Syria

IDF issues evacuation notice to Syria-Lebanon border, US rescues second airman stranded in Iran

Trump gives Iran 48 hours to make a deal • Search for US pilot continues • IDF strikes petrochemical complex in Iran

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers are seen operating in southern Lebanon, April 1, 2026
Members of the Syrian military police gather outside al-Aqtan prison, where some Islamic State detainees are held, in Raqqa, Syria January 22, 2026.

Syrian-Lebanese border closed after IDF issues evacuation notice - report

The IDF announcement stated that the intended airstrikes were due to Hezbollah's use of the crossing "for military purposes and for smuggling means of combat."

|ByTZVI JASPER
DEFENSE MINISTER Marhaf Abu Qasra inspects an armored brigade in the Syrian Army, March 31.

Cross-border tunnels spotlight Syria-Lebanon smuggling, security tensions

Official Syrian sources told The Media Line that army units, during sweeping security operations in border areas, uncovered two tunnels stretching between Syrian and Lebanese territory.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Önder Sığırcıkoğlu, in the custody of Turkey's National Intelligence Organization.

Turkey’s rearrest of fugitive revives mystery of Syrian defector’s disappearance

The capture of a convicted kidnapper is renewing scrutiny of how two Syrian defectors were abducted in Turkey and handed to Assad’s security apparatus.

|ByRIZIK ALABI/THE MEDIA LINE

After October 7, containment is dead: Israel must redraw its borders - opinion

From Israel’s perspective, there are no more ‘sacrosanct’ borders in its immediate vicinity.

APRIL 4, 2026ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
IDF troops operate in southern Lebanon.

From diplomacy to bombs: Western nihilism fueled Iran’s expansion - opinion

Decades of Western diplomacy misjudged Iran’s ideology, fueling a war that the West was unprepared for.

APRIL 4, 2026ByJOHANNA MAMANE
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks on the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, in February.

Debris fall in Dubai marina after aerial interception, one killed by shrapnel in Abu Dhabi

This follows an incident in Bahrain late Friday night where debris from intercepted Iranian drones damaged several houses in Sitra, with four people sustaining minor injuries.

APRIL 4, 2026ByREUTERS
Smoke billows from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport as vehicles drive on a highway in Dubai on March 16, 2026.

Syria detains former political security chief Muhammad Mansoura amid Assad-era abuse investigations

Mansoura is considered one of the prominent security figures who held sensitive positions within the structure of the former Syrian regime.

APRIL 1, 2026ByRIZIK ALABI/THE MEDIA LINE
Israel police arrests a terror suspect in east Jerusalem

Syria’s minorities question German, British silence on sectarian violence during Sharaa’s visit

Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani, was welcomed in Berlin on Monday, where he met with Chancellor Friedrich Merz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

APRIL 1, 2026ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa is welcomed by Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer ahead of their meeting at 10 Downing Street in central London, Britain, March 31, 2026.

Iran fires major missile salvo ahead of Passover, Trump says Iran asked for ceasefire

IAF strikes 400 Iranian targets in two days • IDF chief warns of manpower crisis • Iran attacks cause fires in Kuwait, Bahrain

APRIL 1, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MDA responder views destruction from Iranian missile attack, April 1 2026

Israel refused normalization with Syria at last minute, says Al-Sharaa

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said that although his government reached good points, Israel changed its mind "at the last minute."

APRIL 1, 2026ByARIELLA ROITMAN
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa gestures outside 10 Downing Street, after meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in London, Britain March 31, 2026.

Jordan seeks calm as Iran war rattles the region - analysis

Jordan had said it “strongly condemned today the Iranian attack on its territory involving ballistic missiles" when the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran.

MARCH 31, 2026BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
An Iranian missile has fallen on a home on February 28, 2026 in Amman, Jordan.

Iranian regime faces pressure as Kurds, US strengthen cooperation - opinion

Kurdish forces and US military presence may shape the future of Iran’s opposition and regime stability.

MARCH 31, 2026ByNEVILLE TELLER
A fighter from the Iranian Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) takes part in a training exercise at a base near Erbil, Iraq, in February.

IDF destroys launchers used in Hezbollah barrage, Netanyahu says Iranian regime weaker than ever

IRGC recruits 12-year-olds to fill personnel gaps • Four IDF soldiers killed in southern Lebanon • Hegseth refuses to give timeline to end war

MARCH 31, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An IDF soldier and tank operate in southern Lebanon on March 21, 2026.