Israel and syria

Inside Syria's campaign against Hezbollah: How Damascus is countering Iran’s proxy - analysis

Recent incidents illustrate how the collapse of the Assad regime has disrupted Hezbollah’s former Syrian operations and weapons corridors.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A military police officer stands on a road following an explosion at a weapons depot in the Al-Eis area, in the southern countryside of Aleppo, Syria, September 21, 2026.
Israeli soldiers seen at an IDF post on the Syrian side of the border with Israel, September 24, 2026.

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
A man rides a motorbike in the town of Abu al-Duhur, Syria, August 18, 2026

Why Syria’s removal from the US terror list matters for Israel - analysis

It's one thing for Israel to take military action in a country that the US has formally labeled a state sponsor of terrorism. It's quite another to do so after the US has removed that designation.

|ByHERB KEINON
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

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

Liberman in Golan: IDF will act against Iranian presence in Syria

Syrian soldiers near the border are putting their lives in danger, Defense Minister warned.

JULY 10, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman looks at Syria from the Golan Heights

IDF: Israel will not open borders to Syrians, humanitarian aid to continue

Some 45,000 Syrians have fled to the borders of Jordan and Israel amid heavy regime offensive.

JUNE 29, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Smoke rises from al-Harak town, as seen from Deraa countryside, Syria June 25, 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

Head of Russia's Military Police in Israel to discuss Syria

Meetings between Russian and Israeli officials have increased in recent weeks.

JUNE 16, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Smoke rises following an explosion on the Syrian side near the Quneitra border crossing between the Golan Heights and Syria, August 29, 2014.

Syrian army bombards rebels in southwest region bordering Israel

President Bashar al-Assad has sworn to take back every inch of Syria.

JUNE 15, 2018ByREUTERS
A UNITED NATIONS observer keeps watch over the Syrian border from the Golan Heights, May 2018

Report: Syrian air defense intercepts Israeli missile strike on airport

SANA earlier reported sounds of explosions heard near the Dabaa airport near the city of Homs.

MAY 24, 2018ByREUTERS, YASSER OKBI/MAARIV
Missile fire is seen over Daraa, Syria, May 10, 2018

IAF commander: Israel first to use F-35 jet in combat

“We are flying the F-35 all over the Middle East."

MAY 22, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
The Lockheed Martin F35 fighter jet plane, also known as the Adir, in a test flight

TERRA INCOGNITA: An international investigation for Afrin

To understand the complex dynamics of what happened in Afrin we have to understand the larger picture of Syria.

MAY 21, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Turkish soldiers deployed last month in the center of Afrin, a Syrian town bordering on Turkey

IDF reveals pictures of Iranian targets struck in Syria

Aerial photos of the targets Israel struck in Syria.

MAY 11, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF, ANNA AHRONHEIM
An Israeli air force F15 fighter jet flies during an exhibition as part of a pilot graduation ceremony at the Hatzerim air base, southern Israel June 25, 2009