Israel attacks syria

Coincidence? Israeli strike in Damascus took place near important Shi’ite shrine - analysis

The Zaynab shrine has served as a center of pro-Iranian activity since the Syrian civil war began in 2011, and as such has been targeted by other groups.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Smoke rises after what the Iranian media said was an Israeli strike on a building close to the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria April 1, 2024.
Missile fire is seen over Damascus, Syria January 21, 2019.

Israel strikes Syrian port in Tartus - Syrian media

This is the fifth attack attributed to Israel in two months in Syrian territory.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Missile fire is seen over Damascus, Syria January 21, 2019.

Damascus airport targeted again in alleged Israeli airstrike on Syria

Syria’s SANA state news agency reported no casualties and only material damage. The report also claimed that air defenses downed most of the missiles that had been fired by Israel.

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Missile fire is seen over Damascus, Syria January 21, 2019.

Israeli airstrikes in Syria injure one, missiles shot down - Syrian reports

In the third alleged Israeli airstrike this week, sites south of Damascus were targeted and one person was injured, according to Syrian reports.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Air space

According to the IDF, following the Israeli air strike on a Syrian military facility near the port city of Latakia, Syria fired missiles that hit a Russian IL-20 aircraft.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018ByJPOST EDITORIAL
A war jet flies above Syria near the Israeli Syrian border as it is seen from the Golan Heights, Israel July 23, 2018

Liberman: Assad is responsible for downing Russian plane

Israel's defense forces "will do everything they must" to defend the country and its citizens. "I will continue to do what I must," he added.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks at a faction meeting on June 18th, 2018

Israeli delegation to present findings in Moscow over downed Russian plane

Benjamin Netanyahu said Syrian forces were to blame and offered Russia "all necessary information" to investigate.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
An Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli air force pilots

Syria accuses Israel of striking near Damascus International Airport

Regime air defense said to intercept several missiles which local reports said targeted Iranian military targets.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Missile fire is seen from Damascus, Syria

Report: Syrian air defence thwarts 'Israeli agression'

Asked about the SANA report, an Israeli military spokeswoman said: "We don't comment on foreign reports."

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Missile fire is seen from Damascus, Syria

Israel struck over 200 Iranian targets in Syria over past year

The strikes were aimed at preventing Iranian entrenchment in Syria.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
An Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli air force pilots

All killers are my enemies

If we asked a group of Syrians today about successive Israeli attacks inside Syrian territory, they would likely say that they have merged with the arsenal of other aerial bombardments over Syria.

AUGUST 11, 2018ByGHAITH ALHALLAK
A Syrian soldier is seen standing in the Nasib border crossing with Jordan in Deraa, Syria July 7, 2018.

‘A strong message to Iran from Israel’: Syrians debate Aleppo airstrike

A source close to the Syrian rebels said that Syrians in the north heard missiles fly over their locations on Sunday before explosions near Aleppo’s Nayrab Airport in the evening.

JULY 16, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Missile fire is seen from Damascus, Syria

Syrian army says it captures strategic hill overlooking Israeli border

The strategic hill that overlooks the Golan Heights, which had a major anti-aircraft radar base that was part of elaborate Syrian army defenses against Israel, fell into rebel hands in October 2014.

JULY 16, 2018ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A SYRIAN regime tank and soldiers next to a building in central Syria

IAF commander: Israel first to use F-35 jet in combat

“We are flying the F-35 all over the Middle East."

MAY 22, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
The Lockheed Martin F35 fighter jet plane, also known as the Adir, in a test flight