Syrian civil war: US strikes ISIS, IDF take Mount Hermon peak
Homs and Damascus captured by rebels • IDF strikes Syrian chemical weapons factory
An Israeli special "Alpine" forces soldier, complete with small snowshoes, lies prone as he sights his M-16 rifle during a training maneuver on a snowfield nearby two Israeli early warning military posts on the summit of the 2,000 meter mountain January 2012.(photo credit: JWH)
Gallant: Fall of Assad regime good for Israel, despite risks
Gallant attributed the collapse to the IDF's strikes against Hezbollah and Iran, which destroyed their missile systems and killed Nasrallah.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Defence Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during a press conference at Hakirya base in Tel Aviv, following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to fire him from his position as a Defence Minister, on November 5, 2024. (photo credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >
US military says it carried out airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Syria
US to work with partners in Syria to manage risk after Assad toppled, Biden says
Biden said US forces on Sunday conducted a dozen precision strikes within Syria targeting camps and operatives of the terrorist group Islamic State.
ByREUTERSUS President Joe Biden holds a press conference about his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping before the start of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Woodside, California, US, November 15, 2023.(photo credit: REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE)Go to the full article > >
UN chief says future of Syria up to Syrians, UN will help
Bewildered, elated prisoners pour out as Assad's jails flung open
All across Syria, families wept as they were reunited with children, siblings, spouses, and parents who vanished years ago into the impregnable gulag of the Assad dynasty's five-decade rule.
ByREUTERS Top rebel commander Abu Mohammed al-Golani greets people at Ummayad Mosque in Damascus, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, Syria December 8, 2024.(photo credit: REUTERS/MAHMOUD HASSANO)Go to the full article > >
Halevi to Golani recruits: We are engaged on four fronts, we deployed to Syria last night
IDF: Fall of Assad regime marks end of Tehran-Damascus-Beirut axis, new challenges ahead
According to the IDF, this new era offers lots of historic opportunities, but it also involves new serious dangers since some of the new rulers of Syria are unpredictable jihadists.
ByYONAH JEREMY BOB Israeli soldiers take a position in the Golan Heights, near the Israeli border with Syria, northern Israel, December 8, 2024.(photo credit: MICHAEL GILADI/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >What you need to know: Operation 'Deterrence of Aggression'
• Syrian opposition groups launched operation 'Deterrence of Aggression' on November 27, 2024
• SInce the start of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, around half a million people have been killed and millions of other have been displaced.
