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Sharaa: Syria working to reach security deal with Israel, will not give up on Golan Heights claim

Additionally, Syria has no intention of intervening militarily in Lebanon, although Syria is discussing ways to help overcome the crisis there with the Lebanese government.

JULY 26, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) arrives to receive UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the People's Palace in Damascus on July 25, 2026

The Israel Ministry of Defense’s National Mine Action Authority (INMAA) clears minefields with the assistance of sappers from 4M Defense Mine Solutions in the northern Golan Heights near the Syrian border, April 28, 2026.

Reporter’s Notebook: The threat along Syrian buffer zone is far from over for Israel

For now, there appears to be little appetite to withdraw from the buffer zone, largely because of lingering questions over whether Syria’s new president is truly capable of controlling the country.

JULY 2, 2026|ByAMICHAI STEIN

IDF soldiers operate on Mount Hermon, on the border between Israel and Syria, December 12, 2024

IDF kills PIJ terrorists on Lebanon-Syria border as groups continue trying to smuggle weapons

Israel, with the help of Syria's new government led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, has succeeded at blocking much of the cross-border Lebanon-Syria weapons smuggling activities.

FEBRUARY 17, 2026|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

REPRESENTATIVES FROM the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, Magen David Adom, and COGAT at the delivery of ambulances at the Syrian border.

When faith is targeted, we must respond with compassion, even across borders - opinion

Today, as Christian communities just across our border face persecution and fear, it is our turn to stand with them.

FEBRUARY 2, 2026|ByYAEL ECKSTEIN

Assad's fall a direct result of Israel's strikes on Iran and Hezbollah, Netanyahu says

Netanyahu labels Assad's fall a 'milestone' for Israel: "The Assad regime is a central link in Iran's axis of evil - this regime has fallen."

DECEMBER 8, 2024ByJOANIE MARGULIES

Defense Minister Israel Katz (L) And PM Benjamin Netanyahu (R) observe the border with Syria, December 8, 2024

Reporting from the Golan Heights, on the day Assad was overthrown

Jerusalem Post reporter Seth J. Frantzman reports from the Golan Heights, near the abandoned Syrian town of Quneitra, where a lone regime flag still stood.

DECEMBER 8, 2024BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Overlooking Syria from Israel’s old border fort at Tel Saki

IDF attacks Syrian army infrastructure in Golan Heights

The IDF "will not allow attempts to violate the separation agreement."

JULY 10, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli Security forces try to extinguish a fire near the scene of where a rocket fired from Lebanon hit a car and critically injured two people near Nafah Junction, in the Golan Heights, July 9, 2024.

Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 176?

Netanyahu: Israel willing to compromise on deal, Hamas not • Hamas is disintegrating from within, Gazan terrorists tell Israel

MARCH 31, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF soldiers securing the entry of worshipers to Joseph's Tomb October 13, 2022.

Has everyone misunderstood Israel's failures on October 7?

Future probes by the IDF in months and even by a state inquiry in years may never fully resolve the truth on some of the complex issues surrounding October 7.

FEBRUARY 14, 2024ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Smoke rises as seen from the broken fence in Kfar Aza where Hamas terrorists entered during the October 7tattack, in southern Israel, November 5, 2023

On this day in 1974: Israel-Syria Disengagement Agreement is signed in Geneva

The negotiations began in February and March of the same year, with representatives from both Israel and Syria presenting their initial plans to the then-US Secretary of State.

MAY 31, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF