Israel and syria

Damascus synagogue tours highlight renewed interest in Syrian Jewish history and diaspora ties

Tours of synagogues and meetings with religious leaders highlight renewed interest in Jewish history and unresolved questions over historic sites, property, and diaspora ties.

A rabbi holds a Torah scroll at the Ifrange Synagogue in the Jewish quarter in Old Damascus on April 29, 2025.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks as he attends the 23rd edition of the annual Doha Forum, in Doha, Qatar, December 6, 2025.

Syrian Gov't calls resumption of talks with Israel in Paris a 'positive indication' - KAN

A view of the runway at the Mezzeh military airbase along with several hangars, at southwest of Damascus, Syria, November 4, 2025

Israel ‘trying to drag’ Syria into a conflict, senior regime official claims - report

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, with a map of the Middle East (Illustrative).

Sharaa claims Syria is negotiating with Israel, demands 'return to Dec. 8 borders'


‘It’s time to come back home,’ Trump says of U.S. troops in Middle East

The president's remarks surprised Israeli leaders who had been promised American support to deter Iran.

A US military convoy is seen on the main road in Raqqa, Syria July 31, 2017.

Middle Israel: Big bomb, small men

The bottom line of the Syrian reactor brouhaha is that ours remains a relatively healthy public sphere where flawed leaders are ultimately removed

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert (L) shakes hands with his defense minister, Ehud Barak

Imagine a world in which Syria still had its nuclear reactor today

Olmert will go down in history as the 1st prime minister to go to jail: He was convicted of a crime and he paid the price. But we shouldn’t forget operations that he oversaw as the country's leader.

Before and after aerial picture of the Syrian nuclear reactor site

Fmr. JPost editor: Israel should take pride in Operation Orchard

The former 'Jerusalem Post' editor broke story of Israel's strike on Syria's nuclear reactor in 2012.

Ehud Barak, former Israeli prime minister and incoming defence minister, outgoing Defense Minister Amir Peretz and Lieutenant-General Gabi Ashkenazi, chief of Israel's armed forces, attend an official changeover ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv June 19, 2007

Time to put a higher price tag on Iran in Syria

Israel’s primary interest in managing the current mind game with Iran in Syria is to minimize the threat to security interests while preventing all-out war with Hezbollah (let alone with Iran).

Fragments of a Syrian anti-aircraft missile found in Alonei Abba, about 2 miles (3.2 km) from where the remains of a crashed F-16 Israeli war plane were found, at the village of Alonei Abba, Israel February 10, 2018.

Don’t mess with us

Israel can avoid using military means and do well by building up a deterrent presence in the region.

An old military vehicle can be seen positioned on the Israeli side of the border with Syria, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights

Tillerson comments on threats from Hezbollah and Syria

"We take the threats to Israel seriously and we take a view that Israel has every right to defend itself from those threats."

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia July 12, 2017

Escalation on the northern front: Israel must prepare for war

Unless a big change occurs in the near future, it is almost inevitable that a military campaign will take place on Israel's northern border.

Israeli soldiers walk next to an anti-missile battery at a military post near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, Israel February, 2018

From the Euphrates to Beit She’an: The Islamic Republic’s dangerous game

The question that leaves is: to what degree is the Syrian regime happy with Iran’s actions that cost it soldiers and pose a risk?

Israeli soldiers stand atop tanks in the Israeli Golan Heights, close to Israel's frontier with Syria November 22, 2017

War in Syria? It’s up to the Russians

Russia, uniquely, is in a position to push the Iranian vector off its current trajectory and prevent an all-out war.

 A UN observation tower is seen overlooking Syria, next to the Quneitra border crossing between the Golan Heights in Israel and Syria.