Syria, Damascus and Israel

New leaders in Damascus call for cordial Syria ties with a resistant Israel
"Our problem is not with Israel. We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security," Damascus Governor Maher Marwan tells NPR. Syria and Israel have never had diplomatic ties.
Damascus governor says new Syrian regime wants peace: ‘Our problem is not with Israel’
Sharaa, official says they 'don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security,' and Jerusalem's concern over new regime is 'natural'
'We want peace': Damascus gov. says Syria wants better relations with Israel
Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS) head Hamid Al-Shatri, in Damascus, Syria December 26, 2024 (credit: Hayat Tahrir Al-S
Damascus Rally Demands News Of Missing Syrians
A silent crowd gathered in the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday to press the new authorities about the fate of relatives who went missing under Bashar al-Assad and to demand justice for their loved ones.
Syria: Forces of the new Syrian government are parading through the streets of Damascus
Forces of the new Syrian government are parading through the streets of Damascus.
Iraqi security chief meets Syria's rebel leader in Damascus
Iraqi intelligence chief Hamid al-Shatri met on Thursday in Damascus with Ahmad al-Sharaa, leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, the Syrian insurgent group that overthrew ousted president Bashar Assad on December 8.
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Israel Is Justified in Its Syrian Mission
Israel's future security depends on destroying the military machine of the former Assad regime, before it falls into the ...
Why is Israel attacking Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad?
Israel is celebrating the fall of Assad because it breaks the noose that Iran had been patiently tightening around Israel’s ...
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Revealed: How Israel's plan to carve up Syria was thwarted by Assad's downfall
Israel planned to establish military and strategic ties with the Kurds in the northeast and the Druze in the south, leaving Assad in power in Damascus under Emirati funding and control.
Israel says it won't strike in Syria near where American journalist Austin Tice may be held
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Tice's mother his country won't conduct airstrikes near a secret prison outside ...
Israel paves way for strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities after taking out Assad’s army
Israel has paved the way for a decisive strike against Iran’s nuclear programme by eliminating swathes of Syria’s military ...
Israel Strikes Military Sites in Syria, Monitor Says
The Israeli military hit weapons depots and air defenses, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Israel has ...
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Palestinian refugees return to Yarmouk amid questions about their place in the new Syria
The Yarmouk refugee camp outside Damascus was considered the capital ... were forced from during the 1948 creation of the state of Israel and where they are currently banned from returning.
For many on the Left, it is only Israel that can do wrong
Israel is only ever permitted to die. That has been the position of the diplomatic elites, Leftist intelligentsia and much of ...
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Middle East latest: Assad says he wanted to stay in Syria but Russia evacuated him
On Monday, Netanyahu's office said the prime minister met with Adam Boehler, Trump’s special envoy for the hostages, during a private visit by Boehler to Israel. DAMASCUS — The U.N. envoy to ...
Israel at war: What happened on day 448?
Israeli strikes reported in southern Lebanon • IDF finds weapons, explosives in pharmacy in southern Lebanon • Sirens sound ...