An attack that targeted US troops in central Syria on Saturday has drawn attention to the presence of National Guard soldiers in the country and their use in combat zones in the Middle East and Africa. The attack, perpetrated by a member of the Syrian government's...
The gunman who killed two members of the Iowa National Guard and an American civilian interpreter in an attack in Palmyra, central Syria, on Saturday was a member of the Syrian government's security forces, according to the Syrian Interior Ministry. The Syrian...
Update: more details on the attack and the perpetrator here An apparently insider attack in the ancient Syrian city of Palmya has left a number of US casualties, after an apparent ISIS infiltrator to the local security forces attacked a joint US-Syrian patrol that was...
In comments directed to the Israeli government by way of i24NEWS, US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack urged Israel to take advantage of the current opportunity and make a deal with the Syrian government. Barrack said that Syria understands that their future depends on...
In mid-November, it was being reported that Israel-Syria talks were slowing to an impasse over Israel's insistence that it wouldn’t withdraw its troops from the demilitarized zone between Syria and the occupied Golan Heights. Israel invaded the demilitarized zone in...
Three Syrian civilians were reported wounded on Tuesday when Israeli troops opened fire on them from the newly established IDF checkpoint near Khan Arnabeh, in the northern part of the Quneitra Governorate. The checkpoint is set up outside the town, along the road to...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed conditional willingness to consider a deal with Syria, but today the IDF is back to carrying out offensive operations into the country’s west and southwest. As usual, the military was active on the ground in Quneitra...
Just a week after Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ruled out any peace deal with Syria, and after President Trump issued a statement warning Israel against interfering in Syria’s prosperity, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that a deal with Syria is...
Israeli troops continued their regular raids into southwestern Syria today, sending troops near two different villages in the Quneitra Governorate for reasons unknown. The troops are on the outskirts of Saida al-Hanout and on a hilltop overlooking Ein Zivan. Such...
Early Friday morning, the Israeli military raided the town of Beit Jinn, in western Syria, sparking a clash and Israeli artillery shells and airstrikes against the town that left at least 15 dead and 20 wounded. Syria criticized the attack and killings, but also ruled...
