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

'Iran, aided by proxy terrorist groups, biggest existential threat to Israel'

Terrorism wave in Jerusalem on the decline, says Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee chair.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
Iran launches missile from undisclosed location

Mortar fire from Syria falls in Israel; IAF strikes source of fire

JULY 25, 2016ByYAAKOV LAPPIN
An IDF soldier takes part in drills on the Golan Heights

'Hezbollah weapons warehouses were the target of Wednesday's Israeli airstrikes in Syria'

Arab media reports airstrikes that were attributed to Israel damaged military outposts on the outskirts of Damascus airport.

NOVEMBER 12, 2015ByYASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA
An IAF F-15I fighter jet

Assad: Rebel fighters in Syria are more dangerous than Israeli air strikes

Syrian president says that the rebels are Israel's "servants."

AUGUST 24, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Bashar Assad

Yadlin praises IDF response to Syrian fire

Retaliation "created significant deterrence," says former Military Intelligence Amos Yadlin.

AUGUST 24, 2015ByHERB KEINON
IAF F-16 fighter jet

IDF: Islamic Jihadists responsible for rocket attack killed in second airstrike in Syria

This is the second airstrike launched by Israel in response to rockets launched by Islamic Jihadists from the Syrian Golan Heights on Thursday.

AUGUST 21, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS
An IAF F-15I fighter jet

IDF strike against Golan base kills 1 soldier, says Syrian Army

The IDF says it had retaliated against rockets that hit an Israeli village near the Lebanese border on Thursday afternoon, setting off fires but causing no casualties.

AUGUST 21, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS
Israeli soldiers stand near the border with Syria in the Golan Heights

Iran׳s Al Quds Force builds forward command near Israeli border, but war isn't on the horizon

Analysis: Despite reports in the Israeli media, a briefing with IDF Northern Command officers does not suggest any change is afoot on the northern border.

AUGUST 17, 2015ByYOSSI MELMAN
Israeli soldiers stand atop tanks in the Golan Heights near Israel's border with Syria

Terrorist Kuntar reportedly killed trying to enlist Druse support for Assad, Hezbollah

Kuntar was traded by Israel in 2008 in exchange for the bodies of two Israeli reservists killed by Hezbollah in 2006.

AUGUST 3, 2015ByARIEL BEN SOLOMON
Samir Kuntar, the Lebanese Druse terrorist who served almost 30 years in an Israeli jail, was freed in a 2008 prisoner swap with Hezbollah

Two projectiles fired from Syria land in Israeli Golan Heights

IDF says fire, which comes amid heightened tensions in the North, is spill over from Syrian infighting.

APRIL 29, 2015ByYAAKOV LAPPIN
Israeli soldiers stand near the border with Syria in the Golan Heights