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IDF kills PIJ terrorists on Lebanon-Syria border as groups continue trying to smuggle weapons

Israel, with the help of Syria's new government led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, has succeeded at blocking much of the cross-border Lebanon-Syria weapons smuggling activities.

FEBRUARY 17, 2026|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

IDF soldiers operate on Mount Hermon, on the border between Israel and Syria, December 12, 2024

REPRESENTATIVES FROM the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, Magen David Adom, and COGAT at the delivery of ambulances at the Syrian border.

When faith is targeted, we must respond with compassion, even across borders - opinion

Today, as Christian communities just across our border face persecution and fear, it is our turn to stand with them.

FEBRUARY 2, 2026|ByYAEL ECKSTEIN

ONE YEAR after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Syria, under Ahmed al-Sharaa, is perhaps a nicer place to live, but the suspicion that Sharaa’s formula is but a variation of Assad’s has raised questions about Syria’s long-term direction. Here, the president speaks, marking one year since Assad’s fall, o

Israel-Syria talks advance, but key security questions remain

Israel maintains that it has both a moral and strategic obligation to ensure the security of the Druze, especially following the massacre there last year.

JANUARY 6, 2026|ByHERB KEINON

US President Donald Trump meets Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa in the White House, Washington, DC, November 10, 2025

Trump pushes Israel to embrace Sharaa, forcing Israel to reassess Syria doctrine - analysis

US President Donald Trump’s shift forces Israel to confront a core dilemma: Are its raids neutralizing threats in Syria, or nurturing new ones?

DECEMBER 2, 2025|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

On My Mind: Saving Syria

The Syria Transition Roadmap reviewed Syria’s political system, economy, army and security services, and judiciary, and came up with concrete, workable recommendations for reform.

JANUARY 18, 2016ByKENNETH BANDLER

A MAKESHIFT refugee camp in Suruc on the Turkey, Syria border

Family of Israeli Arab who paraglided into Syria: We don't believe security forces' story

23-year-old Jaljulya man's family says they received a message from an anonymous caller that he is alive and well in Syria; family doesn't believe he flew to Syria to join ISIS.

OCTOBER 25, 2015ByYASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA

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

Eli Cohen remembered on 50th anniversary of execution

President Rivlin: “Israel will always remember him as a true hero who risked his life to safeguard Israel’s security and freedom,”

MAY 18, 2015ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Reproduction of an Israeli stamp being issued to honour the Mossad intelligence agency spy Eli Cohen who was hanged in Damascus

Court issues first conviction of Israeli-Arab for involvement with ISIS

Hamza Magamseh was arrested in October 2014 for traveling to Syria to join Islamic State, where he spent 10 days at a training camp.

APRIL 15, 2015ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, BEN HARTMAN

An Islamic State fighter carries the group’s flag in Raqqa, north-central Syria.

Ya'alon: IAF strike on Syria sent 'clear message' Israel won't tolerate violations of sovereignty

Defense ministers remarks come hours after IDF strikes Syrian army targets following Golan rocket attacks.

JANUARY 28, 2015ByYAAKOV LAPPIN

IDF soldiers near the border with Syria in the Golan Heights

IDF strikes Syrian army targets following Golan rocket attacks

IDF response to rocket attacks continues with fresh air strikes on Assad's military.

JANUARY 28, 2015ByYAAKOV LAPPIN

IDF soldiers stand atop tanks in the Golan Heights near Israel's border with Syria.

Ya'alon: Israel knows how to exact a price from anyone who harms it

Defense minsiter visits IDF Northern Command HQ, warning that Israel "will not tolerate attacks on it;" IDF chief Gantz says the "north is quiet, strong, and steadfast."

JANUARY 23, 2015ByYAAKOV LAPPIN