Tag: buffer zone

While the depth of a future buffer zone remains unclear, a kilometer appears to be one realistic option for defending the border communities—a kilometer into Gaza in which Israel will have a complete picture of what is occurring overground and underground.

Lebanon's response: "“No one can impose conditions, amendments or new arrangements on Lebanon, and any step in this direction would be rejected and confronted by us."

"Iran wants to turn Syria into a second Lebanon," he noted. "And we're determined to prevent that."

Israel's prime minister expressed readiness to discuss Assad's demands but underscored the condition that Iran and Hezbollah, must be removed from Syria.

The targeted outpost is located near the Druze village of Hader, in southern Syria.

Nasrallah said Hezbollah is dismantling its military positions on Lebanon's eastern border; he declared the area to be the “responsibility of the Lebanese state."

Egypt has decided to raze the Gaza city of Rafah to the ground – at least, the part that exists on Egypt's side of the border.

Egypt is doubling its buffer zone along the border with Gaza as it continues its war on terror.

Gazans are dismayed as Egyptian preparations advance for an 8-mile buffer zone along the Sinai border, sealing Rafah.