News from syria
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.
Israel’s frenzied reality: When destroying an enemy navy isn’t the top news story - analysis
Syrian mission to UN to continue work after regime exit, calls for Israel's withdrawal
Syrian regime leader Assad lands in China - analysis
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.
Aleppo and Tel Aviv
If Arabs massacre Arabs, if Muslims kill Muslims, how would they behave towards Jews?
Syrian opposition figures to make rare public appearance in Israel
Six years into the civil war, a minority within the opposition is arguing that the taboo on Israel is no longer relevant.
My shame for not speaking sooner
I believe that I am a good person, but I did nothing, and evil has triumphed in Syria.
Middle Israel: Aleppo, the foreign policy fiasco
The Syrian metropolis’s collapse as the Obama presidency expires is a fitting finale to one of the worst foreign policy records in US history.
After the fall of Aleppo
The Syrian Army’s seizure of the rebel-held area in eastern Aleppo puts the Assad regime clearly on the ascendancy, but the civil war is far from over.
Pas de nouvelles, bonnes nouvelles
Les crises humanitaires en Irak et en Syrie sont loin d’être la préoccupation essentielle en Occident
US seeks regional path to Syria peace at Lausanne talks
It was the first meeting between Kerry and Lavrov since the collapse of a second attempted ceasefire in September.
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.
Mortar reportedly hits Israel's Golan shortly after Syrian ceasefire starts
The Syrian army said a seven-day "regime of calm" would be applied across Syria, and it reserved the right to respond using all forms of firepower to any violation by "armed groups".