15 hours ago - Somaliland wants international recognition - here's why, and what could have driven Israel to recognise it now. ... They planned to discuss Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, where the Trump administration wants to see the ceasefire enter its second stage in January.

2 days ago - Comms minister calls to defy ruling * Major highway cleared after Haredi protesters scuffle with cops, 3 arrested * Syrian authorities said to release Jewish man after weeks in detention

2 days ago - The Israeli army said Sunday it has withdrawn a reserve brigade from southern Syria after completing its “mission,” with another unit set to deploy to the area in the coming days.

5 days ago - Lebanon reports two deaths from an Israeli strike near the Syria border, amid ongoing tensions and a ceasefire violation.

4 days ago - TEHRAN – Israel continues its ... state news agency SANA, Israeli forces shelled the Tal al-Ahmar al-Sharqi area in southern Quneitra on Friday using artillery shells and machine-gun fire....

5 days ago - Syrian data indicate that since December 2024, Israel has carried out more than 1,000 airstrikes on Syria and conducted over 400 cross-border raids into the country’s southern provinces.

3 weeks ago - Ahmed al-Sharaa remained relatively quiet on Israel issues. However, at the annual Doha Forum, he spoke about the challenges from Damascus’ perspective.

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Latest news from Syria as covered by the Guardian. News and stories about the country, people and politics · Residents say incursions and raids have increased since forces first entered country a year ago after fall of Assad · While all eyes have been on the war in Gaza, Israel’s occupation of southern Syria has been intensifying, and since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024, Israeli forces have taken advantage of the country’s instability and launched frequent air strikes, ground incursions, and rejected the long standing disengagement agreement established in 1974.

5 days ago - The Israeli YNet news website said on Wednesday that Syria will be among the topics US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to discuss when they meet at the end of this month ...

5 days ago - Syrian data indicate that since December 2024, Israel has carried out more than 1,000 airstrikes on Syria and conducted over 400 cross-border raids into the country’s southern provinces.

2 days ago - In 2025, Israel attacked at least six countries, including Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria, and Yemen.

1 week ago - SadaNews Translation - The Hebrew channel Reshet Kan reported on Wednesday evening that Russia is secretly mediating, with American approval, between Israel and Syria in talks aimed at reaching a security agreement between the two countries.

1 week ago - The Israeli military also said that it struck several Hezbollah military structures in which weapons were stored, and from which Hezbollah members operated recently. The intense airstrikes stretched from areas in Mount Rihan in the south to the northeastern Hermel region that borders Syria, according to Lebanon's state-run National News ...

1 week ago - Multiple Israeli airstrikes hit the Defense Ministry in Damascus, Syria, on July 16.

3 days ago - Notably, the three countries that normalized ties with Israel in 2020 — the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco — do not sign the statement, and neither do Lebanon and Syria.