Syria, Israel

Israel’s Expanded Perch on Syrian Border Puts Damascus in Its Sights
Israel’s military has seized a strategic mountain top in its contested border area with Syria and advanced on positions beyond it, reshaping the frontier potentially for the long term.
Israel and Turkey Are Shaping a New Syria From Their Borderlands
Syria’s leadership isn’t the only aspect of the country to be changing as a result of this month’s toppling of longtime dictator, Bashar al-Assad. The blurring of its borders is also underway — from Israel to the southwest and Turkey to the north.
Syria Map Shows Buffer Zone Amid Israel's Advances
Security sources have stated that Israeli forces in Syria have reached the southern city of Qatana, around 16 miles from Damascus.
Why is Israel attacking Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad?
Israel is celebrating the fall of Assad because it breaks the noose that Iran had been patiently tightening around Israel’s borders in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. Tehran’s pincer is now broken and rendered useless. From the point of view of Israel’s wider conflict with the Islamic Republic, the collapse of Assad’s regime is a strategic victory.
Maps: See Israel’s Moves in Syria Since al-Assad Was Toppled
Israeli fighter jets have launched hundreds of airstrikes, while soldiers have seized a buffer zone and captured military posts in territory formerly under Syrian control.
Israel strikes violate Syria's sovereignty: Guterres
Guterres condemns Israel’s air strikes in Syria, saying they violate the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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Israel, Not The ‘Liberators’ Of Damascus, Will Decide Syria’s Fate
During Assad’s rule, Israel chiefly rationalised its attacks on Syria – coordinating them with Russian forces supporting ...
Assad’s fall in Syria opens a window to find and free Austin Tice
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has led to the freeing of tens of thousands of prisoners from the country’s brutal and ...
Israel bombs Damascus as 50-year peace deal ends with Assad overthrow: ‘Direct result of our forceful actions’
Israel’s PM claimed credit Sunday for the events leading to the downfall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad — and used the ...
Israel Vows to Complete Syria Bombing in 'Very Short Time'
Israel said it had wiped out the vast majority of the Syrian military's assets, including huge chunks of its air-defense ...
OPINION - What is Israel doing in Syria? Benjamin Netanyahu may be about to overplay his hand
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defence Minister Israel Katz visited forward positions of the Israel Army at the ...
Israel says it won't strike in Syria near where American journalist Austin Tice may be held
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Tice's mother his country won't conduct airstrikes near a secret prison outside ...
Israel said it carries out strikes in Syria as Netanyahu claims credit for ‘reshaping Middle East’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that a 1974 agreement between Israel and Syria to demilitarize their shared ...
Israel denies pushing past Syria buffer zone, blasts the country's navy
Israeli ships destroyed the Syrian military fleet Monday night in a campaign to eliminate strategic threats, the defence ...
Syria Israel Middle East Crisis Live Updates: Turkish drone attack in northern Syria kills 5
The buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights was created by the U.N. after the 1973 Mideast war. A ...