With Russia’s diminished influence in Syria, Ukraine calls on Israel to reconsider its stance and provide essential defensive weapons and technology.
Ankara's growing military presence in Syria has led to a diplomatic clash between former allies Israel and Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has supported Hamas, even hinting at some sort of armed intervention.
Syria and Israel have long been bitter foes with no diplomatic relations, but Russia — which was close to ousted president Bashar al-Assad — has acted as intermediary between the two. In 2019, Israel released two Syrian prisoners in a “goodwill ...
Israel announced plans to double its population in the occupied Golan Heights, earning international condemnation.
Russia and Israel are now at odds over the situation in Syria, with tensions escalating after recent remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the Golan Heights. During an address on Dec 9,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that a 1974 agreement between Israel and Syria to demilitarize their shared border had collapsed over the weekend, after he said Syrian government forces withdrew from their posts and ordered Israeli troops to advance into a buffer zone between the countries.
After the Six-Day War of 1967, Israel occupied and assumed control over the Golan Heights. In the aftermath, Syria rejected any negotiations with Israel, as outlined in the Khartoum Resolution during the 1967 Arab League summit.
Israel said its forces would remain in Syrian territory until “a new force” filled the vacuum. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was in Jordan and Turkey for talks, and a top Turkish official appeared in Damascus.
Josh Burns said a Liberal senator had agreed to read out his speech at a joint press conference condemning the synagogue firebombing on Friday before Peter Dutton intervened.
Syria is in chaos. The danger to Israel and the West is that the next Syrian regime will be no friendlier than Assad was. After all, the enemy of your enemy isn’t always your friend.
The Syrian conflict has reached a critical juncture with the fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime, which has been a major shift in the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East. The defeat of Assad's go