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.

|ByREUTERS
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

It began due to rumors about an audio recording that was supposedly insulting to Muslims. This led extremists to gather and slander the Druze community and make genocidal threats.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
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

"Time will tell, but Al-Qaeda and Al-Nusra alumni don’t strike me as reasonable,” Bennett said.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

Tehran's influence has grown since it began supporting President Bashar al-Assad in the civil war that started in 2011.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS

The Syria spiral

Incidents on the Syrian front may drag Israel into a vicious cycle of escalation.

MARCH 31, 2014ByYOSSI MELMAN
IDF tanks are deployed on Golan, March 19, after IAF hit Syria military sites in response to a roadside bomb