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Reporter’s Notebook: The threat along Syrian buffer zone is far from over for Israel

For now, there appears to be little appetite to withdraw from the buffer zone, largely because of lingering questions over whether Syria’s new president is truly capable of controlling the country.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN
The Israel Ministry of Defense’s National Mine Action Authority (INMAA) clears minefields with the assistance of sappers from 4M Defense Mine Solutions in the northern Golan Heights near the Syrian border, April 28, 2026.
(L-R) Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the backdrop of Syrian and Israeli flags (illustrative)

US believes Israel-Syria normalization chances before Knesset elections 'very slim,' source to Post

The Syrian government's core demand is for Israel to carry out some form of withdrawal from the buffer zone it entered following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN
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.

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."

|ByARIELLA ROITMAN
‘AN INTERIM agreement that could one day make it possible to sip hot chocolate in a lodge at the base of a bunny hill on the Syrian half of Mount Hermon is something that may be within reach.’ Here, the first snow this winter hits Mount Hermon in Syria, as seen from the northern Golan Heights, near

Donald Trump reimagines Israel's border with Syria, from buffer zones to bunny slopes

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Trump envisions turning Mount Hermon into a ski resort as part of his new peace plan, blending security with economic cooperation for Israel and Syria.

|ByHERB KEINON

Syria to reroute quake aid after alleged Israeli strike on airport

After an alleged Israeli airstrike that hit Aleppo International Airport, Syria says it will reroute earthquake aid.

MARCH 7, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Smoke rises from shelling on the road to Aleppo international airport.

Alleged Israeli strike in Damascus kills five people, injures 15

A Syrian military source told SANA news that the strike came from the direction of the Golan Heights.

FEBRUARY 18, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Police officers stand on the rubble of a damaged building at the site of a rocket attack, in central Damascus' Kafr Sousa neighborhood, Syria, February 19, 2023.

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.

NOVEMBER 19, 2022ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

OCTOBER 27, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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?

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
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.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022ByREUTERS
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.

JUNE 2, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
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

APRIL 9, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
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.

MARCH 8, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
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.'

DECEMBER 21, 2021ByRAFAEL MEDOFF
Missile fire is seen over Damascus, Syria January 21, 2019.