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Israeli arrested after attempting to join ISIS

The suspect viewed pro-terror content on social media and established contact with an individual affiliated with the organisation, according to officials

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An Israeli man has been arrested after attempting to travel to Syria to join ISIS (Image: Alamy)

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Qatar to bankroll Syria’s public sector pay hike with $29m cash boost

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Syria in ‘secret talks’ with Israel over security and counter-terrorism

By Jacob Jaffa

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Druze leaders in Syria agree to disarm after sectarian clashes

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Syria ‘willing’ to join Abraham Accords, claims Trump ally

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Syria arrests two Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders in unprecedented crackdown

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Turkey's growing influence in Syria should spark concern in Jerusalem and Washington alike (Image: Getty)

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A Turkish-Sunni ring of fire looms – but Israel can prevent it with US help

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Neutering Turkish ambition is key to peace in the Middle East

Only the US — trusted by both sides — can broker an arrangement that secures their vital interests and outlines a shared future in Syria

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Debris lie on the ground at the scene of an Israeli strike in Syria (Getty)

Turkish Hamas headquarters raise questions for international community

Turkey’s emergence as a ‘nerve centre’ for Hamas terror operations should ring alarm bells in Nato and the US.

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April 4, 2025 15:44

Soldiers stand at attention with their rifles as red smoke fills the air during Republic Day celebrations in Kayseri, Turkey, October 29, 2024 (Credit: DAMOUN POURNEMATI/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel Briefing Day 525: New Gaza ceasefire proposal on the table

Plus, Israel faces international criticism and internal political tensions, with a growing focus on hostage and prisoner exchange

By Nathan Jeffay

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March 14, 2025 09:08

Streets are filled with debris of demolished buildings as life goes on in the Holy Month of Ramadan in Central Gaza City (Picture: Getty)

Israel Briefing Day 524: Israel seeks to normalise relations with Lebanon, amid hostility and confusion

Plus, Israeli negotiators extend stay in Doha for Hamas talks

By Nathan Jeffay

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March 13, 2025 08:46

Ambulances transport the coffins of Hezbollah fighters and civilians killed in the recent war with Israel (Picture: Getty)

Israel Briefing Day 523: Israel announces long-term IDF presence in Syria amid rising tensions

Plus, half of Israelis think Trump cares more about hostages than Netanyahu

By Nathan Jeffay

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March 12, 2025 08:54

UN-patrolled buffer zone separating Israeli and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights (Picture: Getty)

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Silence over jihadi butchery in Syria tells you all you need to know about the West’s distorted view of the Middle East

Islamist fighters have been torturing and massacring civilians

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March 11, 2025 08:46

Security forces loyal to the interim Syrian government ride in the back of a vehicle moving along a road in Syria's western city of Latakia on March 9, 2025. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)

What is happening in Syria – and how is Israel responding?

The country has witnessed the worst violence since the fall of the Assad regime, with reports of civilians massacred by government forces

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

March 9, 2025 15:06

A Syrian fighter shows the victory sign as the new Syrian government's army clashes with Assad loyalists on the Syrian coast near Latakia on March 7, 2025. (Photo by ASAD AL ASAD/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran establishes new terror group in Syria to halt post-Assad ‘occupation’

Tehran has seen its terror axis in the region devastated by the fall of the regime in Damascus and the war in Lebanon

By JC Reporter

1 min read

March 5, 2025 14:33

Iran has reportedly established a new terror group in Syria following the fall of Assad. (Pictured: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah ALI Khamenei greets a gathering personnel from the Iranian Army, Air Force and Air Defence Force; Image: Alamy)

IDF says it will defend Druze suburb of Damascus from Syrian regime forces

“If the regime harms the Druze, it will be harmed by us,” Netanyahu and Katz said in joint statement

By JC Reporter

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March 2, 2025 10:43

Israeli soldiers stand atop an armoured personnel carrier in the buffer zone which separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights and Syria, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams (Getty)

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Syria

Israeli arrested after attempting to join ISIS

Qatar to bankroll Syria’s public sector pay hike with $29m cash boost

Syria in ‘secret talks’ with Israel over security and counter-terrorism

Druze leaders in Syria agree to disarm after sectarian clashes

Syria ‘willing’ to join Abraham Accords, claims Trump ally

Syria arrests two Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders in unprecedented crackdown

A Turkish-Sunni ring of fire looms – but Israel can prevent it with US help

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