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Syrian Druze allowed to enter Israel, work in Golan Heights, Katz confirms

The Syrian Druze were a minority in the Assad era who mostly kept to themselves, with some past positive history with Israel.

 Druze from villages in northern Israel seen in Majdal Shams, Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, April 17, 2023
 A bombed hangar after the IDF hit weapons depots near the Mazzeh military airport, outside Damascus, on December 9, 2024

Israel’s frenzied reality: When destroying an enemy navy isn’t the top news story - analysis

 Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations, Koussay Aldahhak

Syrian mission to UN to continue work after regime exit, calls for Israel's withdrawal

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with Turkey's Halk TV in Damascus, in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA on October 4, 2013.

Syrian regime leader Assad lands in China - analysis


Amid horror of Turkey-Syria quake, ISIS seeks an advantage

Using the earthquake as cover, at least 20 inmates escaped from Syrian jail holding mostly Islamic State members close to Turkish border.

 People walk past damaged buildings, in the aftermath of an earthquake, in rebel-held town of Jandaris

Syrian army says it captures strategic hill overlooking Israeli border

The strategic hill that overlooks the Golan Heights, which had a major anti-aircraft radar base that was part of elaborate Syrian army defenses against Israel, fell into rebel hands in October 2014.

A SYRIAN regime tank and soldiers next to a building in central Syria

Diplomatic disputes abound after coalition airstrikes hit Syria

US, UK and France announced a joint strike on Assad regime chemical weapons facilities.

US Navy missile launcher fires a Tomahawk missile in a strike on Syria

Four Iranian fighters killed in air strike on Syrian air base

Israel has not confirmed or denied mounting the raid, but has repeatedly refused to accept Iranian military presence in Syria.

A satellite image claiming to show a n Iranian military base outside Damascus

Years late, Syria's children of war learn to read and write

While most said they were happy to have the opportunity to catch up with other children, they felt embarrassed and uneasy about their age and new environment.

Students sit in a classroom at a school in Sahnaya, near Damascus Syria February 4, 2018. Picture taken February 4, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

Rocky start for Syria talks as some delegates refuse to leave airport

'Whatever happens we will not enter Sochi. We informed the Russians of our conditions that they should remove all the logos and flags representing the Syrian government.'

Smoke rises from a target hit by Turkish forces in Afrin, Syria, January 20, 2018

Netanyahu heads to Moscow, will discuss Syria

A statement at the conference will call for the lifting of unilateral sanctions and urge the West to help in the reconstruction of Syria.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Sochi, Russia August 23, 2017.

Iraq launches final offensive on Islamic State, near Syrian border

Islamic State's self-declared cross-border caliphate effectively collapsed in July, when US-backed Iraqi forces captured Mosul, the group's de facto capital in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaks at a news conference during his visit to Najaf, south of Baghdad,

US says 'grave' consequences if Syria's al-Qaida dominates Idlib province

Idlib province, the only Syrian province that is entirely under rebel control, has been a major target of Russian and Syrian aerial strikes that caused hundreds of civilians casualties.

Syrian Civil Defence members wear gas masks near the site of what activists said was a chlorine gas attack in the Idlib countryside [File]

Despite ceasefire, no breakthrough expected in Syria talks in Geneva

Talks to focus on four key areas -- credible non-sectarian transitional government, future constitution, free elections within 18 months and a united war against terrorism.

 United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura attends a news conference during the Intra Syria talks at the UN offices in Geneva, Switzerland,

IDF strikes target in Syria in retaliation for spillover

According to the IDF, the Air Force struck the source of the projectile and was “acting proportionally to prevent any deterioration.”

The Syrian area of Quneitra is seen in the background as an out-of-commission Israeli tank parks on a hill, near the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria, in the Golan Heights.