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Normalization between al Sharaa's Syria, Israel possible after decades of hostilities - opinion

If al Sharaa eventually delivers the state that he promises, he will have proved himself the most remarkable leader to have emerged in the Arab world.

 French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa after a joint press conference after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 7, 2025.
A Turkish soldier waves a flag on Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria.

The impossible challenge facing Kurds and minorities in eastern Syria - analysis

ON THE march. A poster of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad who is allied with Russia and Iran.

Can Turkey stop a humanitarian disaster in Idlib?

An Iranian Officer of Revolutionary Guards, with Israel flag drawn on his boots, is seen during graduation ceremony, held for the military cadets in a military academy, in Tehran, Iran June 30, 2018

An alternative to SWIFT will help Iran and hurt the Mideast


Al-Qaida in Syria kills woman accused of adultery, monitoring group says

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said incident showed such execution-style killings were not confined to the militant Islamic State group.

A member of al-Qaida's Nusra Front sits in a tank decorated with the Nusra flag near al-Zahra village, north of Aleppo

WATCH: Video of alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria

The amateur video is purported to confirm what Syrian state television said on Sunday that Israeli jets had bombed areas near Damascus international airport.

Video of alleged Israeli strike on Syria

Head of Syrian army after alleged airstrikes: Israel working with ISIS and al-Qaida

Syrian state television said on Sunday that Israeli jets had bombed areas near Damascus international airport and in the town of Dimas, near the border with Lebanon.

Photograph reportedly showing Syrian air defenses reacting to IDF strikes near Damascus.

Watch: Syrian boy rescues terrified girl under heavy gunfire

The video went viral on Tuesday after it was posted by the Shaam News Network.

Syrian boy rescue girl in shootout.

Which group poses a bigger threat to US and Europe than ISIS?

'New York Times' quotes American officials as saying focus on Islamic State threat has allowed group led by former close associate of Osama bin Laden to go under the radar.

French soldiers patrol through a terminal at the Charles de Gaulle International Airport

US Senate votes to arm Syrian rebels

Islamic State releases video purporting to show British journalist John Cantlie

United States Capitol building in Washington, DC.

IDF attacks Syrian army position in response to cross-border fire

The IDF said the mortar was most likely accidental fallout from the Syrian civil war.

Smoke rises following an explosion on the Syrian side near the Quneitra border crossing between the Golan Heights and Syria, August 29, 2014.

Islamists inform UN that Golan peacekeepers were seized 'for their protection'

After trying to establish the whereabouts of 44 peacekeepers captured by Islamist rebels in battle with the Syrian Army, UN informed they are safe.

Smoke rises following an explosion on the Syrian side near the Quneitra border crossing between the Golan Heights and Syria, August 29, 2014.

Obama seeks $500 million from Congress to train 'moderate' Syrian rebels to fight ISIS

US President makes request to Congress for funds in bid to stabilize opposition held territory and counter growing assault by ISIS in Syria and neighboring Iraq.

US President Barack Obama and US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Mismanaging a vital relationship

Mister prime minister, it is time to take the “special relationship” into account in all of your actions, not just in talk.

Netanyahu and Obama shake hands at start of Oval Office meeting, March 3, 2013