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Israel assassinated top Assad nuclear adviser in daring commando operation, new account reveals

Eighteen years after Gen. Muhammad Suleiman was shot dead at his Tartus vacation home, then-PM Olmert says Israeli naval commandos slipped ashore, shot the Syrian president’s confidant three times and escaped undetected

ynet | 09.02.26

Syria sentences Bashar Assad to death for war crimes and crimes against humanity

Former Syrian president was convicted in absentia over atrocities committed during the 13-year civil war; his brother Maher Assad and former security chief Atef Najib were also sentenced to death

Lior Ben Ari | 08.11.26

נשיא רוסיה ולדימיר פוטין נשיא סוריה אחמד א-שרע

Syria strikes deal to preserve Russia’s military foothold on Mediterranean coast

Damascus says a memorandum of understanding will turn Russia’s naval facility at Tartous and air base at Hmeimim into ‘joint training centers’ within three months, while civilian facilities return to Syrian control; Moscow has yet to confirm the agreement

Lior Ben Ari, News Agencies | 08.09.26

Victims of a sarin attack in Khan Sheikhoun, Syria in 2016

Syria arrests ex-Assad chemical weapons chief over 2013 and 2017 sarin attacks

Former Col. Ahmad Habib Ali allegedly managed sarin stockpiles and supervised the production of around 20 chemical bombs used against Syrian towns in 2013 and 2017

AFP | 07.15.26

Ahmad al-Sharaa, drugs previously found in Syria, and Bashar Assad

Al-Sharaa dismantles Assad’s 'shadow empire' in Syria, but Captagon networks survive

Syria’s new government is turning its campaign against the Assad-era Captagon trade into a public test of statehood, launching official anti-drug channels, tip lines and emotional videos as it tries to reassure neighboring countries still battling cross-border smuggling

Lior Ben Ari | 07.13.26

Bashar Assad’s lonely Moscow exile: luxury homes, family rifts and trials at home

While Assad lives under guard between a Moscow City penthouse and a villa outside the capital, Syria’s new rulers are trying his regime in absentia; Russia is courting Damascus, and Putin appears to have little use for the deposed dictator

Smadar Perry | 06.05.26

Syria’s Alawites face boycott calls as post-Assad revenge campaign spreads

The 'I am not a tree' campaign urges Syrians to shun Alawite workers, doctors, shops and landlords, prompting warnings that post-Assad Syria is sliding into sectarian revenge and collective punishment

Lior Ben Ari | 06.04.26

Television crew films an episode of the TV series 'Al-Souriyoun al-Aada' ('The Syrian Enemies"), based on a novel that was banned under Bashar Assad, along a transformed street in central Aleppo, Syria

Syria’s TV dramas screened during Ramadan are testing the post-Assad boundaries

Since Assad’s fall, actors and directors formerly divided along political lines are working together again, and series about once-taboo topics, like torture in Assad’s notorious prisons, are being shot inside Syria - but it's complicated

AP | 02.23.26

Pro-Assad singer killed in shootout with Syrian security forces

Jamal Assaf, known as 'Assad’s singer' for songs and rhetoric backing the ousted president and urging attacks on rebel strongholds like Idlib, was fatally shot during a raid in Aleppo, Syria’s Interior Ministry says, linking him to a smuggling network

Lior Ben Ari | 02.16.26

Damascus hotel introduces kosher menu as Jewish visitors return to post-Assad Syria

Hotel in Syrian capital begins serving kosher food for Jewish expats returning to visit their homeland; 'Currently, they are bringing meat from America, but God willing, after Passover a ritual slaughterer will come'

Lior Ben Ari | 02.12.26

Inside Assad’s collapse: Sex obsessions, Candy Crush and the killing of his spy lover

Atlantic journalist, citing sources in Israel, Damascus and Hezbollah, depicts Assad as arrogant, promising victory hours before collapse, then fleeing after Russians said it was over; his lover Luna al-Shibl became a Russian agent and was later found dead

ynet | 02.08.26

נשיא סוריה אחמד א שרע הסכם עם ה כורדים לכאורה

A decade of Kurdish autonomy in Syria is at risk, raising concerns for Israel

A shift in power in Damascus is weakening Kurdish self rule in northeastern Syria, a development that could strengthen hostile actors and alter the security balance along Israel’s northern frontier

Tal Amondai | 01.22.26

תמונה קרועה של נשיא סוריה לשעבר בשאר אל-אסד בכלא מזה

Lebanon arrests Syrian accused of funding Assad loyalists

Ahmad Dunia is suspected of financing Assad loyalists, allegedly funneling money from Lebanon to fighters in Syria’s coastal region, with officials citing ties to Rami Makhlouf and ousted General Suheil al-Hassan, believed to be in Russia

Associated Press | 01.14.26

‘Israel saved us from genocide’: Interview with Syrian Druze leader

After more than 2,000 Druze were killed in a brutal massacre, Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri says Israel’s airstrikes halted the bloodshed, condemns Syria’s rulers as jihadists and calls for an independent Druze entity in Sweida

Einav Halabi | 01.13.26

Drought, fires and breakthroughs: the environment in 2025

From historic droughts and devastating fires to geopolitical threats and scientific breakthroughs, 2025 exposed the growing pressure on nature and society in Israel and worldwide, alongside emerging technologies offering cautious hope

Yael Maslaton, Zavit | 12.31.25

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