Syrian Civil War

Why does Trump wants Israel to withdraw from Syria, and what does it mean for the IDF? - analysis

For Israel, there is no real strategic or tactical need to keep up the friction with Syrian villages along the buffer zone - and a re-think may be necessary in the future.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
(L-R) Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the backdrop of Syrian and Israeli flags (illustrative)
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani in Beirut, Lebanon, July 2, 2026.

Syrian FM visits Beirut after Trump suggests Damascus should fight Hezbollah

The Syrian minister, Asaad al-Shibani, met Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on his first stop, and then headed for a meeting with the parliament speaker, Nabih Berri, an ally of Hezbollah.

|ByREUTERS
A rabbi holds a Torah scroll at the Ifrange Synagogue in the Jewish quarter in Old Damascus on April 29, 2025.

Damascus synagogue tours highlight renewed interest in Syrian Jewish history and diaspora ties

Tours of synagogues and meetings with religious leaders highlight renewed interest in Jewish history and unresolved questions over historic sites, property, and diaspora ties.

|ByRIZIK ALABI/THE MEDIA LINE
A worker tears down the pictures of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, Lebanon's late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a gas station in Nubl, in rural Aleppo, Syria, December 11, 2024.

Syria accuses Hezbollah-linked cells of plotting attacks, signaling break from Assad-era alliance

Damascus is moving against networks it says planned assassinations, bombings, and rocket fire, raising new questions about sovereignty and power after Bashar Assad’s fall.

|ByRIZIK ALABI / THE MEDIA LINE

Liberman: We are ready to open Quinetra Crossing

"The ball is in the Syrian side of the court"

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman at the Quneitra border crossing, September 27, 2018

Syria’s morning after

The civil war’s approaching finale will intensify Turkish-Syrian tension, and consolidate Israel’s policy of neutrality.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
A wall along the border between Turkey and Syria is pictured at the Syrian town of Atimah, Idlib province, in this picture taken from Reyhanli, Hatay province, Turkey October 10, 2017

Syria accuses Israel of striking near Damascus International Airport

Regime air defense said to intercept several missiles which local reports said targeted Iranian military targets.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Missile fire is seen from Damascus, Syria

Report: Syrian air defence thwarts 'Israeli agression'

Asked about the SANA report, an Israeli military spokeswoman said: "We don't comment on foreign reports."

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Missile fire is seen from Damascus, Syria

Building on the hopeful message of ‘all killers are my enemies’

Even in the diaspora most Syrians are conscious that if they will ever return to “Assad’s Syria,” any public association with the “Zionist enemy” could cost them dearly.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018ByMOR YAHALOM
ON THE march. A poster of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad who is allied with Russia and Iran.

Building on the hopeful message of ‘all killers are my enemies’

Even in the diaspora most Syrians are conscious that if they will ever return to “Assad’s Syria,” any public association with the “Zionist enemy” could cost them dearly.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018ByMOR YAHALOM
ON THE march. A poster of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad who is allied with Russia and Iran.

More than 30,000 displaced in Syria's Idlib in latest offensive

The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said an all-out military assault on the last major stronghold of active opposition to President Bashar Assad could set 800,000 to flight.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018ByREUTERS
Yazidi refugees flee for their lives from Islamic State forces near the Syrian border, August 11.

Germany says in talks about possible military role in Syria

Overseas military action remains a sensitive and deeply unpopular topic in Germany, given its Nazi past.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018ByREUTERS
Angela Merkel gestures during a cabinet meeting in Berlin

Russian and Syrian jets pound Idlib province after summit

Russia says it avoids civilians and only targets radical al Qaeda inspired groups.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018ByREUTERS
The aftermath of a Russian warplane shot down by Syrian rebels in Idlib, Syria

Russian and Syrian jets pound Idlib province after summit

Russia says it avoids civilians and only targets radical al Qaeda inspired groups.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018ByREUTERS
The aftermath of a Russian warplane shot down by Syrian rebels in Idlib, Syria