Syria

Nuclear kill zones: How Eisenkot would contain Iran if he manages to beat Netanyahu - exclusive

The Post has learned Eisenkot's unique solutions for dealing with the Lebanese and Gazan arenas, as well as how he would crack down on extremist violence in the West Bank.

Gadi Eisenkot, leader of Yashar party and a former IDF chief of staff, speaks during an election campaign rally in Nordiya, Israel, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2026.
Oil trucks arrive from Iraq, on their way to the Baniyas oil terminal, in Qamishli, Syria, May 11, 2026..

Syria’s oil corridor plans take shape as Trump looks beyond Hormuz - analysis

IDF soldier operating on Israel's border with Syria, September 9, 2025.

Senior Israeli official: Settler violence harming Israel, Syria security deal attempt failed

Artists perform, as Kurdish female fighters attend a military parade to mark the 13th anniversary of the founding of the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) in Qamishli, Syria, April 4, 2026.

UN adopts post-Assad Syria resolution recognizing women searching for missing family


IDF strikes Syrian terrorist poised to carry out imminent terror attack on Israeli soldiers

The strike follows an IDF attack against the Abu al-Duhur military airfield in Idlib province in northwestern Syria on Tuesday.

Israeli soldiers at a staging area near the Israeli border with Syria in northern Israel, February 28, 2026.

Israel 'baited' Turkey with Abu al-Duhur airbase 'pre-election' strike, US Envoy Tom Barrack says

According to Barrack, Ankara began considering scrambling its own fighter jets, and for several moments, two key US allies came close to a confrontation that neither side truly wants.

US Special Envoy to Syria and Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack attends a meeting with US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister of Iraq Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House on July 14, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Syrian FM says Damascus mulling Mecca Joint Defense pact, but rejects strengthening Iran ties

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani visited Islamabad for the first visit by a Syrian foreign minister to Pakistan since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024.

Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani speaks during a joint press conference with Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam (not pictured) in Beirut, Lebanon, July 2, 2026.

Israel’s new Syria dilemma: Netanyahu’s Russia playbook faces 'Turkey test'

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Can the kind of deconfliction mechanism PM Benjamin Netanyahu established with Putin in Syria be replicated with Erdogan’s Turkey?

ANKARA IS seeking to entrench itself in Syria for strategic and economic reasons, but Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s broader ideological and historical ambitions are putting Turkey on a collision course with Israel, the writer argues. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Erdogan.

My Word: Still bringing them home - opinion

The remains and personal effects of IDF Sgt. First Class Yehuda Katz had been located and would be buried in Israel – 44 years after he disappeared in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub.

Yehuda Katz.

Renowned IDF paratrooper, architect of Kurdish relations, Tzuri Sagi dies aged 92

During Sagi's 32 years of service, he held operational positions in the IDF’s regular Paratroopers Brigade, the reserve Paratroopers Brigade, and served as commander of regional brigades.

Retired Brig.-Gen. Tzuri Sagi.

Diplomacy becomes essential national security tool to combat Turkey's growing strength- editorial

Recent strikes raise an uncomfortable question about the US-supervised “joint fusion mechanism” that Israel, Syria, and the United States agreed on and what it accomplished.

A Turkish flag waves atop the Turkish embassy as an Israeli flag is seen nearby, in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 26, 2016

Lebanese Shiite scholar says Hezbollah brought 'destruction' and 'hatred' to Lebanon

When asked on the likelihood of Hezbollah disarming, Fuani showed optimism, citing the aftermath of President Ahmed al-Sharaa's successful overthrow of Bashar al-Assad.

Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah wave flags while commemorating Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, May 25, 2026.

Turkey ‘crossed a red line’ in Syria, Israeli ambassador to US Leiter tells ‘Post’ - interview

“We are not seeking escalation or war with either Turkey or Syria. But a redline was crossed," Israel's envoy to the US, Yechiel Leiter, told the Post. 

Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter speaks at the State Department, June 26, 2026; illustrative.

Ankara occupies Syria and then lectures Israel about sovereignty - opinion

A NATO member that refuses to designate Hamas, hosts its leadership does not get to lecture a state which has legitimate terrorism concerns.

Turkish soldiers stand at the Cilvegozu border gate to cross into Syria. December 10, 2024.