Israeli-Syrian border

Israeli settler group crosses Syria border again, spends night on Mount Hermon

Following their activities earlier this week, a group of activists once again climbed into the Mount Hermon area, in the newly controlled areas under IDF authority beyond the official border line.

|ByELI ASHKENAZI
A member of the HaBashan Pioneers movement puts on tefillin on Mount Hermon, July 9, 2026.
VIEW OF the Israeli border area with Syria, as seen from the northern Golan Heights, April 11, 2026.

IDF catches ten Israeli civilians who crossed Israel-Syria border

IDF soldiers operating in the area returned the civilians from Syrian to Israeli territory, before transferring them to the Israel Police.

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

IDF brings Syrian child across border into Israel for emergency medical care

The child was brought across the border in an IDF emergency medical vehicle in serious condition, according to United Hatzalah medics who provided emergency medical care at the scene. 

|ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia/

Trump aims for Middle East recalibration with Syria, Saudi Arabia at the center - analysis

US President Donald Trump met Syrian and Saudi Arabian leaders, two key players in his plan for peace in the Middle East.

|ByHERB KEINON

On My Mind: UN prioritizes the Golan

In UN deliberations, both historical context and present realities are ignored.

DECEMBER 4, 2017ByKENNETH BANDLER
A SOLDIER stands on a tank next to a house damaged in fighting in 1973 in the Golan.

Report: Israel vows to destroy Iranian positions within 40 km of Syrian border

Syrian President Bashar Assad reportedly offered Netanyahu a comprehensive deal that would include a demilitarized zone stretching 40 kilometers from the border.

NOVEMBER 26, 2017BySHOSHANA KRANISH
Israeli soldiers stand atop tanks overlooking the border between Israel and Syria

Who benefits from the Russia-US-Jordan ceasefire deal in Syria?

Countries all see something different in the term “foreign forces.”

NOVEMBER 13, 2017BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
The Syrian area of Quneitra is seen in the background as an out-of-commission Israeli tank parks on a hill, near the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria, in the Golan Heights.

Israel launches retaliatory strikes on Syrian artillery positions

The IDF identified five projectiles launched towards Israel from Syria.

OCTOBER 21, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM, HAGAY HACOHEN
IS DETERRENCE working? Smoke rises last year on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights during fighting near the border.