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Israel arms thousands of Druze in southern Syria amid US push for peace talks

Druze leaders told Reuters that Israel is supplying weapons and salaries to 3,000 fighters in Sweida as Washington pressures Damascus and Jerusalem to reach a deal ahead of the UN General Assembly

Lior Ben Ari | 09.16.25

יאיר קראוס בסוריה עם לוחמי חטיבת ההרים 810

'The enemy is still taking shape': As Syria fractures, Israel digs in

IDF Mountain Brigade has raided dozens of abandoned Assad regime outposts, seizing and destroying over 7 tons of weapons; as winter nears, troops prepare for long deployments in snow and freezing winds to keep the Hermon front secure

Yair Kraus | 09.15.25

רכביו של נשיא סוריה בשאר אל-אסד שהוצאו למכירה פומבית

Syria launches reconstruction fund, auctions Assad’s luxury cars

At Damascus Citadel, President Ahmad al-Sharaa unveils Syrian Development Fund, raising $61 million in pledges; 4 cars from ousted leader's collection, including a Ferrari F50, auctioned as symbols of rebuilding

Lior Ben Ari | 09.05.25

מבצע בסוריה, כוחות חטיבה 226 ביצעו מעצרים של חשודים בפעולות טרור נגד כוחות צה"ל

Israel confirms ground raids in southern Syria: ‘Terrorists arrested, weapons seized’

Confirmation comes following reports earlier this week that IDF forces carried out a rare raid outside Damascus, combining drone strikes, air raids and a reported ground landing, with at least eight Syrian soldiers reportedly killed

Yoav Zitun | 08.29.25

Defense Minister Israel Katz, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli operation in Syria signals return to ambiguity after months of open military disclosures

After months of openly claiming strikes on Syrian command centers and even the presidential palace, Israel keeps mum on overnight raid in Damascus countryside

Ynet | 08.28.25

Terrorist disguised as a politician: Ahmad al-Sharaa’s bloody past casts shadow on his decrees

Opinion: Syrian interim president, once a top al-Qaeda figure with a $10 million US bounty on his head, now bans rivals as 'terrorist supporters' despite his own record of massacres, sieges and sectarian killings across Syria

Munir Dahir | 08.25.25

Israel-Syria-Lebanon triangle sees diplomatic thaw

Analysis: Syrian and Lebanese leaders explore ties with Israel amid US-Saudi diplomacy, regional security concerns and Hezbollah’s waning influence, as Jerusalem and Damascus cautiously navigate potential talks

Smadar Perry | 08.24.25

Asaad al-Shibani, Tom Barrack, and Ron Dermer

Israeli, US, Syrian officials meet in France on humanitarian corridor to Druze enclave

Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer met in Paris with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and US envoy Thomas Barrett to explore a humanitarian corridor from Israel to the Druze stronghold in Sweida amid aid and security concerns

Smadar Perry, Einav Halabi | 08.19.25

כוחות משטר סורי חוסמים כניסת חמושים לא-סווידא

Syrian leader accuses Israel of 'weakening' Syria by 'meddling' in Sweida

Protests in Druze-majority province continue amid food and fuel shortages, with demonstrators seeking Israeli intervention after more than 1,600 fighters and civilians reportedly killed

Lior Ben Ari | 08.17.25

Sweida hospital massacre is a stain on humanity’s conscience

Opinion: Syrian leader Ahmad al-Sharaa’s forces executed doctors, nurses and patients, committing atrocities reminiscent of Nazi crimes against Jews in World War II; global silence is complicity, not neutrality

Munir Dahir | 08.12.25

Regime loyalists descend upon Syria's Druze-majority Sweida province

The Sweida massacre is the Druze October 7, and Israel cannot remain silent

Opinion: Syrian regime forces, jihadist militias and armed gangs are attacking the Druze of Sweida, killing civilians and threatening their autonomy; Israel must act, out of moral duty, strategic need and its historic alliance with the Druze

Munir Dahir | 08.10.25

Has al-Sharaa lost support from his key backers?

Once the hope of the post-Assad era, Ahmad al-Sharaa’s leadership has faltered because of sectarian violence, political divisions and loss of credibility

Rizik Alabi / The Media Line | 08.06.25

Israeli Druze lawmaker on Syria's al-Sharaa: ‘How can you accept a killer’ as president?

MK Akram Hasson says American efforts to normalize relations with Ahmad al-Sharaa risk legitimizing a man with a history of mass killings

Felice Friedson/ The Media Line | 08.06.25

From bad to worse: Syria’s parliamentary elections are a path to al-Sharaa dictatorship

Opinion: With massacres ongoing, minorities under siege and September elections staged under a constitution granting al-Sharaa unchecked power, Syria risks trading one dictatorship for another — cloaked in religious legitimacy and political theater

Munir Dahir | 08.04.25

לחימה קרבות ב א-סווידא סווידא מעוז הדרוזים דרוזים ב סוריה

Exclusive: Shocking images reveal scale of devastation in Syria’s Druze heartland

Watch: Sweida resident documents destruction in Druze city after violent clashes with Syrian regime loyalists; 'They ask people about their religion before executing them—this is a sectarian campaign of extermination'

Lior Ben Ari | 08.03.25

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