2024 Israeli invasion of Syria - Wikipedia
On 8 December 2024, Israel invaded the buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and carried out an aerial campaign targeting the Syrian Army's military capabilities, following the fall of the Assad regime.The invasion marked the first Israeli occupation of Syria in over 50 years, since the ceasefire agreements, which were established in the …
Maps: See Israel’s Moves in Syria Since al-Assad Was Toppled
4 days ago · Over the past few years, Israel has targeted Iranian officials and militias in Syria as part of the country’s shadow war with Iran. Mr. al-Assad’s regime was closely aligned with Tehran ...
Israel strikes Syria 480 times and seizes territory as Netanyahu
Dec 10, 2024 · Israel annexed the territory in 1981, but it is still considered to be occupied Syria under international law. Israeli officials have refused to give details on how far Israeli forces will advance ...
Israel and Turkey Shape a New Syria From Their Borderlands
2 days ago · Syria’s leadership isn’t the only aspect of the country to be changing as a result of this month’s toppling of longtime dictator, Bashar al-Assad. ... Israel and Turkey Shape a New Syria ...
Israel's borders have shifted throughout its history. Action in Syria ...
6 days ago · JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, entered Syrian territory Tuesday and said Israeli troops would remain in the area indefinitely, blurring the border with its northern neighbor. Since its establishment in 1948, Israel has never had fully recognized borders. Throughout its history, the frontiers with its Arab neighbors have shifted as a result of …
Why Israel captured Syria’s tallest mountain just hours after Assad ...
Dec 14, 2024 · Israel captured the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau in southwestern Syria that abuts Mount Hermon, in the 1967 war and has occupied it since. Syria attempted to retake the territory in a...
Israeli strikes destroy Syria's weapons of war as ousted Assad …
Dec 16, 2024 · Israel has said it's determined to destroy weapons and other military hardware that ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad and his father spent half of a century accumulating, before it can fall into...
Why is Israel attacking Syria? | Features - Al Jazeera
Dec 11, 2024 · Israel has justified its attacks on Syria for years by claiming it is eliminating Iranian military targets. However, Iran has said none of its forces are currently in Syria. Now, Israel says it...
Syrian rebel leader: Israel has ‘no more excuses’ to strike, we …
Dec 14, 2024 · The leader of the Syrian Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), who spearheaded the overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad regime, spoke Saturday about Israel for the first time since...
Israel orders troops to remain in Syria buffer zone through winter
Dec 13, 2024 · Israel ordered troops Friday to prepare to remain throughout winter on Mount Hermon — a strategic peak inside a buffer zone that has existed for decades with Syria but which Israeli forces...