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Syria announces ceasefire in Aleppo after clashes with Kurdish forces see thousands flee

Attempts by security forces to incorporate disparate militias into the state turned bloody, with Israel raising the alarm about ‘grave and dangerous’ attacks on ethnic minorities

By Jacob Jaffa

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Residents carry their belongings as they flee Aleppo's Ashrafieh Kurdish neighbourhood on January 7, 2026 (Getty Images)

The Mount Hermon Observatory on the Golan Heights on September 21, 2025 (Getty Images)

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US lays out plan for ‘Zermatt-style’ ski resort in Syria after security deal with Israel

By Jacob Jaffa

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Israel-Syria security talks resume in Paris

By Amelie Botbol

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Israel remains skeptical al-Sharaa can eradicate Isis in Syria

By Yoni Ben Menachem

5 min read

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US expands travel ban to Palestinian Authority passport holders

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Henry Hamra, pictured with his son Joseph, davens in Damascus’s al-Franj Synagogue where his father Yusuf was once the rabbi (Picture: Getty)

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Syria gives green light to restoration of Jewish property seized under previous regimes

By Siam Goorwich

1 min read

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Six IDF soldiers wounded during counter-terror raid in southern Syria

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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Al-Sharaa claims Trump backed calls for Israeli withdrawal from southern Syria

Syria’s president has undertaken an unprecedented visit to Washington, despite being on the US’ most wanted list as recently as last year

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

November 12, 2025 11:07

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits at the United Nations headquartes in New York City, September 24, 2025 (Flash90)

US to establish military presence in Syria for first time in six years

Troops will reportedly be stationed at an air base in Damascus to facilitate a prospective security pact between Syria and Israel

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

November 7, 2025 10:49

Military helicopters at the Mezzeh Air Base in Damascus, Syria, on December 8, 2024 (Getty Images)

Home Office deproscribes former Al Qaeda affiliate led by new Syrian president

Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham was formerly the offshoot of the terrorist group in Syria, but now forms the basis of the country’s government

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

October 22, 2025 11:21

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa waits to meet with France's President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on September 24, 2025 (Image: Getty Images)

Israel ‘arming Druze militias’ in Syria after wave of sectarian attacks

Syrian security forces and Bedouin tribes massacred civilians in the southern city of Sweida in July amid fierce inter-ethnic clashes

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

September 17, 2025 10:58

Syrian Druze fighters flash the victory sign as they ride in an armoured vehicle, after Syrian government forces pulled out of the southern Sweida governorate, on July 17, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Why did IDF helicopters land near Damascus?

Some reports have claimed that the Israeli military launched an operation to dismantle surveillance devices

By JC Reporter

2 min read

August 28, 2025 16:55

Israeli military vehicles in Syria (Image: IDF)

Israel and Syria to sign security agreement amid military tensions

Conflict broke out when the IDF stepped in to defend the Druze from the Syrian military last month

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

August 22, 2025 14:06

The Syrian military in Sweida during violent conflict in July (Image: Getty)

Syrian president admits ‘violations’ by security forces in clashes with Druze minority

However, Ahmed al-Sharaa also reportedly accused Israel of ‘seeking to gain regional power’ in his country

By JC Reporter

1 min read

August 18, 2025 14:30

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has admitted his security forces committed 'violations' during violent clashes with the Druze community last month (Image: Getty)

By Dan Schueftan

Israel’s new doctrine in the north: from containment to coercion

Jerusalem’s offensives in Lebanon and Syria have upended old assumptions, weakening Iran’s axis and opening the door to a new regional balance

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July 28, 2025 12:13

An Israeli army Merkava main battle tank crosses the barbed-wire fence into the UN-patrolled buffer zone separating Israeli and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights near the UN Quneitra checkpoint on March 2, 2025. (Image: Getty)

‘Free Palestine’ attacker ‘bites off part of Israeli tourist’s ear’ in Athens

The Israeli was later arrested in hospital after the attacker accused him of racism, the report said

By JC Reporter

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July 28, 2025 10:28

Several pro-Palestine and anti-Israel protests have been held in Greece recently (Image: Getty)

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Syria

Syria announces ceasefire in Aleppo after clashes with Kurdish forces see thousands flee

US lays out plan for ‘Zermatt-style’ ski resort in Syria after security deal with Israel

Israel-Syria security talks resume in Paris

Israel remains skeptical al-Sharaa can eradicate Isis in Syria

US expands travel ban to Palestinian Authority passport holders

Syria gives green light to restoration of Jewish property seized under previous regimes

Six IDF soldiers wounded during counter-terror raid in southern Syria

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