Syria

Foreign Islamist fighters petition Syria's Sharaa for citizenship

Rewarding them with Syrian citizenship could alienate Syrians and foreign states whose support the new government.

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Bedouin families ride in a vehicle with belongings as they leave the village of Al-Mazraa, in Sweida, Syria, July 21, 2025
Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa looks on as he attends the “Aleppo, Key to Victory” celebration marking Syria’s liberation, in Aleppo, Syria May 27, 2025.

Sharaa's Islamist army fuels Syria's descent into sectarian slaughter

BEHIND THE LINES: In just eight months of Sunni Islamist rule in Syria, already three large-scale incidents of sectarian violence have taken place.

|ByJONATHAN SPYER
A man walks next to a damaged military vehicle, following deadly clashes between Druze fighters, Sunni Bedouin tribes and government forces, in Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida, Syria July 25, 2025

Turkey to provide Syria with weapon systems, equipment under new accord

Turkey has been growing impatient with the lack of implementation of a March deal to integrate the SDF into the Syrian state apparatus.

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Syrian security forces stand alongside a vehicle in western Syria on March 21, 2025. A Reuters investigation found that thousands of forces carried out a wave of deadly attacks on Alawite villages in the region, leaving nearly 1,500 dead from March 7-9, 2025.

War crimes likely committed by both sides in Syria sectarian violence, UN commission says

Some 1,400 people, mainly civilians, were reported killed during the violence that primarily targeted Alawite communities, and reports of violations continue.

|ByREUTERS

Houthi missile launched toward Israel, Hamas in talks to resume negotiations

Majdal Shams rebuilds after massacre • Sa'ar rejoins Likud after five years • Hamas reportedly voices keenness on return to Gaza talks

AUGUST 13, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE SANCTIONS imposed on Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (right) and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir are galling, and the accusation of ‘settler violence’ is false, the writer argues.

Meeting between Dermer, Syrian FM on Druze humanitarian corridor postponed - report

Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani are now likely to meet next week, sources told N12.

AUGUST 13, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer; illustrative.

Netanyahu trial to extend to four days a week, from November

Netanyahu will testify three days of the week, while on the fourth, the court will hear testimonies from other witnesses brought forward by the defense.

AUGUST 12, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at court in Tel Aviv, May 27, 2025.

Syrian soldier killed in clashes with SDF in Aleppo, state news agency says

In March, the SDF agreed with Syria's Islamist-led government to join state institutions as part of efforts to reunite a country fractured by 14 years of civil war.

AUGUST 12, 2025ByREUTERS
Fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) put an SDF flag in al-Omar oil field in Deir Al Zor, Syria March 23, 2019

Syria vows to investigate footage of Sweida hospital killing

Syria's interior ministry said in a written statement that it had seen the "disturbing video" and "condemns and denounces this act in the strongest terms."

AUGUST 11, 2025ByREUTERS
Bedouin fighters stand along a street with their weapons, as Sweida province has been engulfed by nearly a week of violence triggered by clashes between Bedouin fighters and factions from the Druze, in Idlib, Syria, July 18, 2025.

IDF apprehends add'l weapons dealer in south Syria

Soldiers of the 226th Brigade, working with Unit 504, apprehended a weapons dealer in Taranjah, Syria.

AUGUST 11, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers operating in Syria

Behind the journey: Why did Congressman Hamadeh travel from Jerusalem to Damascus? - analysis

US Congressman Abraham J. Hamadeh travelled to Syria to “discuss the Congressman's continuing efforts to bring Americans home" and advance peace

AUGUST 11, 2025BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
(L-R) US Congressman Abraham J. Hamadeh (R - AZ) and Israeli Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif

Azerbaijan, an Israel-Syria bridge of peace - opinion

Azerbaijan’s diplomatic rise is no coincidence. Years of energy-driven partnerships and strategic foresight have transformed Baku into a reliable regional actor.

AUGUST 11, 2025ByMORDECHAI KEDAR
Flag of Azerbaijan

US Congressman Hamadeh, Israeli Druze leader hold solidarity meeting after Syria massacres

Hamadeh, a US congressman with Muslim-Druze roots, met Sheikh Tarif in Israel to discuss security and recent attacks on Druze in Syria.

AUGUST 10, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
(L-R) US Congressman Abraham J. Hamadeh (R - AZ) and Israeli Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif

IDF kills Al Jazeera journalist, Australia to recognize Palestinian state in the coming days

Netanyahu's post-war Gaza plan sparks right-wing outrage • RZP source: Smotrich to send Israel to elections over Gaza plan • Hostage families threaten economic shutdown

AUGUST 10, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, January 2024.

Syria will not take part in meetings with Kurdish-led SDF in Paris, state TV says

This comes after Syria has struggled to integrate the US-backed group into its military.

AUGUST 9, 2025ByREUTERS
Syrian Kurds make the peace sign as they gather after Turkey's jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms in Hasakah, Syria February 27, 2025.