4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (406+ words) The U.N. commission warned that actions like the detention of civilians could amount to war crimes. Israel accused the U.N. of conducting an 'Israel-bashing session' and claims to be protecting its 'citizens from proven security threats' A U.N. commission investigating Syria said on…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (103+ words) Haaretz As Sweida's spiritual leader pushes for autonomy and bars cooperation with the government of President al-Sharaa, leaning on Israel provides a fragile bargaining chip - one the Trump administration could easily snatch away Last Friday, social activist Atef al-Huneidi's home…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (116+ words) Haaretz Forty-five years after the annexation of Syria's Golan Heights, only two of 193 UN member states recognize Israel's sovereignty over the plateau. Trump opened the door, but it took seven years for another country to join the U.S. "Dear friends, thank…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (84+ words) Haaretz According to the senior official, there is currently no dialogue between Israel and Turkey, which he said he views as a 'rival state'. He also confirmed that talks for a security agreement with Damascus failed due to Israel's refusal…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (109+ words) A Kurdish deal strengthens Syria's new government and leaves Israel with fewer levers of influence. Washington has made clear it wants a unified Syria, not the divided state Israel had hoped for Last week, Syria's President Ahmad al-Sharaa achieved a…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (30+ words) Israel's controversial strike on an airbase in northern Syria close to Turkey was "first and foremost a message to the United States" that Turkish military pene...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (88+ words) Haaretz With Arab states and the United States poised to invest billions in Syria's reconstruction, Israel must move beyond confrontation and pursue a security agreement with Damascus – or risk being shut out of a transformation that could reshape the region…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (76+ words) Haaretz President al-Sharaa hailed Trump's 'historic decision' amid an increase in hostilities between Israel and Syria. Turkey called on the international community to unite around a prosperous Syria and '⁠put an ‌end to aggressive actions that jeopardise this vision' Syrian…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (530+ words) Syrian state media said Damascus insisted on its right to develop its military and maintain foreign alliances, while seeking an end to Israeli strikes and a withdrawal to lines held before December 2024 Syria told Israel that it would not accept…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (326+ words) Days after Israel bombed a Syrian airbase, al-Shaibani says he believes negotiations will resume soon, cautioning that it is 'very hard to bet on Israel' Syria expects negotiations to resume soon with Israel over a security deal it hopes will…...