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Syrian national arrested on border trying to smuggle rocket shells into Lebanon

The approximately 330-kilometer border with Syria has been used by Hezbollah, as well as other terrorist groups and criminal gangs, to smuggle supplies and people in and out of Lebanon.

View of the Israeli border with Syria, in the Golan Heights, on August 20, 2026.
A Turkish flag waves atop the Turkish embassy as an Israeli flag is seen nearby, in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 26, 2016

Turkey has changed from rival to enemy amid Middle East shifts, security officials warn

Security personnel stand guard on the day of a funeral procession for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in Israeli and US airstrikes, in Najaf, Iraq, July 8, 2026.

Iraq's militia disarmament won't stop Iran using proxies across Middle East - analysis

Drones displayed by Syria's Interior Ministry after authorities said they were seized during an operation that foiled an alleged cross-border weapons smuggling attempt near the al-Tanf border crossing with Iraq, July 16, 2026.

Damascus calls Hezbollah ‘terrorist militia’, partners with Iraq to stop arms smuggling


My shame for not speaking sooner

I believe that I am a good person, but I did nothing, and evil has triumphed in Syria.

PEOPLE WAIT for buses after being displaced by fighting near Aleppo in Syria

Editorial: Israel's moral obligation to help save Aleppo’s civilians

More than 100,000 people have fled the rebel enclave in Aleppo to government-held areas and thousands of rebels have surrendered. But thousands of civilians remain trapped.

Syrian refugees are reflected in a puddle as they wait for their turn to enter Macedonia at Greece's border

Syria military source confirms Aleppo truce deal, evacuation of rebels

The UN human rights office cited reports that at least 82 people had been killed on the streets while fleeing or in their homes in four different neighborhoods in the last few days.

People inspect a damaged site after airstrikes on the rebel held Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria.

Aleppo victory shifts civil war in Assad’s favor

Still, Assad's forces are overextended, raising questions about how much territory it can hold at one time, as it relies on manpower from Hezbollah and Shi’ite militias.

People inspect a damaged site after airstrikes on the rebel held Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria.

Do chemical weapons in Syria threaten Israel?

Among the most horrifying aspects of the five-year-old Syrian civil war was Assad’s use of chemical weapons, including the massive August 2013 sarin gas attack that killed more than 1,400 civilians.

Employees of the Research Institute for Protective Technologies, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection (WIS) inspect a dummy sample which is contaminated with a substance similar to the chemical weapon Sarin.

Analysis: Liberman breaks Israel's secrecy over Syria policy

Defense Minister said that Israel acts to prevent transfer of WMDs from Syria. As far as is known, it is the first time that a senior Israeli official expressed such a concern.

IAF fighter jets during the Red Flag joint exercise at Nellis air force base in Nevada

Despite Russian involvement in Syria, Israel to maintain watchful eye

When it comes to areas more distant from the border – certainly near Damascus – the operation is much more complicated, risky and could spin out of control.

AN ISRAELI soldier stands near a mobile artillery unit as it fires a shell into southern Lebanon on July 13, 2006, a day after IDF reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were abducted by Hezbollah

Is ISIS opening a new front against Israel?

Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria, and as the battles have encroached on the Israeli border, the period of utter calm along the Syrian-Israeli border, which has persisted for 40 years.

A UN soldier keeps watch on the Golan Heights

Syrian reports claim IAF struck Hezbollah and regime targets in Syria

The IDF has neither confirmed nor denied the strikes.

An IAF F-15I fighter jet

How hackers tried to 'poison' Syria's Assad

Locked out of the government system for several hours, Syrian officials turned to Facebook to deny any attack against Assad and update viewers on his current condition.

Snapshot of Syria's Ministery of Information website