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New Syrian government issues textbooks filled with antisemitism and praise for terrorists

Syrian textbook update also includes Islamist references to ‘martyrdom,’ according to watchdog

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

A map of the Middle East in a geography textbook marks Israel as Palestine (Impact-se)

The Great Synagogue of Aleppo is between 1,500 and 3,000 years old and was in use until 1992 when almost all of the Jews departed

Kamal Alam

After Assad, will Syrian Jews flourish once again?

3 min read

How Israel neutralised a Iranian missile factory deep inside Syria

How Israel neutralised a Iranian missile factory deep inside Syria

By Yaakov Lappin

3 min read

An anti-government fighter tears down a portrait of Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo on November 30 (Getty Images)

Rabbi Joseph Dweck

By Rabbi Joseph Dweck

As a Syrian Jew, the country’s tragic story resonates

3 min read

2YY95MJ Damascus, Syria. 18th Dec, 2024. The 2,000-year-old synagogue located in the suburb of Jobar, Damascus, totally destroyed after clashes from 2013 to 2018, as seen few days after the regime of Bashar El Assad collapsed, as seen near Damascus, Syria, on December 18, 2024. Photo by Ammar ABD RABBO/ABACAPRESS.COM Credit: Abaca Press/Alamy Live News

Handful of remaining Syrian Jews visit Damascus’s main synagogue amid post-Assad hopes

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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (Andriy Sybiga) (C-L) leads a delegation of officials including Agriculture Minister Vitaliy Koval (2nd-L) as they are received by Syria's new leader and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) chief Ahmed al-Sharaa (C-R) in Damascus on December 30, 2024. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP) (Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images)

Seth J. Frantzman

By Seth J. Frantzman

2025 could see a wave of optimism spread across the Middle East

4 min read

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (Andriy Sybiga) (C-L) leads a delegation of officials including Agriculture Minister Vitaliy Koval (2nd-L) as they are received by Syria's new leader and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) chief Ahmed al-Sharaa (C-R) in Damascus on December 30, 2024. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP) (Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images)

Loay Alshareef

By Loay Alshareef

Have Syria’s new rulers really left jihadism behind?

3 min read

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How Iran is trying to get supplies to Hezbollah, in spite of chaos in Syria

After Hezbollah supply lines cut in Syria, Tehran will ‘reexamine options’

By Yaakov Lappin

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December 17, 2024 11:21

Sain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and slain IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani (Getty Images)

Druze in Syria ask to live under Israeli rule out of fear of new Islamist radicals

A video on social media shows Druze community members in southern Syria calling to be annexed by Israel rather than live under Islamist rule

By Eliana Jordan

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December 15, 2024 12:52

An Israeli army soldier holds a portrait of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on 14 December, 2024. (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)

Outcry after BBC reporter suggests Jews will live in ‘diverse’ Syria

Comments came after Jeremy Bowen said Israel wanted Assad to remain in power

By Jane Prinsley

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December 11, 2024 17:09

Lyse Doucet has attracted ire after she said “Jewish, Muslim, Christian - they’re all here and they want to believe they have a space now as Syria embarks on this new chapter.”

‘Nothing left’ of Syria’s weapons arsenal after Israeli strikes, local army sources say

The IAF has carried out more than 350 strikes to prevent weapons from falling into hands of jihadis

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December 11, 2024 12:10

Aftermath of a strike attributed to Israel on the Barzeh scientific research centre affiliated with the Syrian defence ministry (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)

Seth J. Frantzman

By Seth J. Frantzman

Syria’s new rulers need to show Israel and the rest of the region that it will not be a threat

Nature abhors a vacuum and Syria is now a power vacuum. Let us hope it is filled with something positive

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December 11, 2024 09:02

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group (Getty Images)

Are Israeli soldiers really approaching the gates of Damascus?

IDF says reports that ground troops are 16km from the Syrian capital are ‘false’

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December 10, 2024 12:52

Israeli tanks near the Syria buffer zone fence (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Apologise!’ Corbyn heckled by Labour MP as he criticises Israel instead of condemning Assad

David Taylor MP called out: ‘no apology then’, as the former Labour leader was speaking

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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December 10, 2024 10:59

Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (Image: UK Parliament).

Israel moves to control Syria buffer zone

Israel also understood to be working to clear terror infrastucture from areas beyond the Golan Heights demilitarised zone

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December 9, 2024 12:04

Defence Minister Israel Katz has ordered the IDF to create a secure area beyond the buffer zone with Syria (Image: Getty)

The scale of Iran’s loss in Syria cannot be overstated

The Syrian front will remain challenging for Israel – but the Sunni rebels are far weaker than the Shia axis

By Yaakov Lappin

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December 9, 2024 10:33

Syrian regime airstrikes target anti-regime fighters in Aleppo, in northern Syria on November 30 (Image: Getty)

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