Conflict Between Israel And Syria

IDF shoots suspect attempting to break into military post in southern Syria

On Sunday evening, troops from the 2nd "Carmeli" Brigade, who were manning outposts in the Syrian buffer zone, spotted a suspect approaching the post between the villages of Hader and Kuneitra.

Soldiers of Israel's artillery unit take part in a drill at the military base of Har Dov on Mount Hermon, a strategic and fortified outpost at the crossroads between Israel, Lebanon, and Syria, in the annexed Golan Heights on August 28, 2023.
Jonathan Spyer

Jonathan Spyer: A closer look at Syria's current situation

 A plane carrying Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian lands in Damascus International Airport, in Damascus, Syria March 23, 2022.

Syria's foreign ministry: Israeli raids on airport amount to a 'war crime'

A man is silhouetted against a video screen with a Twitter and a Facebook logo

Syrian fluke in translation on Facebook: 'Our name is s***'


How to respond to Assad

The Jerusalem Post

Report: Israeli stealth fighters fly over Iran

Two IAF F-35 Adir fighter jets entered Iranian airspace undetected, according to the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida.

The Lockheed Martin F35 fighter jet plane, also known as the Adir, in a test flight

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

Israel Defense Minister: Iran declared war on us long ago

Israel will do everything necessary to prevent Iran from entrenching themselves in Syria, said Liberman.

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks in Tel Aviv

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

War in Syria? It’s up to the Russians

Russia, uniquely, is in a position to push the Iranian vector off its current trajectory and prevent an all-out war.

 A UN observation tower is seen overlooking Syria, next to the Quneitra border crossing between the Golan Heights in Israel and Syria.

Questions following a ‘day of battle’

Your questions about the northern crisis answered.

An Israeli jet destroys an Iranian drone operating unit in Syrian territory

Reality Check: Justice needs to be blind

The tension in the North cannot act as smokescreen for Netanyahu to hide behind in cases 1000 and 2000.

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman meet to discuss Israeli-Iranian escalation in Syria, February 2018

US official to JPost: Tillerson hasn't 'ruled out' Israel stop amid crisis

Tillerson is traveling through Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Kuwait over the next five days.

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

Israel to be key player in the next chapter of Syria’s war

For Israel, the next chapter in Syria’s war will be a nightmare scenario.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu chats with Israeli soldiers at a military outpost during a visit to Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights overlooking the Israel-Syria border in 2015.