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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.

 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

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

 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


A warning to Nasrallah: 'Israel will respond harshly to Hezbollah'

Arab officials caution Hezbollah against provoking Israel.

Hezbollah members carry mock rockets next to a poster of the group's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah [FIle]

My shame for not speaking sooner

I believe that I am a good person, but I did nothing, and evil has triumphed in Syria.

PEOPLE WAIT for buses after being displaced by fighting near Aleppo in Syria

Editorial: Israel's moral obligation to help save Aleppo’s civilians

More than 100,000 people have fled the rebel enclave in Aleppo to government-held areas and thousands of rebels have surrendered. But thousands of civilians remain trapped.

Syrian refugees are reflected in a puddle as they wait for their turn to enter Macedonia at Greece's border

Syria military source confirms Aleppo truce deal, evacuation of rebels

The UN human rights office cited reports that at least 82 people had been killed on the streets while fleeing or in their homes in four different neighborhoods in the last few days.

People inspect a damaged site after airstrikes on the rebel held Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria.

Aleppo victory shifts civil war in Assad’s favor

Still, Assad's forces are overextended, raising questions about how much territory it can hold at one time, as it relies on manpower from Hezbollah and Shi’ite militias.

People inspect a damaged site after airstrikes on the rebel held Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria.

Do chemical weapons in Syria threaten Israel?

Among the most horrifying aspects of the five-year-old Syrian civil war was Assad’s use of chemical weapons, including the massive August 2013 sarin gas attack that killed more than 1,400 civilians.

Employees of the Research Institute for Protective Technologies, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection (WIS) inspect a dummy sample which is contaminated with a substance similar to the chemical weapon Sarin.

Analysis: Liberman breaks Israel's secrecy over Syria policy

Defense Minister said that Israel acts to prevent transfer of WMDs from Syria. As far as is known, it is the first time that a senior Israeli official expressed such a concern.

IAF fighter jets during the Red Flag joint exercise at Nellis air force base in Nevada

Despite Russian involvement in Syria, Israel to maintain watchful eye

When it comes to areas more distant from the border – certainly near Damascus – the operation is much more complicated, risky and could spin out of control.

AN ISRAELI soldier stands near a mobile artillery unit as it fires a shell into southern Lebanon on July 13, 2006, a day after IDF reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were abducted by Hezbollah

Is ISIS opening a new front against Israel?

Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria, and as the battles have encroached on the Israeli border, the period of utter calm along the Syrian-Israeli border, which has persisted for 40 years.

A UN soldier keeps watch on the Golan Heights

Syrian reports claim IAF struck Hezbollah and regime targets in Syria

The IDF has neither confirmed nor denied the strikes.

An IAF F-15I fighter jet