Israel attacks syria

Israel strike in Syria may push US to broker deal between Jerusalem and Damascus - analysis

Now, the warnings of a crisis in Syria between Israel and Turkey, two key US allies, may help lead to some kind of positive outcome.

AUGUST 24, 2026|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Damascus, Syria, August 22, 2026.

Smoke rises after what the Iranian media said was an Israeli strike on a building close to the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria April 1, 2024.

Coincidence? Israeli strike in Damascus took place near important Shi’ite shrine - analysis

The Zaynab shrine has served as a center of pro-Iranian activity since the Syrian civil war began in 2011, and as such has been targeted by other groups.

JUNE 27, 2024|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Missile fire is seen over Damascus, Syria January 21, 2019.

Israel strikes Syrian port in Tartus - Syrian media

This is the fifth attack attributed to Israel in two months in Syrian territory.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Damascus airport targeted again in alleged Israeli airstrike on Syria

Syria’s SANA state news agency reported no casualties and only material damage. The report also claimed that air defenses downed most of the missiles that had been fired by Israel.

OCTOBER 21, 2022|ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Two projectiles fired from Syria land in Israeli Golan Heights

IDF says fire, which comes amid heightened tensions in the North, is spill over from Syrian infighting.

APRIL 29, 2015ByYAAKOV LAPPIN

Israeli soldiers stand near the border with Syria in the Golan Heights

Analysis: Risk assessment shows Israeli strike to thwart arms to Hezbollah worth it

Hezbollah's patron Iran is currently mired in a number of battles and busy with nuclear talks; they are not interested in opening a new front against Israel.

APRIL 28, 2015ByELIEZER MAROM

Ya'alon: Iran is currently seeking to smuggle advanced arms to Hezbollah

A day after Al Jazeera reported that the IAF struck missile bases in Syria, defense minister warns: We will not allow the transfer of quality weapons to Hezbollah.

APRIL 26, 2015ByYAAKOV LAPPIN

Report: Israeli strike in Syria was aimed at thwarting attack on strategic targets in Golan

Kuwaiti daily quotes Western diplomatic source as saying IDF struck targets in Qalamun Mountain region to prevent a plan that aimed to draw Israel into a war with Syria.

APRIL 26, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF

Hezbollah in first response since Syria strike: Zionists will fail in attempts to set new rules

Deputy leader Naim Qassem says alleged Israeli strike is "an attempt to lay the foundation for a new equation in the framework of our struggle with them."

JANUARY 25, 2015ByREUTERS

Lebanon's Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem.

IDF increasing presence in North to defend against potential Hezbollah attacks

The defense establishment is being ultra-sensitive since an air strike on Sunday that killed 12 Hezbollah and Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps senior operatives near Quneitra, Syria.

JANUARY 22, 2015ByYAAKOV LAPPIN