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.

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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.

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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.

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Israel's war-between-wars campaign in Syria most precise operation - report

Airwars finds less than 50 civilians killed compared to the over 200 civilians killed in Gaza during Operation Guardian of the Walls.

DECEMBER 9, 2021ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Israeli Air Force F-35 flies during an aerial demonstration at an air force graduation ceremony

Syria's first lady facing prosecution in UK for encouraging terrorist acts

According to the report, Guernica 37 International Justice Chambers accuses her of being among a number of "influential actors" who encouraged and incited acts of terrorism and international crimes.

MARCH 14, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Syria's President Bashar Assad and his wife Asma, plant trees in city of Draykish, near Tartous, Syria December 30, 2020.

Syrian army clashes with Dara’a fighters near Israel and Jordan

Reports of artillery and that “local militant groups from the western village of Dara’a deployed near Tafas” leaves questions about who is in control.

NOVEMBER 9, 2020BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Fences are seen on the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights March 25, 2019.

Syrian former general slams Israel for 'repeated attacks'

The comments come after Syrian regime media has blamed Israel for airstrikes near Damascus, Palmyra, Homs and the border with Lebanon in recent weeks.

APRIL 29, 2020BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Smoke rises near the border town of Tel Abyad, Syria, October 12, 2019

Behind the Lines: The Syrian sideshow

JULY 18, 2019ByJONATHAN SPYER
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu watch servicemen passing by as they visit the Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province, Syria

Five killed in alleged Israeli attack on Syria's T4 airbase

SANA quotes military source saying soldier killed, ammunition depot destroyed

JUNE 4, 2019ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Flares are seen in the sky during fighting in the Islamic State's final enclave, in the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria March 11, 2019

Syrian regime seeks 'intensified' talks with Kurdish forces

Damascus has previously stated its opposition to the kind of federal-state sought by the main Kurdish groups.

JANUARY 13, 2019ByREUTERS
Kurdish-led militiamen ride atop military vehicles as they celebrate victory over Islamic State in Raqqa, Syria, October 17, 2017

Following U.S. withdrawal, Turkey reinforces troops on Syrian border

The convoy was being sent to reinforce a Turkish military presence on the border near the northern Syrian province of Idlib.

JANUARY 11, 2019ByREUTERS
U.S. and Turkish soldiers conduct the first-ever combined joint patrol outside Manbij, Syria, November 1, 2018. Picture taken November 1, 2018. Courtesy Arnada Jones/U.S.

U.S.-led coalition begins withdrawal from Syria

President Donald Trump announced last month the decision to withdraw 2,000 US troops who have deployed to Syria.

JANUARY 11, 2019ByREUTERS
SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES and US troops are seen during a patrol near Turkish border in Hasakah, Syria, in November.

U.S. military: Withdrawal from Syria could take several months

The plan has no set timetable, so the withdrawal may be slower than originally anticipated.

DECEMBER 28, 2018ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington.

Prominent Syrian media activist Raed Fares assassinated

Well known for documenting peaceful protests against the Assad regime, activists, friends and allies mourned his loss on social media.

NOVEMBER 23, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Activists sit at the premises of the Radio Fresh station in Kafranbel town in the Idlib governorate