Israel and syria

Syria strongly condemns escalating IDF incursions in Quneitra, Daraa, demand pullout from Golan

Syria has “called on the international community to assume its responsibilities, put an end to the violations, and force Israel to comply with international law..."

Israeli soldiers seen at an IDF post on the Syrian side of the border with Israel, September 24, 2026.
A man rides a motorbike in the town of Abu al-Duhur, Syria, August 18, 2026

Why Syria’s removal from the US terror list matters for Israel - analysis

A rabbi holds a Torah scroll at the Ifrange Synagogue in the Jewish quarter in Old Damascus on April 29, 2025.

Damascus synagogue tours highlight renewed interest in Syrian Jewish history and diaspora ties

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks as he attends the 23rd edition of the annual Doha Forum, in Doha, Qatar, December 6, 2025.

Syrian Gov't calls resumption of talks with Israel in Paris a 'positive indication' - KAN


Senior security officials: If Iran acts against Israel, we'll topple Assad

"Assad's regime and Assad himself will disappear from the map and the world if the Iranians do try to harm Israel or its interests from Syrian territory."

 Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter jets take part in a ceremony for newly graduated air force pilots at Hatzerim Air Base, June 28, 2010.

First photos emerge of Syrian base allegedly targeted by Israeli air strike

Syria, Iran and Russia all said Israel was responsible for carrying out the attack at the T-4 air base near Homs.

A satellite image shows Syria's T-4 military air base

‘It’s time to come back home,’ Trump says of U.S. troops in Middle East

The president's remarks surprised Israeli leaders who had been promised American support to deter Iran.

A US military convoy is seen on the main road in Raqqa, Syria July 31, 2017.

Middle Israel: Big bomb, small men

The bottom line of the Syrian reactor brouhaha is that ours remains a relatively healthy public sphere where flawed leaders are ultimately removed

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert (L) shakes hands with his defense minister, Ehud Barak

Imagine a world in which Syria still had its nuclear reactor today

Olmert will go down in history as the 1st prime minister to go to jail: He was convicted of a crime and he paid the price. But we shouldn’t forget operations that he oversaw as the country's leader.

Before and after aerial picture of the Syrian nuclear reactor site

Fmr. JPost editor: Israel should take pride in Operation Orchard

The former 'Jerusalem Post' editor broke story of Israel's strike on Syria's nuclear reactor in 2012.

Ehud Barak, former Israeli prime minister and incoming defence minister, outgoing Defense Minister Amir Peretz and Lieutenant-General Gabi Ashkenazi, chief of Israel's armed forces, attend an official changeover ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv June 19, 2007

Time to put a higher price tag on Iran in Syria

Israel’s primary interest in managing the current mind game with Iran in Syria is to minimize the threat to security interests while preventing all-out war with Hezbollah (let alone with Iran).

Fragments of a Syrian anti-aircraft missile found in Alonei Abba, about 2 miles (3.2 km) from where the remains of a crashed F-16 Israeli war plane were found, at the village of Alonei Abba, Israel February 10, 2018.

Don’t mess with us

Israel can avoid using military means and do well by building up a deterrent presence in the region.

An old military vehicle can be seen positioned on the Israeli side of the border with Syria, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights

Tillerson comments on threats from Hezbollah and Syria

"We take the threats to Israel seriously and we take a view that Israel has every right to defend itself from those threats."

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia July 12, 2017

Escalation on the northern front: Israel must prepare for war

Unless a big change occurs in the near future, it is almost inevitable that a military campaign will take place on Israel's northern border.

Israeli soldiers walk next to an anti-missile battery at a military post near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, Israel February, 2018