Israeli-Syrian border

Israel Electric Corporation connects 12 IDF outposts on Syrian border to national grid

A new NIS 28 million infrastructure project will connect 12 IDF outposts along the Syrian border to Israel's electricity grid, improving reliability while reducing fuel dependence.

|ByYOAV ETIEL
Illustrative: Workers from the Israel Electric Corporation repair power lines damaged by a rocket fired by Hezbollah into Moshav Netu’a near the Israeli border with Lebanon, March 8, 2026.
View of the Israeli border area with Syria, as seen from the northern Golan Heights, April 11, 2026.

Two Israelis caught by IDF after crossing Syria border, as Syria reports military raid in Quneitra

According to the military, troops dispatched to the Hermon located the two, returned them to Israeli territory, and transferred them to police.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Israeli soldiers at a staging area near the Israeli border with Syria in northern Israel, February 28, 2026.

IDF nearly strikes right-wing Israeli activists mistaken for terrorists near Syrian border - report

Military observers halted an airstrike moments before it launched to hit five Israeli activists near Mount Hermon after realizing the suspected infiltrators were activists with HaBashan Pioneers.

|ByRUBY SADIKMAN
A member of the HaBashan Pioneers movement puts on tefillin on Mount Hermon, July 9, 2026.

Israeli settler group crosses Syria border again, spends night on Mount Hermon

Following their activities earlier this week, a group of activists once again climbed into the Mount Hermon area, in the newly controlled areas under IDF authority beyond the official border line.

|ByELI ASHKENAZI

‘A strong message to Iran from Israel’: Syrians debate Aleppo airstrike

A source close to the Syrian rebels said that Syrians in the north heard missiles fly over their locations on Sunday before explosions near Aleppo’s Nayrab Airport in the evening.

JULY 16, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Missile fire is seen from Damascus, Syria

Syrian army says it captures strategic hill overlooking Israeli border

The strategic hill that overlooks the Golan Heights, which had a major anti-aircraft radar base that was part of elaborate Syrian army defenses against Israel, fell into rebel hands in October 2014.

JULY 16, 2018ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A SYRIAN regime tank and soldiers next to a building in central Syria

IDF transfers care packages to Syrians fleeing regime offensive

Care packages were made by residents of Israel's Golan Regional Council.

JULY 11, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Golan Heights residents donating goods to Syrian refugees, July 11, 2018

Syrian rebel towns accept Assad rule following heavy bombardment

Intense bombardment caused 160,000 people to flee.

JULY 1, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad are deployed in al-Ghariya al-Gharbiya in Deraa province, Syria in this handout released on June 30, 2018

IDF fires Patriot missile toward UAV approaching Israel's Golan Heights

No hit detected after a drone retreated from the Israeli-Syrian border.

JUNE 24, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
A Patriot anti-missile system deployed in a joint U.S. and Israeli military outpost in Jaffa, south of Tel Aviv is silhouetted against the setting sun

IDF hold brigade exercises on northern front

Tensions between Israel and Lebanon have been heating up in recent weeks.

FEBRUARY 22, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Israeli tanks manuever during an exercise near the northern border on February 22, 2018.

EU warns of spiraling violence after Israel-Syria border incident

"We urge the Syrian parties, their allies, as well as the regional actors to abide by international law, to show restraint, and avoid actions that further escalate the situation."

FEBRUARY 12, 2018ByREUTERS
An old military vehicle can be seen positioned on the Israeli side of the border with Syria, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights

Initial probe: Altitude may have made downed jet vulnerable to Syrian fire

According to a senior IAF officer, Israel has carried out thousands of missions over Syria in past year.

FEBRUARY 12, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Israeli security forces examine the remains of an F-16 Israeli war plane near the village of Harduf

US official to JPost: Tillerson hasn't 'ruled out' Israel stop amid crisis

Tillerson is traveling through Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Kuwait over the next five days.

FEBRUARY 11, 2018ByMICHAEL WILNER
United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

Israel to be key player in the next chapter of Syria’s war

For Israel, the next chapter in Syria’s war will be a nightmare scenario.

FEBRUARY 11, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu chats with Israeli soldiers at a military outpost during a visit to Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights overlooking the Israel-Syria border in 2015.