Syria

16 hours ago - Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north and northwest, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest.

Answer (1 of 3): Israel has no accepted borders, everything it does is occupy or invade lands, and the best evidence is Palestine 1- It occupies southern Lebanon and then retreats 2- It occupies Sina in Egypt and then retreats 3- Occupying the Golan Heights in Syria 4- It occupies Palestine ...

3 weeks ago - As a result of the mediation efforts of then US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Syria and Israel concluded a disengagement agreement in May 1974, enabling Syria to recover territory lost in the October war and part of the Golan Heights occupied by Israel since 1967, including Quneitra.

Answer: Yes, they are. The two countries border each other in a section that is southwest of Syria and northeast of Israel. The border region is known as the Syrian Golan Heights that have been occupied by Israel since the Arab-Israeli war of 1967.

November 6, 2025 - Syria’s longstanding objection, along with the rest of the Arab world, to Israel’s establishment, which motivated its participation in the 1948, 1967, and 1973 wars · Disputes over access to water resources such as the Kinneret and the tributaries of the Jordan · Israel’s occupation, and later annexation, of the Golan Heights (from 1967 onwards) Syria’s support for the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hezbollah, and other Iranian-aligned actors committed to Israel’s destruction (from the 1980s until the end of Assad rule in 2024)

3 weeks ago - According to the Green Line agreed upon in the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Israel is demarcated by Lebanon to the north, the Golan Heights under Syrian sovereignty as well as the rest of Syria to the northeast, the Palestinian West Bank and Jordan ...

The war resulted in a decisive victory for Israel and in an armistice agreement between Syria and Israel on July 20, 1949. However, the agreement did not last long and renewed violence became part of the relationship between both states.

March 4, 2025 - Satellite images from January analyzed by the BBC and Al Jazeera have confirmed a more permanent Israeli presence in Syria. And statements from locals in those areas gathered by media outlet Syria Direct suggest the Israeli army is taking control ...

July 21, 2025 - However the international community regards the Golan Heights as Syrian territory under Israeli military occupation. The US and Israel recognize the territory as Israeli. After Assad's fall, Israeli troops have moved beyond a demilitarized zone ...

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Mideast scholar positive on Israeli-Syrian peace · In the current Commentary magazine, historian Daniel Pipes speculates gloomily about the probability that Syria finally will accept Israel's existence and establish trade, tourism, and other forms of cooperation with its neighbor.

6 days ago - Meanwhile, Syria’s transitional government remains constrained, attempting to comply with U.S. demands for integration into the global market while seeking the aid required to rebuild the country. “The government’s strategy is clear,” Daher said. “It aims to reach a security agreement based on the 1974 disengagement framework, which could eventually lead to a form of normalization with Israel.”

4 days ago - JERUSALEM — Under the cover of darkness, the helicopters from Israel began to arrive in southern Syria on Dec.

But Israel’s military has slowly crept eastwards and now sits at least 12 kilometres deeper inside Syria than it did before the regime fell. Israel has built nine outposts, paved roads, laid minefields and is allegedly partnering with private companies to offer tours of the region.

The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime has dramatically transformed Israel-Syria relations. New realities are emerging on the ground along with new public discourse between the two governments. Although the situation is still fraught with dangers, it has opened a promising—yet thus far unexplored—opportunity to hold direct talks and reach substantial understandings between Damascus and Jerusalem, particularly in south Syria.

January 2, 2025 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that the Israeli military will remain in the buffer zone in Syria indefinitely, until another arrangement is in place “that ensures Israel’s security.” The Israeli government has also announced new policies to double the number of Jewish settlers and expand Israeli settlements in the occupied Golan.

July 15, 2025 - Israel selectively engages with certain Druze factions in Suwayda while sidelining the predominantly Sunni Arab populations of Daraa and Quneitra. The Israeli aim is to keep Syria as a weak state, divided into autonomous zones drawn along ethnic lines, and to prevent the new Syrian government from uniting Syria.

January 15, 2025 - Al-Sharaa’s attempt to project a pragmatic and moderate image is also evident in his statements about Israel. In several media interviews in December, al-Sharaa spoke about Israel in a cautious, restrained, and even somewhat positive manner. For example, he pledged to uphold the 1974 Agreement on Disengagement between Israel and Syria and asserted that Syria is not interested in conflict with Israel but rather in rebuilding the country.

2 days ago - Following the advance into the Quneitra Governorate and the Syrian-controlled side of Mount Hermon by the Israeli Special Forces Shaldag Unit (Unit 5101), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement saying that the 1974 ceasefire agreement had collapsed when Syrian soldiers abandoned their posts in the Golan Heights, and that the area was to be temporarily occupied He also stated that "We will not allow any hostile force to establish itself on our border".