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Is Syria’s leader Ahmed al-Sharaa a master geopolitical chess player? - analysis

Ahmed al-Sharaa has proven to be an adept player of geopolitical chess. Now he will be tested on his ability to win the peace in Syria.

JANUARY 20, 2026|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech on the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall, in Damascus, Syria December 8, 2025.

Hezbollah and Syrian flags flutter on a military vehicle in Western Qalamoun, Syria August 28, 2017.

A year into the new Middle East, concerns over Hezbollah and Syria's ideology remain - opinion

Despite Israel’s remarkable military victory a year ago, questions regarding the jihadist narrative in Syria and Hezbollah's military capabilities remain.

DECEMBER 18, 2025|BySARIT ZEHAVI

A guard carrying a weapon stands at the main entrance to the industrial city in Hassia, in Homs, Syria March 19, 2025.

Syrian regime thwarted Hezbollah weapons smuggling attempts, CENTCOM announces

“Congratulations to Syria’s security forces for recently interdicting multiple weapons shipments,” CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper said. “These shipments were intended for Hizbollah."

DECEMBER 5, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

An illustrative image of a Hezbollah flag in the backdrop of an individual holding a weapon.

Syria, Lebanon key to next phase of Middle East peace, says US Ambassador Tom Barrack - analysis

US Ambassador Tom Barrack recently argue that the Gaza peace deal will be remembered as "a defining moment in modern Middle Eastern diplomacy." How can that affect Lebanon's stability?

OCTOBER 20, 2025|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Netanyahu outs Hezbollah's precision missile projects sites on U.N. stage

"Israel know what you are doing, Israel knows where you are doing it, and Israel will not let you get away with it."

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Hezbollah and Syrian flags are seen fluttering in Fleita, Syria August 2, 2017

A conversation with John Bolton

If Israel has a case to make, the Trump White House is willing to listen.

AUGUST 23, 2018ByCAROLINE B. GLICK

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton

Nasrallah: We're stronger than the IDF, will soon be victorious in Syria

"Israel is rebuilding itself today, in view of the defeat in 2006, including reexamining its doctrine of war, on the basis that its enemy is serious and capable."

AUGUST 15, 2018ByJULIANE HELMHOLD

Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim men from the Iranian-backed group Kataib Hezbollah wave the party's flags as they walk along a street painted in the colours of the Israeli flag during a parade marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad

Syria blames Israel for assassination of top scientist

Syrian opposition blames regime; rebel group claims responsibility

AUGUST 6, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman looks at Syria from the Golan Heights

‘A strong message to Iran from Israel’: Syrians debate Aleppo airstrike

A source close to the Syrian rebels said that Syrians in the north heard missiles fly over their locations on Sunday before explosions near Aleppo’s Nayrab Airport in the evening.

JULY 16, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Missile fire is seen from Damascus, Syria

Report: Israel attacked a Hezbollah base in Syria

According to the Syrian Al-Marsad organization for human rights, Thursday's attack on the Dabaa military airport in central Syria was aimed at Hezbollah members and militias.

MAY 25, 2018ByREUTERS, TAMAR BEN-OZER, YASSER OKBI/MAARIV