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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

Israel’s Syria policy could be coming to new crossroads - analysis

The UAE foreign minister recently met with Bashar Assad, and the region now sees Syria as possibly being welcomed back into the fold by the Gulf states, Egypt and some other countries.

NOVEMBER 20, 2021BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Israeli soldiers from the Armored Corps seen near the Syrian border in the northern Golan Heights, October 17, 2021.

Iran and Hezbollah analyze Israel’s ‘war between the wars’

What will the Middle East region look like when, one day, Iran loses its steep foothold in Syria?

NOVEMBER 14, 2021BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

IDF soldiers are seen taking part in military drills in Israel's North to simulate a war with Hezbollah.

Voices from the Arab press: Two stories in two pictures

The first one: a meeting between the British and Kuwaiti prime ministers. The second: Sheikh Ahmed Hassan al-Baqouri, standing next to his unveiled daughter in 1957, unacceptable today.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE

A TALIBAN member points his gun at Afghan protesters, near the Pakistan embassy in Kabul, September 7.

What does the Deraa surrender mean for Iran and Russia in Syria?

BEHIND THE LINES: In the southwest, the outside powers of relevance are Iran and Russia. The arrangement in place from July 2018 until now was the product of an uneasy standoff between them.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021ByJONATHAN SPYER

SYRIAN ARMY soldiers pose in Deraa al-Balad, this week.

Syrian army steps up offensive on rebel redoubt in southwest city

Witnesses and military sources that dozens of improvised missiles were fired into Deraa al-Balaad by the Syrian military's pro-Iranian Fourth Division, backed by Iranian-financed local militias.

AUGUST 31, 2021ByREUTERS

Syrian army soldiers gesture in southern Idlib province, Syria in this handout released by SANA on March 5, 2020.

Iran's Raisi sets sight on Palestinians, Yemen and Iraq - analysis

Iran has a tendency to use proxies, pushing others to defend and die for it in its regional wars. That is why Syrians, Lebanese, Iraqis and Yemenites all are pushed by Iran to fight.

AUGUST 9, 2021BySETH J. FRANTZMAN