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

Syrian state media reported that 10 people were killed in retaliatory airstrikes

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An Israeli army humvee vehicle moves past uninstalled blocks in a concrete barrier along the dividing line with the buffer zone with Syria in the Golan Heights on July 19, 2025 (Getty Images)

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

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

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

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

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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)

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

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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)

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

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Israeli military vehicles in Syria (Image: IDF)

Why did IDF helicopters land near Damascus?

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

Israel and Syria to sign security agreement amid military tensions

By Jamie Shapiro

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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

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August 18, 2025 13:30

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

Dan Schueftan

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 11:13

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

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July 28, 2025 09:28

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

Do not forget that the Corbynites failed the victims of Assad’s horror, says Labour MP

The MP for Hemel Hempstead, David Taylor, said he would not forgive his former leader’s approach to Syria

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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July 25, 2025 10:35

David Taylor MP during Prime Minister's Questions (Image: Parliament TV).

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

Europe fails to stand up for the Druze in Syria and falls for Hamas propaganda

The widening strategic disconnect between Israel and many Western governments – and the inability even to agree on basic facts – is a deeply troubling development

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July 23, 2025 13:26

Smoke rises in the distance as Bedouin and other fighters gather in the city of Sweida in southern Syria's Druze majority province on July 19, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Yaakov Lappin

By Yaakov Lappin

The Jihadists surrounding al-Sharaa haven’t abandoned his extreme vision

‘It is more likely that they have come to the realisation that it is worthwhile to let [al-Sharaa] play the West's game to establish his rule and begin to rehabilitate Syria, and then return to the original path from a position of strength’

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July 22, 2025 10:56

It would be hard to assume that the extremists surrounding Syrian President al-Sharaa have abandoned their jihadist roots (Image: Getty)

Send British troops to Gaza to stop the IDF, urges Labour MP

Following a ‘Middle East’ update in the Commons, only two MPs raised the plight of the Druze community in Syria

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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July 22, 2025 10:52

Tahir Ali MP (Image: Parliament TV).

Far-right Israeli minister calls for assassination of Syria’s President al-Sharaa over Druze persecution

Itamar Ben-Gvir urged the IDF to ‘eliminate’ the militant-turned-leader, while opposition member Benny Gants said ‘any option should be on the table’

By Amelie Botbol

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July 22, 2025 10:07

Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for the assassination of Syria's president, Ahmed al-Sharaa (Image: Flash90)

Kobi Michael

By Kobi Michael

Israel between loyalty toward the Druze and detente in Syria

The Jewish state owes a debt to the Druze and a moral duty to stop the massacres – yet it must not jeopardise a fragile opening to the regime

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July 20, 2025 10:39

The bodies of victims in a hospital yard in the devastated Druze-majority city of Sweida, July 17, 2025. Residents were shocked by the bodies littering the streets next to looted shops and burned homes following the withdrawal of Syrian government forces. (Image: Getty)

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