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Israeli Navy chief steps down with Lebanon, Syria gains, Oct. 7 failures and Iran 'debut'

Vice Adm. David Saar Salama, who completed 39 years of military service, led the navy through a period of significant operational expansion, including strikes in areas where it had not previously operated

Elisha Ben Kimon | 04.16.26

סמוטריץ': תהיה רגל מדינית מסיימת שתרחיב את גבולותינו

US rebukes Smotrich, says Trump opposes West Bank annexation

State Department says the president does not support Israeli annexation of the West Bank, sidestepping Smotrich’s broader remarks about expanding borders into Gaza, Lebanon and Syria

Daniel Edelson, New York | 04.11.26

אל ג'ולני, נשיא סוריה, בעצרת הכללית של האו"ם בניו יורק

Syria’s managed decline: How Damascus is weaponizing recognition to contain Kurdish autonomy

Analysis: A US-brokered deal meant to stabilize Syria is instead reshaping the Kurdish question, replacing political autonomy with cultural recognition, military integration and fragmentation in a strategy that limits power while projecting reform

Rami Al Dabbas | 04.03.26

”אני קורא להן: לוחם פלוס אחד“. לוחמות גדוד עיט

On Syria’s front line: inside the mission of IDF Ayit intelligence unit

It is hard to describe the moment the gate opens and we take our first steps into Syria, amid basalt rocks, stark poverty and a constant sense of danger; a day with IDF Ayit unit intelligence soldiers operating along the volatile northern front

Dana Spektor, Syria | 04.03.26

Netanyahu says ‘Hezbollah is not the same,’ orders expanded buffer zone in Lebanon

Prime minister tells northern leaders Israel is reshaping the battlefield while pushing deeper into Lebanon; officials demand decisive outcome as IDF reports drop in Hezbollah rocket fire

Itamar Eichner, Yair Kraus, Elisha Ben Kimon | 03.29.26

How Syria is disrupting the arms route supplying Hezbollah — and aiding Israel

Lebanese officials await war’s end to gauge Hezbollah’s condition and fear civil war, while Israel holds off on renewed talks; Western source says Syria only partly thwarts arms smuggling to Hezbollah; French diplomat says peace is premature but not impossible

Itamar Eichner | 03.27.26

Rocket fire targets central Israel as IDF strikes Syrian regime military sites

After hours of calm, sirens sounded twice in central Israel within 30 minutes; a missile from Iran landed in an open area with no injuries; IDF struck sites in southern Syria

ynet | 03.20.26

Report: US urges Syria to move into Lebanon, help disarm Hezbollah

American and Syrian officials revisited talks on a Lebanon operation as war with Iran began, with sources saying Damascus is weighing involvement but remains hesitant over risks

Reuters | 03.17.26

Hezbollah fears 'Syrian invasion' of Lebanon as al-Sharaa reinforces border

Damascus says shells fired from Lebanon hit Syrian army positions near Serghaya, as Hezbollah-linked media warn Syria’s growing troop buildup could signal possible military action

Lior Ben Ari | 03.11.26

הבור שחפרו חיילי הקומנדו הישראלים בבית הקברות בחיפוש אחר שרידי רון ארד

Israel confirms special forces search in Lebanon for Ron Arad clues but finds no evidence

The IDF says special forces operated overnight in eastern Lebanon searching for clues about missing navigator Ron Arad but found no remains; Lebanese officials report 29 killed in airstrikes as Hezbollah claimed clashes with Israeli forces

Lior Ben Ari | 03.07.26

Iran launches barrage; drone found at Nahariya hospital parking lot as CENTCOM says 3,000 targets hit

Millions in central Israel rushed to shelters three times overnight as sirens sounded across the country; US military says more than 3,000 targets hit in Iran during first week of war; Trump: 'Two sets of their leaders are gone'

ynet correspondents | 03.07.26

תיעוד: תרגיל של חטיבת "ההרים" (810) בגזרת כתר החרמון ובהר דב הלבנוני

Report: Israeli commandos operated near Syria border, helicopters landed troops

According to Lebanese reports, four Israeli army helicopters entered from Syria and landed troops in a triangle of villages, with Hezbollah claiming dozens of airstrikes were carried out to secure the force’s withdrawal after its operatives spotted the aircraft

Lior Ben Ari | 03.07.26

תרגיל של יחידת פרא (לוט"ר גולן) במושב נטור

‘Never again’: new IDF ‘Pereh’ reserve unit formed after Oct. 7

All are special forces veterans, some past exemption age, organized by hometown; the IDF’s new ‘Pereh’ reserve unit, formed after the Oct. 7 massacre, became operational in September 2024, vowing to protect the Golan

Yoav Keren | 02.28.26

סוריה כוחות המשטר ב מחנה אל-הול שבו כלואות משפחות של אנשי דאעש

‘Jihad enters new phase’: ISIS resurges in Syria as US withdraws forces

Security tensions are rising in northeast Syria as the US reduces its presence; weeks after ISIS members escaped detention, a deadly checkpoint attack near Raqqa was reported and an ISIS cell dismantled, while an Assad-linked militia killed a Syrian security officer

Lior Ben Ari | 02.25.26

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

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