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Syria, Israel

Israel’s Expanded Perch on Syrian Border Puts Damascus in Its Sights

Israel’s military has seized a strategic mountain top in its contested border area with Syria and advanced on positions beyond it, reshaping the frontier potentially for the long term.

Washington Examiner on MSN · 2d

Israel keeps control of Syrian border territory seized during government collapse

Israel will hold on to swaths of land that formerly served as a buffer zone with Syria — with no plans for exiting the demilitarized region despite international outcry. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a trip on Tuesday to Mount Hermon — the highest peak in the 155-square-mile chunk of land nabbed by the IDF

Associated Press · 3d

Israel’s borders have shifted throughout its history. Action in Syria may reshape them again

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, entered Syrian territory Tuesday and said Israeli troops would remain in the area

Assad, Syria

The Washington Post on MSN · 58m

How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad

Assad’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed. But the circumstances were both serendipitous and part of a larger global realignment.

Bloomberg on MSN · 1d

US Delegation to Meet With Syrian Rebels That Ousted Assad

A delegation of American diplomats arrived in Syria to meet with representatives of several Syrian factions, including a rebel group designated as terrorists — who overthrew the country’s longtime dictator,

Newsweek · 1d

US Doubled Its Amount of Troops in Syria Before Assad's Fall: Pentagon

The Pentagon said Thursday that 2,000 troops were in Syria after U.S. officials previously said there were only 900 troops there.

ZNetwork on MSN1d

Israel, Not The ‘Liberators’ Of Damascus, Will Decide Syria’s Fate

During Assad’s rule, Israel chiefly rationalised its attacks on Syria – coordinating them with Russian forces supporting ...

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Israel bombs Damascus as 50-year peace deal ends with Assad overthrow: ‘Direct result of our forceful actions’

Israel’s PM claimed credit Sunday for the events leading to the downfall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad — and used the ...

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Syria live updates: Israel launches hundreds of airstrikes, watchdog says

Israeli warplanes have launched hundreds of strikes all over Syria since Bashar Assad's regime was toppled on Sunday, ...

Israel says it won't strike in Syria near where American journalist Austin Tice may be held

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Tice's mother his country won't conduct airstrikes near a secret prison outside ...

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OPINION - What is Israel doing in Syria? Benjamin Netanyahu may be about to overplay his hand

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defence Minister Israel Katz visited forward positions of the Israel Army at the ...

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Syria Map Shows Buffer Zone Amid Israel's Advances

Security sources have stated that Israeli forces in Syria have reached the southern city of Qatana, around 16 miles from ...

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Israel denies pushing past Syria buffer zone, blasts the country's navy

Israeli ships destroyed the Syrian military fleet Monday night in a campaign to eliminate strategic threats, the defence ...

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Israel said it carries out strikes in Syria as Netanyahu claims credit for ‘reshaping Middle East’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that a 1974 agreement between Israel and Syria to demilitarize their shared ...

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Israel Says It Destroyed Syria’s Navy, Part of Wave of Post-Assad Attacks

Israel says it is striking Syrian military sites to keep them out of “the hands of extremists.” The rebels who toppled the ...

Why is Israel attacking Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad?

Israel is celebrating the fall of Assad because it breaks the noose that Iran had been patiently tightening around Israel’s ...

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