Report: Israel began airdropping weapons to Syrian Druze days after Assad’s ouster

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

1 week ago - Fighter jets were deployed as the Israelis became surrounded. By the time they retreated, 13 Syrians had been killed and 25 others injured, while six Israeli soldiers were wounded, three seriously.

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.

1 day ago - Several settler activists breached the border into Syria in the central Golan Heights a short while, before being located and returned to Israel by IDF troops, the military says.

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4 days ago - On 4 April, it was reported that ... April, the Israeli newspaper Ynet reported that Israeli soldiers have been shooting at Syrian shepherds and that 100 sheep had been killed....

2 weeks ago - Unlock unlimited access to all our award-winning journalism, subscriber-only podcasts and newslettersSubscribe ... Within hours of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator, fleeing Damascus in December last year, Israeli troops were on the move.

20 hours ago - The report, citing roughly 20 sources including Israeli and Western officials, government advisers, Druze commanders in Syria and members of Syria’s political leadership, said the peak of these arms transfers came in April during clashes between Druze fighters and forces loyal to the Sharaa regime.

1 week ago - Israel’s military raids and strikes over the past year aiming to carve out a buffer zone in southern Syria have raised tensions, frustrated locals and also appear to have scuttled chances — despite U.S. pressure — of any imminent thaw in relations between the two neighbors.

3 weeks ago - Driving the news: Israeli forces conducting a raid less than 10 miles into Syrian territory on Friday came under fire from unknown gunmen after arresting suspected militants, with six Israeli soldiers injured, according to the Israeli Defense ...

2 weeks ago - Israel says it sent troops to southern Syria as the Assad regime fell to protect the security of its borders, and that it will not allow the new Syrian government to deploy its forces there. Syria’s new authorities are in little position to resist.

3 days ago - US forces said they struck more than 70 ISIS targets in response to the December 13 attack in Syria that killed two US soldiers and a US civilian. Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

Israeli army forces launched four new cross-border raids on Friday into the countryside of Quneitra in southwestern Syria, amid daily violations of the country’s sovereignty, local media reported. A three-vehicle patrol entered the town of Bir Ajam and moved toward the village of Briqa, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said.