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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.

|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."

|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.

|ByLOUIS RENÉ BERES
IDF elite unit training day

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.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Amid northern border tensions, IDF observation unit is first defense

With the northern border particularly sensitive, the IDF’s observation unit is the first line of defense against attacks.

AUGUST 7, 2020ByANNA AHRONHEIM
A SOLDIER IN the IDF’s electronic observation unit. They can sit for hours monitoring suspicious movement before the order is given to troops to open fire or to pull back.

Israel’s unique methods against the Iranian threat

The brilliance in Israel’s alleged reactions lay in how they have managed to face Iran on a number of fronts: in Iran, in Syria and in Lebanon.

AUGUST 1, 2020ByBENJAMIN WEIL
An Iranian Officer of Revolutionary Guards, with Israel flag drawn on his boots, is seen during graduation ceremony, held for the military cadets in a military academy, in Tehran, Iran June 30, 2018

Hezbollah terrorist killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes in Syria

Five Iranian and pro-Iranian militants were killed in the strikes as well, according to initial reports.

JULY 21, 2020ByTZVI JOFFRE
Syrian air defence batteries responding to what the Syrian state media said were Israeli missiles targeting Damascus, in a picture taken early on January 21st, 2019

Israel’s strategy in Syria is less coherent than it seems

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett seems to have identified the expulsion of Iran from Syria as a clear and achievable goal.

MAY 8, 2020ByJONATHAN SPYER
PEOPLE INSPECT the damage after a blast east of Homs, Syria, last week, that was blamed on Israel, shown in this handout picture provided by SANA.

Is Iran really leaving Syria?

Is it really because of Israeli airstrikes or is it more complicated?

MAY 7, 2020ByANNA AHRONHEIM
A civil defense member reacts at a damaged site after an airstrike in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria

How Iran’s Syria project ground to a halt over six months

This has not been a good year for Iran in Syria.

MAY 7, 2020BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Syrian President Bashar al Assad visits Syrian army troops in war-torn northwestern Idlib province, Syria, October 22, 2019

Report: Iranian-backed militia evacuates from Aleppo

The headquarters are being moved from within the city to a new area in the city’s outskirts due to fears of being targeted by Israeli airstrikes.

MAY 6, 2020ByTZVI JOFFRE
An Israeli air force F15 fighter jet flies during an exhibition as part of a pilot graduation ceremony at the Hatzerim air base, southern Israel June 25, 2009

Ex-IDF intelligence chief Yadlin: I don’t buy that Iran is leaving Syria

Says Bennett trying to take credit as leaves

MAY 6, 2020ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Syrian President Bashar al Assad visits Syrian army troops in war-torn northwestern Idlib province, Syria, October 22, 2019

Senior defense official: Iran reducing presence in Syria

Significant increase of airstrikes blamed on Israel has led Iran to reduce forces and decrease weapons smuggling by air

MAY 5, 2020ByANNA AHRONHEIM
A motorbike burns after an airstrike in this screen grab taken from a social media video said to be taken in Idlib, Syria on July 16, 2019

Iran’s new frontline with America in the Gulf and Syria

Iran wants to remove the US from Iraq and Syria while also carrying out pinprick threats in the Gulf.

APRIL 21, 2020BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iran Zafar satellite launch, Feb. 9, 2020