"Our problem is not with Israel. We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security," Damascus Governor Maher Marwan tells NPR. Syria and Israel have never had diplomatic ties.

Sharaa, official says they 'don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security,' and Jerusalem's concern over new regime is 'natural'

Israel's future security depends on destroying the military machine of the former Assad regime, before it falls into the wrong hands. The stunningly rapid fall of Bashar al-Assad's evil regime in Damascus has been met with a mix of joyous celebration,

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS) head Hamid Al-Shatri, in Damascus, Syria December 26, 2024 (credit: Hayat Tahrir Al-S

Israel planned to establish military and strategic ties with the Kurds in the northeast and the Druze in the south, leaving Assad in power in Damascus under Emirati funding and control.

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

The, Turkey and Israel all responded to the fall of the Assad government in Damascus by launching bombing campaigns on Syria. Israel also

Israel is celebrating the fall of Assad because it breaks the noose that Iran had been patiently tightening around Israel’s borders in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. Tehran’s pincer is now broken and rendered useless. From the point of view of Israel’s wider conflict with the Islamic Republic, the collapse of Assad’s regime is a strategic victory.

The Israeli military hit weapons depots and air defenses, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Israel has said it aims to keep military equipment away from extremists.

Part of that is making its position clear on its next-door neighbor, Israel. The governor of Damascus, who is directly appointed by the president is the latest to explain that position.

saying the change of control in Damascus meant ceasefire arrangements had "collapsed". Despite the move, Netanyahu said in a statement on Sunday evening that Israel has "no interest in a conflict with Syria". "We will determine Israeli policy regarding ...

Israel's "demographic development" plan to increase settler numbers only applies to the area of the Golan Heights that Israel seized during the Six Day War in 1967 and later annexed in 1981 and not to territory taken since al-Assad's ouster.