel stay a happy country? - opinion

Having achieved so much in the first 75 years of our existence that has led us to become one of the top five happiest countries in the world, we must ask if we can preserve it.

MARCH 23, 2023ByJOANNA LANDAU
Jerusalem Day

Several injured in clashes between Pakistan police, former PM Khan's supporters

Police hit Khan supporters in baton charges and lobbed tear gas canisters, some of which landed on the lawns of Khan's house.

MARCH 14, 2023ByREUTERS
Supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, react amid tear gas smoke, fired by the police to disperse them during clashes ahead of an election campaign rally, in Lahore, Pakistan March 8, 2023.

Letters to the Editor March 13, 2023: Blatant omissions

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

MARCH 13, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Are Israel's zealots the same as ancient Judea's zealots?

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The zealot attacks regardless of his resources, training or skill.

MARCH 10, 2023ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
DEMONSTRATORS OUTSIDE the US Consulate in Tel Aviv on March 7 call on the US to intervene to stop the government’s judicial overhaul.

Voices from the Arab press: Conspiracy theories won't stop Saudi reforms

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

MARCH 4, 2023ByMEDIA LINE
GLASS CUBE: Apple’s flagship store on Fifth Avenue, New York City.

9 Adar: A call for constructive conflict among the Jewish people - opinion

The Beit Shammai-Beit Hillel confrontation must serve as a warning of what can go wrong when one group bulldozes legislation against the will of a major constituency.

FEBRUARY 27, 2023ByMEESH HAMMER-KOSSOY
JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin stands behind his chair next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, last week. The Beit Shammai-Beit Hillel confrontation must serve as a warning to what can go wrong when one group bulldozes the passage of legislation, says the writer.

Netanyahu must respect opposition to avoid Israeli civil war - editorial

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains dismissive of the massive opposition that the reform plans have encountered.

FEBRUARY 21, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
A silhouetted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Protesters prepare as Knesset readies to bring judicial reform to vote

Bezalel Smotrich: "I am telling you that the person who is to blame for preventing dialogue on the reform is one person, opposition leader Yair Lapid."

FEBRUARY 19, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
An aerial view shows the massive protest on Monday in Jerusalem. A compromise is only possible the moment both sides want it.

My Word: Protests, politics, and a presidential compromise

The fact that the country has not descended into civil war despite the splits in the past is largely due to the way that the Right has said that nothing was worth that price.

FEBRUARY 16, 2023ByLIAT COLLINS
Tens of thousands of protesters participate in a colorful demonstration against the government’s judicial reform outside the Knesset on Monday.

Israeli Right to protest judicial reform in Jerusalem Saturday night

Former communications minister and New Hope MK Yoaz Hendel is the central figure promoting the demonstration.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Israelis protest against the government’s proposed judicial reforms in Tel Aviv on February 4.