Syria

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…

After more than two years of taking on Israel’s enemies across the Middle East, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing a tough re-election fight, is zeroing in on another perceived villain – Turkey. On Tuesday, warplanes bombed a base in northern Syria a short drive from the Turkish border. Netanyahu said…

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN AUGUST 19, 2026 21:08 Updated: AUGUST 20, 2026 16:59 Israel’s recent airstrike on Syria forms part of a larger context of tensions between Israel and Turkey over Syria. Some Israeli officials believe that there could be a future clash in Syria. This kind of rhetoric has…

Mossad director, Syria foreign minister discussed Turkish military presence before strikes The call, which the sources said took place on August 14, came days before Israel launched airstrikes on a Syrian military airbase in the north of the country on Tuesday. Follow us on Google Taken before his appointment as…

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF AUGUST 19, 2026 19:06 Updated: AUGUST 19, 2026 22:39 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the IDF struck a Syrian military base after Jerusalem had given Damascus several warnings about Turkey's military presence in the country. In his first comments since Israel struck Syria on Tuesday,…

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