In the latest escalation between India and Pakistan, Israeli-made loitering munitions—specifically Harop ‘kamikaze’ drones—have taken centre stage. These drones, designed to loiter and strike targets with surgical precision, were deployed by India against Pakistan, supposedly in retaliation for a deadly attack on Hindu pilgrims in Indian-occupied Kashmir, although their victims have predominantly been civilians in Pakistan. Pakistani authorities have reportedly shot down at least 25 of the Indian drones so far.

With Israel escalating its attacks on Syrian territory under the banner of “protecting the Druze,” the Syrian fact-checking group Eekad has revealed what appears to be a clandestine, coordinated, Israeli-backed campaign aimed at driving the Druze-majority Suwayda region toward secession - against the wishes of the majority of Syrian Druze people.