The Assads increasingly sought to challenge Israel’s growing power in the region. Syria took advantage of Lebanon’s civil war to occupy the country in 1976, seeking to use it as a buffer ...

Israel’s June 2025 campaign wasn’t a repeat of 1967, but it carried the same spirit of preemption, speed, and strategic transformation.

Rabbi Avraham Hamra, who immigrated to Israel in 1994 and became a rabbi in Holon, passed away in 2021 at the age of 78. ... History of Damascus' Jews. Syria's historic Jobar Synagogue, ...

One of them is the collapse of the Separation of Forces Agreement from 1974 between Israel and Syria. This agreement held for 50 years. Last night, it collapsed," he continued.

Israel has pushed tanks over the border into the buffer zone with Syria to prevent a spillover from the turmoil there, but has declared its intention of staying out of the conflict engulfing its ...

Syria Map Shows Buffer Zone Amid Israel's Advances. Published Dec 10, 2024 at 9:39 AM EST Updated Dec 10, ... He is a graduate of University of Wales Swansea, having studied Modern History.

JULIS, Israel (Reuters) - A delegation of Druze religious elders from Syria crossed into Israel on Friday for the first such visit in more than 50 years, underscoring Israel's backing for the ...

The UAE has strongly condemned the publication of maps of the region by official accounts affiliated with the Israeli government on social media platforms, claiming that they are of "historical Israel ...

Carmit Valensi, an expert on Syria at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, said she does not think the Israeli presence will morph into a longer-term occupation. She said Israel has ...

Over the past few years, Israel has targeted Iranian officials and militias in Syria as part of the country’s shadow war with Iran. Mr. al-Assad’s regime was closely aligned with Tehran ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the ousting of Assad as an “historic day”. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.