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Post-war recalibration: Why Israel must rethink Syria approach - analysis

Syrians have shown since December 8, 2024, that they want to rebuild their country, and they want peace. This doesn’t mean everything has gone smoothly

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, with a map of the Middle East (Illustrative).
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

  Search and sweep operations are being expanded to track down remnants of the deposed Bashar al-Assad regime after recent security tensions in the coastal region, where ousted regime elements attacked security patrols and checkpoints, resulting in casualties on March 07, 2025 in Latakia, Syria.

The war to cut off Hezbollah: HTS battling against Iran-backed smuggling routes - Washington Post

 Illustrative image of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

$50 billion to Syria vanished into thin air: Unrest in Iran grows over economic turmoil - interview


Druze protests in southern Syria challenge regime

The protests have been prompted by widespread economic hardship.

Druze Sheikhs and supporters carry Druze flags in Beirut, Lebanon, September 2015

Iran: Israel killed top IRGC missile expert in Syria, vows revenge

Colonel Davoud Jafari, affiliated with IRGC Aerospace Force, was said to have been killed in a roadside bombing near Damascus.

 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and military commanders watch as military equipment passes by during a ceremony of the National Army Day parade in Tehran, Iran April 18, 2022.

Airstrikes on Iran militias in eastern Syria blamed on Israel

Arabic-language media reported that 25 Iran-backed militants were killed and 10 others were wounded.

Illustrative image of an airstrike.

US military base in Syria targeted in failed rocket attack

Iran-backed militants targeted the US military's Green Village base in Syria in retaliation after violence arose between the militants and US armed forces.

 Rocket fired by Iran-backed groups towards base hosting US forces in northeastern Syria, January 5, 2022

Israel allegedly targets Damascus airport once more in overnight strike

Israel reportedly carried out an airstrike on Damascus International airport and other positions south of Damascus, killing five Syrian soldiers.

Ofek 1 images of Damascus International Airport

Israeli attacks squeeze Iranian aerial supplies to Syria, sources say

Israel has long seen its foe Iran's deepening entrenchment in Syria as a national security threat and is widening the scope of its strikes to hit at this new transport method.

 POSTERS DEPICT the Hezbollah, Syrian and Iranian leaders near the Lebanese-Syrian border. How can we ignore that Russia allows attacks against targets of Iran and its proxies in Syria?

Did Iran copy Israeli missiles for its drone production? - analysis

A Ukrainian report claiming that Iran copied Israel's Spike anti-missile tank and put it on a drone has been circulating in Iran - exactly how Iran wants.

 This photo was taken at the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Day 2022 parade in Tehran.

2nd round of US airstrikes hits Iran-linked sites in eastern Syria - report

The strikes came as the US aimed to respond to a draft agreement proposed by the EU that would bring back the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.

A US Marine Corps F-35B fighter jet drops a laser-guided bomb at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

Why is Iran’s foreign minister in Syria? - analysis

Unsurprisingly both countries said they backed Russia and understood its security concerns regarding Ukraine.

 Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian meets with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syria, in this handout released by SANA on March 23, 2022.

The Latakia doctrine puts Russia in a bind - analysis

The Latakia fire burned all-day on December 28, showing that whatever was destroyed at the port was flammable and likely composed of munitions or other dangerous cargo transported from Iran.

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.