Syria

Tom Barrack had said Israel ‘still’ occupies the territory but on Sunday said that was a description of the Golan Heights’ historical status Published: 3:44am, 24 Aug 2026 The US special envoy to Syria and ambassador to Turkey on Sunday walked back his comments from two days ago that Israel…

Reports have now come out that a high-level meeting between Israel and Syria has taken place, supposedly in Jordan. If reports are accurate, the meeting took place to try to ease tensions between the nations after an Israeli air strike on a Syrian airfield. What's interesting is the attendees: Syria's…

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Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani says the door for diplomacy with Israel is open, urging it to seize a “historic opportunity”. In an interview with the Reuters news agency, published on Sunday, al-Shaibani said he expects the talks over a security deal that would lead to Israel’s withdrawal from Syrian…

By Tom Perry and Feras Dalatey DAMASCUS, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Syria expects negotiations to resume soon with Israel over a security deal it hopes will lead to Israel's withdrawal from Syrian land, a top Syrian minister said, urging Israel to seize a "historic opportunity" as the door for diplomacy…

Aug 22 (Reuters) - Israel said it targeted a "terrorist" in southern Syria on Saturday in what Syria's foreign ministry said was a drone strike on a civilian vehicle on the outskirts of Damascus in a "blatant" violation of its territory. The Syrian foreign ministry said the drone had hit…

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attends a meeting at Vahdettin Palace in Istanbul on Jan. 26, 2024. Photo by Rory Arnold/No. 10 Downing Street via Wikimedia Commons. (Aug. 23, 2026 / Israel Hayom) In July 2025, Ankara delivered an unusual present to Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Syrian army: a batch of four…

Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir met Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani, with security and defence cooperation coming under discussion, the military’s media wing said on Friday. In a statement, Inter-Services Public Relations said the meeting took place at the General…

The integration of the Kurdish administration within Syria's state institutions is now complete, Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi said on Thursday, marking the end of the Kurds' long-held dream of autonomy. The announcement follows months of negotiations between the two sides after a January agreement that called for the full…

Turkey ‘crossed a red line’ in Syria, Israeli ambassador to US Leiter tells ‘Post’ - interview “We are not seeking escalation or war with either Turkey or Syria. But a redline was crossed," Israel's envoy to the US, Yechiel Leiter, told the Post.  Follow us on Google Israel's Ambassador to…