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

Syrian armed forces and patrols are facing frequent fire from Hezbollah terrorists seeking to rearm after its war against Israel.

APRIL 12, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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.

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

"The regime anticipates demonstrations and uprisings. They understand that things are very fragile."

JANUARY 10, 2025|ByPELED ARBELI

IN SEPTERMBER 2007, IDF fighter jets carried out Operation Orchard and destroyed a nuclear reactor in Syria. If not for the Israeli operation, nuclear weapons could eventually have fallen into the hands of Sunni jihadi terrorist organizations now beginning to contend for power in post-Assad Syria.

The world has Israel to thank for no nuclear fears in post-Assad Syria- opinion

Thanks to Israel, the now-impending Syrian chaos may be deeply destabilizing, but it will plausibly be nonnuclear.

JANUARY 7, 2025|ByLOUIS RENÉ BERES

IDF confirms special forces raid of Iranian missile facility in Syria in covert operation

With the fall of the regime, information security officials likely view any threat of retaliation from Syria as being at a much lower risk level.

JANUARY 1, 2025|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

U.S. military presence in Syria vital to defend American interests

President Trump cites the Jewish state—and not American security—as a reason for U-turn on declared Syria policy

FEBRUARY 5, 2019ByCHARLES BYBELEZER/THE MEDIA LINE

Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump speaking at UN Security Council, Spetember 26, 2018

Russians won't be able to push Iran out of Syria, expert says

"I wouldn't trust the Russians as far as I could spit" says Philip Smyth.

JANUARY 29, 2019ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Members of a Shia militia guard a house in Iraq. The new NDAA warned about the presence of Iranian-backed militias

Iranian vice president in Syria for reconstruction talks

Delegation to sign accords on business and defense, meet with Syrian President Bashar Assad.

JANUARY 28, 2019ByYASSER OKBI/MAARIV

Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), in Tehran September 22, 2011.

The end of the ambiguity policy: Israel’s new strategy in Syria

The Israeli decision to end its ambiguity policy sends a clear message: Israel will not compromise on its security, despite the compromises with Hamas, which were deemed required.

JANUARY 25, 2019BySARIT ZEHAVI, IBRAHIM ABU AHMAD

An image grab from a video released on May 10, 2018 by the "Central War Media" and broadcast on Syria's official TV purportedly shows Syrian air defense systems intercepting Israeli missiles over Syrian airspace

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JANUARY 24, 2019ByJPOST.COM STAFF

Senior Iranian general's visit to Syria prompted Israeli strikes - report

Russia notified Iran of the impending Israeli airstrikes, the Kuwaiti Al-Jarida reported.

JANUARY 23, 2019ByYASSER OKBI/MAARIV

Qassem Soleimani uses a walkie-talkie on the frontline during offensive operations against Islamic State militants in the town of Tal Ksaiba, in Salahuddin province, in 2015

Netanyahu to Soleimani: We will not stop fighting as long as I lead

"As long as I am prime minister, we will not stop fighting against them," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted.

JANUARY 23, 2019ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI

Quassem Soleimani (L) and Benjamin Netanyahu (R)

‘Iranian general’s presence in Syria triggered IAF daytime strikes’

Report by al-Jarida said Soleimani returned to Tehran the day after the Israeli strikes and that Russia had informed him of the targets Israel planned to hit.

JANUARY 23, 2019ByANNA AHRONHEIM

IDF comically responds to Iranian attack from Syria in Twitter post

This is not the first time an official Israeli office has made a comic Twitter post.

JANUARY 22, 2019ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI

Israel runs successful Arrow-3 missile interception

Planned test comes amid rising tensions with Iran on northern border.

JANUARY 22, 2019ByANNA AHRONHEIM, HERB KEINON