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***'


Bennett: We won't use surgical precision, neighborhoods with rockets are fair game

Education minister says Israel needs to face Iranian aggression head on: "Khamenei is willing to fight Israel until the last drop of Syrian, Lebanese and Gazan blood."

Naftali Bennett

Syrian state media: Air defenses intercept Israeli missiles

Reports by unofficial media in Syria say that the target of the Israeli attack was an Iranian base in the Jamaraya region.

An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration

Beit Jinn, Syria – between Israel’s dilemma and Iran’s opportunity

The complex regional and international arena adds to the risks and dangers of all options for Israel.

IDF soldiers look over a border fence between the Israeli side of the Golan Heights and Syria

The art of brinksmanship in Syria

Reports of a spate of recent Israeli attacks against Syrian military targets up the ante in an already risky policy of deepening involvement

IDF soldiers look over a border fence between the Israeli side of the Golan Heights and Syria

IDF Chief of Staff: Israel willing to share intelligence with Saudis

Eisenkot made the statement in a rare interview with Saudi-owned newspaper 'Elaph.'

Gadi Eisenkot

Protection from above: Air-power diplomacy in Syrian skies

The full details of what happened on Wednesday are clouded in secrecy, like many other alleged and acknowledged Israeli air strikes in Syria.

An Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli airforce pilots at the Hatzerim air base in southern Israel December 29, 2016.

This week in 60 seconds: Israeli jets hit Syria; Western Wall controversy

Got a minute? Here's the week in review.

The Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem

Mortar falls on Golan while Netanyahu delivers speech nearby

The IDF spokesman said that the IDF targeted the Syrian military position that fired the mortar.

Netanyahu at cabinet meeting

Gen. Allen: Syria gassing Israel would be ‘virtually a regime suicide’

“President Obama didn’t have to react to this particular case. Obama had a very different environment in 2013.”

Syrian opposition group carries out chemical weapons drill (illustrative)

A new drift in Syrian-Israeli conflict?

Israel should reach out to the US to get it involved alongside Israel in a situation which closely concerns President Donald Trump’s assumed interest.

A man sits on an old tank as he watches fighting taking place in Syria from the Israeli side of the border fence