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Israeli strikes in Syria reveal new battlefield for post-civil war era

As Israel continues to strike at Iran more publicly the Syrian conflict enters a new phase.

 Kurdish-led militiamen ride atop military vehicles as they celebrate victory over Islamic State in Raqqa, Syria, October 17, 2017
United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

US official to JPost: Tillerson hasn't 'ruled out' Israel stop amid crisis

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Sochi, Russia August 23, 2017.

Netanyahu heads to Moscow, will discuss Syria

Photos of containers of aid being prepared in the US

US faith group facilitates unique ties between IDF and Syrian war victims


Syrian regime dismisses rumors of serious Assad illness

State news agency SANA published photos of Assad in a meeting and quoted him as praising the industrialists' contributions to Syria's war-torn economy.

Bashar Assad

Aleppo and Tel Aviv

If Arabs massacre Arabs, if Muslims kill Muslims, how would they behave towards Jews?

People stand near near rubble of damaged buildings in the northern Aleppo countryside in Syria in December 2016

A little girl in Aleppo is waiting for an answer

As genocide unfolds on the streets of Aleppo, genocidal dictators are taking note and learning a very powerful lesson – that they CAN get away with mass murder.

Rebel fighters and civilians wait near damaged buildings to be evacuated from a rebel-held sector of eastern Aleppo, this week

My shame for not speaking sooner

I believe that I am a good person, but I did nothing, and evil has triumphed in Syria.

PEOPLE WAIT for buses after being displaced by fighting near Aleppo in Syria

Assad regime casts Aleppo victory as triumph of good over terrorism

This wrenching turning point in the six year civil war that has taken more than 400,000 lives is viewed and portrayed very differently by President Bashar Assad’s regime.

A GENERAL VIEW of bomb-damaged eastern Aleppo on Tuesday

Aleppo: How the Syrian regime won the tragic, symbolic battle

Before the rebellion began in 2011 against Bashar al-Assad, Aleppo was a center of Syrian culture and history.

Smoke rises near Bustan al-Qasr crossing point in a government controlled area, during clashes with rebels in Aleppo, Syria December 5, 2016

Comment: White privilege and the love of dictators - the Syrian case

Those who oppose Assad are described as “ISIS [Islamic State] and Al-Qaida...terrorist groups supported by the US government, Israel, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.”

LEBANESE HOLD posters at a protest in front of the Arab League headquarters, in Beirut in 2011. The Syrian regime is still in power today

The unknown future of Mosul

Mosul has been under Islamic State (ISIS) rule for over two years. The city is still home to over a million civilians, who are trapped there.

Iraqi forces outside Mosul.

Syrian political opposition hoping for Clinton presidency

Clinton has called for the establishment of a no-fly zone and "safe zones" on the ground in Syria to protect non-combatants.

Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton celebrates at her caucus night rally in Des Moines, Iowa February 1, 2016.

Not all Syrians in the mood for Assad regime’s disco extravaganza

The party, sponsored by the government’s Voice of the Youth station and the Damascus Laugh 18 Facebook page is planned as a massive disco bash in a main square of Damascus.

People inspect a damaged site after airstrikes on the rebel held Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria.