Syria fighting

Syria, Israel, and the regional war – what lies ahead?

Syria has kept out of the war; its president pledged a stable Syria that could offer partnerships in energy and economy. But all of that might change as Syria may vote to join a war after all. 

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends the Ministry of Awqaf conference titled "Unity of Islamic Discourse" at the Conference Palace in Damascus, Syria, February 16, 2026.
IDF killed six terrorists and arrested dozens in "Operation Five Stones" in the northern West Bank.

Israel faces multiple challenges in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria for last weeks of December

  Search and sweep operations are being expanded to track down remnants of the deposed Bashar al-Assad regime after recent security tensions in the coastal region, where ousted regime elements attacked security patrols and checkpoints, resulting in casualties on March 07, 2025 in Latakia, Syria.

Damascus announce completion of anti-Assad loyalist campaign

 IRAN’S PRESIDENT Ebrahim Raisi meets with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Tehran, earlier this month.

Syria's Assad to steal spotlight at Arab summit after years in the cold


The Robin Hood complex: Why do people from the West fight in other’s wars?

The war against ISIS isn’t the first time in history that we have seen hordes of men volunteer to fight for something they believe in.

THE AUTHOR with Kurdish Peshmerga during the offensive near Bashiqa in October 2016.

IDF vows to protect Syrian Druze village after Syrian spillover

The resident of a Druze village in the Golan Heights was treated and the IDF is watching the developments of the battles at the Hader region across the border.

IDF Northern Command Commander Maj.-Gen. Yoel Strick and Druze Sheikh Muafik Tarif

America’s missed opportunity in Syria

Israel has long warned about the strong footprint left by the Iranians in Syria and neighboring Iraq.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017.

Despite ceasefire, no breakthrough expected in Syria talks in Geneva

Talks to focus on four key areas -- credible non-sectarian transitional government, future constitution, free elections within 18 months and a united war against terrorism.

 United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura attends a news conference during the Intra Syria talks at the UN offices in Geneva, Switzerland,

Analysis: Who wins and loses from Syrian ceasefire deal?

Jordan played a key role in deal that concerns Israel and shows Washington is playing a new role in southern Syria.

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

Knesset panel tells government: Pay Nahariya hospital for treating Syrians

“Various parties knew how to take credit for the humanitarian decision to absorb the wounded from the war in Syria, but the matter of paying for the treatment has fallen between the cracks.”

Long empty hospital corridor (illustrative)

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

Erdogan says Syria's Raqqa will 'turn into a graveyard' for Islamic State

Tensions escalated this week with cross-border clashes between Turkish forces and the YPG near the Syrian border.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses during an attempted coup in Istanbul, Turkey July 16, 2016.

Middle Israel: Assad’s political alchemy

Chemical warfare repeatedly failed those in the past who unleashed it, and Syria will ultimately be no different.

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

Yad Vashem head calls on world leaders to end carnage in Syria

Shalev reminds int’l community of human rights institutions set up after WWII.

AVNER SHALEV, chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate, speaks at the Yad Vashem International Leadership Mission closing event.