Israeli-Syrian border

Syria strongly condemns escalating IDF incursions in Quneitra, Daraa, demand pullout from Golan

Syria has “called on the international community to assume its responsibilities, put an end to the violations, and force Israel to comply with international law..."

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Israeli soldiers seen at an IDF post on the Syrian side of the border with Israel, September 24, 2026.
Members of a local rebel militia pose for a picture during a patrol in Syria's southern city of Sweida.

Iranian networks continue to threaten Israel from southern Syria, recruiting Druze, Sunnis to fight

A series of incidents points to continued Iranian, Hezbollah activity in southern Syria, describing Friday's strike as the latest in a string of cases suggesting efforts to establish local networks.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Hezbollah and Syrian flags are seen fluttering in Fleita, Syria August 2, 2017.

Syria, Hezbollah hold secret security talks in Turkey, reportedly to ease border tensions

One of the Syrian officials said both sides agreed they held no hostility towards one another, and that Syria assured Hezbollah that it would not intervene militarily in Lebanon to disarm the group.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Prime Minister Netanyahu on Mount Hermon, overlooking Syria during a tour briefing him and the Defense Minister Israel Katz on the situation with Syria.

Asserting control in Syria: Netanyahu pledges the defeat of Iran, defense of border from proxies

"We will not allow any terror army to establish itself on our border, and this is one of the monumental achievements we have secured in the War of Revival."

|ByJONAH DAVIDOV

On My Mind: UN prioritizes the Golan

In UN deliberations, both historical context and present realities are ignored.

DECEMBER 4, 2017ByKENNETH BANDLER
A SOLDIER stands on a tank next to a house damaged in fighting in 1973 in the Golan.

Report: Israel vows to destroy Iranian positions within 40 km of Syrian border

Syrian President Bashar Assad reportedly offered Netanyahu a comprehensive deal that would include a demilitarized zone stretching 40 kilometers from the border.

NOVEMBER 26, 2017BySHOSHANA KRANISH
Israeli soldiers stand atop tanks overlooking the border between Israel and Syria

Who benefits from the Russia-US-Jordan ceasefire deal in Syria?

Countries all see something different in the term “foreign forces.”

NOVEMBER 13, 2017BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
The Syrian area of Quneitra is seen in the background as an out-of-commission Israeli tank parks on a hill, near the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria, in the Golan Heights.

Israel launches retaliatory strikes on Syrian artillery positions

The IDF identified five projectiles launched towards Israel from Syria.

OCTOBER 21, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM, HAGAY HACOHEN
IS DETERRENCE working? Smoke rises last year on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights during fighting near the border.