Syria fighting

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

The problem for Israel is that ceasefires on two borders are not bringing calm. Israeli leaders and officials appear to think that new rounds of conflict are only a matter of time.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
IDF killed six terrorists and arrested dozens in "Operation Five Stones" in the northern West Bank.
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

Clashes between Assad loyalists and the country's new Islamist rulers have killed more than 1,000 people, mostly civilians.

|ByREUTERS
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

While Arab countries appear to have brought Assad in from the cold, they are still demanding that he curbs Syria's drug trade.

|ByREUTERS
Smoke rises near a building as people take part in a protest in Sweida, Syria, December 4, 2022, in this picture obtained by Reuters.

Protesters storm governor's office in southern Syrian city, two killed in clashes

This is a rare occurence in Sweida province, which has mainly been spared from the violent unrests of the last decade in Syria.

|ByREUTERS

Syria fighting threatens deal to fix damaged Damascus water source

The UN warned the shortages could lead to waterborne disease outbreaks.

JANUARY 15, 2017ByREUTERS
UN World Water Day 2016: Better Water, Better Jobs

Aleppo: Meltdown of humanity

Aleppo, as it was before the civil war, has become a memory.

JANUARY 10, 2017ByHAKIM KHATIB
EVACUEES from a rebel-held area of Aleppo carry mattresses they received in the Kamouneh camp in Syria last month

Behind the lines: Syrian scenarios

Will Vladimir Putin back a de facto federal solution for Syria, or will he opt for total victory for the Assad regime – and how will Donald Trump respond?

JANUARY 6, 2017ByJONATHAN SPYER
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin (right) shakes hands with Syrian President Bashar Assad during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow in 2015.

Rebels of southern Syria vow to unite and continue war

Will the Syrian rebels in the south share the same fate of the resistance groups in Aleppo? An in-depth look at the current and unsteady state of the southern front.

DECEMBER 18, 2016BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Syrian rebels prepare for fighting in Syria

'What is Aleppo?' asks US Libertarian Party candidate

The embarrassing exchange followed a forum on Wednesday night in which Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump tried to showcase their national security and defense credentials.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016ByREUTERS
Supporters cheer at a campaign rally with Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson and vice presidential candidate Bill Weld.

Turkish air strikes kill at least 35 civilians in Syria

There was no immediate comment from the YPG militia, but forces aligned with the Kurdish group had said on Saturday that no Kurdish militia had been in areas being targeted by Turkish troops.

AUGUST 28, 2016ByREUTERS
A Turkish army tank and an armoured vehicle are stationed near the Turkish-Syrian border in Karkamis in the southeastern Gaziantep province, Turkey, August 23, 2016

My word: Shooting photos and war symbols

Rather than simply sharing the photo of a bloodied boy, I share my dilemma and my concerns.

AUGUST 25, 2016ByLIAT COLLINS
Young Omran Daqneesh, bloodied and dazed, was pulled from the rubble in Aleppo.

Bloodied boy pulled from Aleppo rubble becomes face of Syrian conflict

Omran's image has been shared thousands of times on social media, his face becoming a symbol of the horrible daily struggle of innocent civilians in Aleppo.

AUGUST 18, 2016ByREUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF
Young Omran Daqneesh, bloodied and dazed, was pulled from the rubble in Aleppo.

WATCH: Huge brawl breaks out in Israeli Arab town ahead of local elections

Police said they arrested at least 23 people in the aftermath of the scuffle in Kfar Manda.

APRIL 28, 2016ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Clashes at Kfar Manda

From the frontlines: ‘Syria is finished’

Refugees in Jordan see little hope of return to their homeland after five years of war.

APRIL 27, 2016BySETH J. FRANTZMAN, LAURA KELLY
A woman makes her way through the rubble of damaged buildings after airstrikes by pro-Syrian government forces in the rebel held town of Dael, in Deraa Governorate, Syria February 12, 2016.