Syria and Israel

Syria, Israel in direct talks focused on security, sources say

The two sides have held face-to-face meetings aimed at calming tensions and preventing conflict in the border region.

 Direction and distance sign for the Syrian capital of Damascus at Mount Bental Israeli military outpost on the Syrian border
A delegation of 100 Druze leaders from Syria visits northern Israel for the first time since 1973 on March 14, 2025. Israeli Druze proudly wave their own national flag alongside the Israeli flag in festivals and ceremonies, the writer points out.

Syrian attacks on Druze could be collision course with Israel - analysis

IDF soldiers gather near the ceasefire line between Syria and Israel, in the Golan Heights, December 9, 2024

'Any sane country would do this': Bennett denies IDF advance on Damascus, outlines defensive needs

 Smoke rises after airstrikes on a rebel-held part of the southern city of Deraa, Syria, June 15, 2017 (illustrative).

Iranian military adviser killed in Syria in Israeli attack, Iran's news agency SNN reports


Syria’s official news agency launches Hebrew website

“Our objective is to reach the largest number of people possible and to clarify Syria’s image,” SANA director says.

Syria launches hebrew news website

Nasrallah: Hezbollah fighting in Syria to prevent Zionist, US hegemony

Hezbollah leader says group rejects pundits who believe events in region connected to the fulfillment of Shi'ite Islam prophecy.

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah

Israel mulling request to replace UN peacekeepers who fled Syria border with drones

A senior Israel defense source says that "this is a very sensitive decision, with multiple security implications."

Israeli Drone (illustrative)

Syrian rebels overrun intelligence base on Golan Heights used to spy on Israel

In a four-minute video clip which was posted on the Internet by the rebels, Free Syrian Army fighters are seen in a building in Quneitra, just near the boundary between Syria and Israel.

Syrian rebels take control of military intelligence base on Golan Heights

Opinion: United States attack in Syria parallels Israel’s in Gaza

When Israel attacked Hamas military targets, including some that had mixed uses, it was condemned by the same Arab nations that participated in the joint United States-Arab attack in Syria.

Rubble from US air strike in Syria's Idlib province

WATCH: Rebels release purported footage of Syrian warplane shot down by IAF missile

Jet was 800 meters into Israeli air space when the IAF took the decision to shoot it down, a senior air force official says.

Syrian jet downed by IDF

'The Syrian war is not our conflict, but we are preparing for day this changes'

Senior IDF source: if necessary, 'air force and artillery can be mobilized in minutes,' adds Islamic State is dozens of kilometers away, but this 'could change tomorrow.'

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

WATCH: Syrian fighting from IDF cameras

IDF cameras, as well as amateur footage from across the Israel-Syria border, film attacks from inside besieged city.

Fighting in Syrian city close to Israel border

Behind the Lines: A most discreet Israeli intervention in Syria

Evidence is emerging of an increasing, though still modest, Israeli involvement in events beyond the separation of forces line with Syria on the Golan Heights.

SOLDIERS SIT atop a tank as they watch the border with Syria near Quneitra

WATCH: Jordanian commentators destroy studio during argument on Syrian civil war

In a video released by Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), the heated debate between two Jordanian commentators on the crisis in Syria overheats.

Jordanian commentators tear apart studio