Yet, Israel’s response – launching airstrikes on Syrian military sites, moving forces toward Damascus, and aligning with some of Syria’s minority groups – raised doubts about Israel’s ...

As noted in an extensive analysis by The Economist, after 15 months of war in Gaza, Israel has weakened Hamas, dealt ...

Rossella Tercatin is The Times of ... The map also includes a depiction of the city’s northern gate, represented by the famous pillar that gave it its name in Arabic (to this day, Damascus ...

Forces loyal to Assad’s government had abandoned their positions in southern Syria before rebel groups even reached Damascus, leading Netanyahu to say there was a “vacuum on Israel’s border.” ...

Claiming that the suburb 3km southeast of Damascus is a Druze city under threat, Netanyahu and his Defence Minister Israel Katz instructed their troops to “prepare to defend” Jaramana.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the Israel Defense Forces on Saturday to “prepare to defend” the Druze-majority city of Jaramana on the outskirts of ...

As HTS assumed leadership in Damascus, it unified many former rebel ... The deal is supposed to put together a road map for integration that will be completed in the next nine months.

This past week, Israel struck inside a Damascus suburb, saying it was taking out the headquarters of the Islamic Jihad, an Iran-backed militant group that has a substantial foothold in Gaza and ...

Israel's defense ministry said Saturday the military has been instructed to prepare to defend a Druze settlement in the suburbs of Damascus, asserting that the minority it has vowed to protect was ...

(IDF) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF ... The routinely contested area is the furthest point from Damascus in Daraa Governorate. The new Syrian government has sought to extend its control to southern ...

Israel said it was targeting a building in the Dahiyeh suburb used by Hezbollah to store drones, after early morning rockets ...