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Israel fears Syria's Sharaa is rearming while courting global legitimacy, defense official warns

A senior defense official told Walla that Sharaa’s troops were not currently at a high level of operational readiness, but that he had already held several brigade-level exercises.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during the opening ceremony of the Damascus International Fair in Damascus, Syria, August 26, 2026.
Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan arrive for a joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, February 4, 2025

After strike on Turkish base in Syria, US urges Israel to show restraint

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

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

 Satellite imagery shows significant activity at the Abu al-Duhur airbase in the months before it was struck overnight, August 18, 2026

Israel claims strikes at Syria's Abu al-Duhur prevented Turkish expansion toward northern border


Four Syrian soldiers killed, another wounded in alleged Israeli airstrike - report

Syrian air defenses countered the attack, which came from the Mediterranean Sea side and also caused material damage.

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

Alleged Israeli airstrikes targeted sites affiliated with Maher Assad - report

Israel warned Syrian officials that they would intensify airstrikes on Syrian targets due to the Assad regime's cooperation with Iran.

 Maher Assad, Basher Assad's brother

How did Armenia become a victim of Turkey, Russia’s cynical wars? - analysis

The Armenian-Azerbaijanian conflict is flaring up again. How did the geopolitics of the region affect it, and what is the role of Russia and Turkey in it?

FILE PHOTO: Azeri men living in Turkey wave flags of Turkey and Azerbaijan during a protest following clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 19, 2020

Syria's foreign ministry: Israeli raids on airport amount to a 'war crime'

A foreign ministry statement specifically referred to Israeli air raids on Tuesday on Aleppo International Airport which damaged the runway and put the site out of service.

 A plane carrying Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian lands in Damascus International Airport, in Damascus, Syria March 23, 2022.

Claims Bibi was prepared to give up Golan Heights 'don't matter'

Sources close to Netanyahu downplayed reports the opposition head mulled giving up the Golan Heights for peace with Syria.

 Leader of the Opposition and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu at the opening of the Knesset summer session in the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on May 9, 2022.

Rare daytime Israeli airstrike targets northwest Syria - report

The airstrikes were carried out from over northern Lebanon, with Syrian air defenses responding to the strikes

Smoke rises from a fire in a container storage area, after Syrian state media reported an Israeli air strike on the port of Latakia on December 7.

'Israel will pay,' Iran warns after IRGC officers killed in Syria strike

Syrian state media had reported on Monday morning that two people were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike that targeted sites near Damascus.

Missile fire is seen from Damascus, Syria May 10, 2018.

Israel bombed a potential 'Auschwitz' in Syria - opinion

The Washington Post revealed that two Israeli bombing raids inside Syria were part of a covert campaign to stop 'a nascent attempt by Syria to restart its production of deadly nerve agents.'

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

4 killed in alleged Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah sites in Syria

The airstrike is the fourth alleged Israeli strike on Syria in the past month.

An Israeli F16 fighter jet takes off during a joint international aerial training exercise hosted by Israel and dubbed "Blue Flag 2017" at Ovda military air base in southern Israel November 8, 2017. Picture taken November 8, 2017. (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)

Israel kills former security prisoner, Syrian intelligence officer sniper attack - report

Madhat al-Salah was shot few hundreds meters from the border in Eltinah; may have been involved with an attack against Israel.

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