Syria, Israel

Israel’s Expanded Perch on Syrian Border Puts Damascus in Its Sights
Israel’s military has seized a strategic mountain top in its contested border area with Syria and advanced on positions beyond it, reshaping the frontier potentially for the long term.
Israel and Turkey Are Shaping a New Syria From Their Borderlands
Syria’s leadership isn’t the only aspect of the country to be changing as a result of this month’s toppling of longtime dictator, Bashar al-Assad. The blurring of its borders is also underway — from Israel to the southwest and Turkey to the north.
Why is Israel attacking Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad?
Israel is celebrating the fall of Assad because it breaks the noose that Iran had been patiently tightening around Israel’s borders in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. Tehran’s pincer is now broken and rendered useless. From the point of view of Israel’s wider conflict with the Islamic Republic, the collapse of Assad’s regime is a strategic victory.
Maps: See Israel’s Moves in Syria Since al-Assad Was Toppled
Israeli fighter jets have launched hundreds of airstrikes, while soldiers have seized a buffer zone and captured military posts in territory formerly under Syrian control.
Israel strikes violate Syria's sovereignty: Guterres
Guterres condemns Israel’s air strikes in Syria, saying they violate the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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Israel, Not The ‘Liberators’ Of Damascus, Will Decide Syria’s Fate
During Assad’s rule, Israel chiefly rationalised its attacks on Syria – coordinating them with Russian forces supporting ...
Syria Israel Middle East Crisis Live Updates: Turkey's foreign minister meets HTS leader in Damascus
The buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights was created by the U.N. after the 1973 Mideast war. A ...
Israel bombs Damascus as 50-year peace deal ends with Assad overthrow: ‘Direct result of our forceful actions’
Israel’s PM claimed credit Sunday for the events leading to the downfall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad — and used the ...
Syria live updates: Israel launches hundreds of airstrikes, watchdog says
Israeli warplanes have launched hundreds of strikes all over Syria since Bashar Assad's regime was toppled on Sunday, ...
Israel says it won't strike in Syria near where American journalist Austin Tice may be held
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Tice's mother his country won't conduct airstrikes near a secret prison outside ...
OPINION - What is Israel doing in Syria? Benjamin Netanyahu may be about to overplay his hand
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defence Minister Israel Katz visited forward positions of the Israel Army at the ...
Israel denies pushing past Syria buffer zone, blasts the country's navy
Israeli ships destroyed the Syrian military fleet Monday night in a campaign to eliminate strategic threats, the defence ...
Israel Says It Destroyed Syria’s Navy, Part of Wave of Post-Assad Attacks
Israel says it is striking Syrian military sites to keep them out of “the hands of extremists.” The rebels who toppled the ...
Turkey's foreign minister meets HTS leader in Damascus, Ankara says
Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa - also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani ...
A Visual Guide to Syria’s Long Struggle for Freedom
The Middle Eastern country had been ruled by outside powers and dictators for centuries before its revolution was realized.