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Syrian Druze allowed to enter Israel, work in Golan Heights, Katz confirms

The Syrian Druze were a minority in the Assad era who mostly kept to themselves, with some past positive history with Israel.

 Druze from villages in northern Israel seen in Majdal Shams, Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, April 17, 2023
 A bombed hangar after the IDF hit weapons depots near the Mazzeh military airport, outside Damascus, on December 9, 2024

Israel’s frenzied reality: When destroying an enemy navy isn’t the top news story - analysis

 Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations, Koussay Aldahhak

Syrian mission to UN to continue work after regime exit, calls for Israel's withdrawal

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with Turkey's Halk TV in Damascus, in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA on October 4, 2013.

Syrian regime leader Assad lands in China - analysis


IDF strikes target in Syria in retaliation for spillover

According to the IDF, the Air Force struck the source of the projectile and was “acting proportionally to prevent any deterioration.”

The Syrian area of Quneitra is seen in the background as an out-of-commission Israeli tank parks on a hill, near the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria, in the Golan Heights.

Analysis: Syria, a modern day Holocaust?

US accused the Syrian regime of using a crematorium to dispose of bodies to cover up extent of mass murders.

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

Trump said to be planning military strike against Assad

Trump: "These heinous acts by the Assad regime cannot be tolerated."

Gas cloud in the city of Hama, Syria 4/6/2017

JPost Editorial: Syrian imperative

The mullahs of Tehran are undoubtedly watching closely to see how the latest Syrian trampling of international conventions will play out.

A man breathes through an oxygen mask as another one receives treatments, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017

A country torn asunder

Alia Malek paints a romantic picture of a prewar Syria.

A shop selling vegetables is seen at al-Shikh Muhialdin in Damascus in August 2008

Russia says Syria gas incident caused by rebels' own chemical arsenal

The United States has blamed the administration of Syrian President Bashar Assad for the attack.

Syrian Civil Defence members wear gas masks near the site of what activists said was a chlorine gas attack in the Idlib countryside [File]

Suspected gas attack in Syria kills over 55, mass injuries reported

Warning: Some viewers may find the below footage disturbing.

A man breathes through an oxygen mask as another one receives treatments, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017

Who killed up to 100 civilians in Iraq and the tragedy's lessons for Israel

Some commentators see hypocrisy in the US-led coalition fighting alongside Iraq’s army and the depiction of Russia’s role in Syria.

Smoke rises while displaced Iraqis wait to get food supplies as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 27, 2017

Attack on Syrian security forces in Homs kills 42

The jihadist rebel alliance Tahrir al-Sham said in a social networking post that five suicide bombers had carried out the attack but it stopped short of explicitly claiming responsibility.

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

Amnesty report: Assad regime secretly carried out mass hangings

"The victims are overwhelmingly civilians who are thought to oppose the government," the report said.

A Syrian prison