On Monday, the US State Department backed Israel's seizure of territory in Syria that came after the collapse of the government of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, framing it as a defensive action. Israel seized a buffer zone between the Israeli-occupied Golan...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights will be Israel's "forever" comments that came a day after Israel captured territory inside Syria. Israel first took the Golan Heights from Syria in 1967 and annexed the...
The US is considering removing the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from the list of US-designated terror organizations after the group led the offensive that ousted former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The Washington Post reported that US officials...
A source in the Kremlin has told Russian media that militants who have overthrown Bashar al-Assad have guaranteed the security of Russian military bases in the country. "Russian officials are in touch with representatives of armed Syrian opposition, whose leaders have...
President Biden on Sunday celebrated the overthrow of the government of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by al-Qaeda-linked militants, calling it a "fundamental act of justice." Biden said Assad's allies Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah couldn't defend Syria thanks...
Abu Mohammad al-Julani, leader of the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, delivered a victory speech at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, declaring the success of the "mujahideen" against former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has reportedly fled to Moscow....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday celebrated the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by al-Qaeda-linked militants and confirmed that Israel has seized a buffer zone inside Syria that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from the...
The Islamists’ offensive across western Syria has accelerated substantially in the past few days, and now Reuters is reporting that the Syrian Army Command is telling officers that the era of President Bashar al-Assad’s rule has ended. The apparent regime change is...
On Thursday, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Islamist militants captured the major city of Hama, just days after the fall of Aleppo. As some HTS forces entered the city, others continued south, circling the city en route to Homs and ultimately Damascus. HTS is a merger of...
The Pentagon said Thursday that three US troops are being examined for traumatic brain injuries after an attack on a US base in Syria that came as the US was backing a Kurdish-led offensive against government-controlled villages. US Central Command said it launched...
