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View of the Israel-Syria border area, as seen from the northern Golan Heights, April 11, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
April 19, 2026, 5:54 pm
Syria says it foiled Hezbollah-linked cross-border attack planned from area near Israel
Interior ministry says cell arranged to fire missiles across the border from Quneitra province, which borders Israel, without specifying which country was the intended target
By AFP and ToI Staff
An Israeli soldier on the border fence with Syria, in the northern Israeli town of Majdal Shams, on May 9, 2025. (Michael Giladi/FLash90)
May 27, 2025, 4:37 pm
Israel and Syria holding face-to-face meetings at border to calm tensions
Syrians represented by border governor Ahmad al-Dalati, Israel by unnamed security officials; talks are on ‘absence of war,’ not normalization, for now
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Israeli military armored vehicles block a road leading to the town of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP)
January 6, 2025, 9:30 pm
In Syria’s Quneitra, frustration at lack of action to end Israeli incursion
Local residents want new government to push out IDF, which it accuses of demolishing homes and orchards; military source says army ‘unaware of incidents’
By AP and ToI Staff
Anti-government fighters stand in front of a defaced portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as they patrol a street in the Syrian southern city of Daraa on December 7, 2024. (Photo by Sam HARIRI / AFP)
December 7, 2024, 10:37 pm
Syria rebels say they’re encircling Damascus; West thinks Assad regime may fall in days
Rebel offensive makes big gains, pushing on regime forces from north, south and east; HTS-led troops enter Homs on road to capital, seize areas near Israel border
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Flashes in the night sky and explosions near the Syrian town of Hader in the Quneitra Governorate, April 24, 2023. (Twitter/screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 24, 2023, 2:57 am
Israel said to shell Hezbollah position in southern Syria, drop threatening flyers
Syrian troops warned to stop cooperating with Iran-backed group after reported artillery strikes; names, photos of senior Syrian officer, Hezbollah member shown on leaflets
By Emanuel Fabian
An IDF tank at a military outpost overlooking Syria near the Israeli border in the Golan Heights, May 23, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
August 12, 2022, 4:08 pm
Israeli tanks said to fire into Syria, wounding shepherds who approached border
Local media says two hurt in shelling near Hameidiyyeh, close to border on Golan Heights; IDF said to drop flyers after strike, warning Syrian army against working with Hezbollah
By Emanuel Fabian
A missile purportedly from an Israeli strike in Syria streaking through the sky, in a video shared on May 11, 2022. (screen capture: Twitter)
May 11, 2022, 5:46 am
Israel said to strike Syrian Golan in missile attack; damage reported
Shelling reportedly targets area near Hader, north of Quneitra; artillery strikes reported nearby hours later
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A Syrian Finance ministry building is seen after an alleged Israeli missile strike in Quneitra, southern Syria, on February 23, 2022. (SANA)
February 23, 2022, 3:21 am
Israel said to fire missiles at Syrian targets across Golan Heights frontier
Syrian state media says several surface-to-surface missiles launched at Quneitra area, causing ‘material damage’ to finance ministry building
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Illustrative: An IDF tank is seen in the Golan Heights on January 20, 2015. (Basal Awidat/Flash90)
January 5, 2022, 11:00 pm
Israeli tanks fire warning shots at suspects in southern Syria
IDF says troops identified individuals manning posts while operating near border fence in central Golan Heights; unverified report claims targets tied to Iran
By Emanuel Fabian
An IDF tank deployed to the Golan Heights, near the Syria border, on July 1, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 17, 2021, 1:26 pm
Israeli tanks destroy outpost used by Iranian proxies on Syrian border — report
Syrian media says strike hit observation post near al-Qahtaniah, used by Hezbollah and other Tehran-linked groups; follows IDF attack on Syrian military base nearby
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: An Israeli Apache helicopter flies during an aerial show at a graduation ceremony for soldiers who have completed the IAF Flight Course, at the Hatzerim Air Base in the Negev desert, December 29, 2016.(Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 10, 2021, 6:51 pm
Syria says IDF chopper bombs site near border, 1 injured, in rare daytime strike
Opposition group says the person who was wounded worked for the Hezbollah terror group on the Syrian Golan
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Missiles in the sky near the international airport, in Damascus, Syria, on January 21, 2019. (SANA, Syria's official news agency, via AP/ FIle)
May 6, 2021, 3:33 am
Israel said to carry out airstrikes in Syria for second straight night
State media says IDF helicopters struck Quneitra in Syrian Golan Heights, but reports no damage or injuries; comes day after attack attributed to Israel killed 1, injured 6
By ToI Staff
An Israeli military outpost in the Golan Heights is pictured from the Syrian town of Quneitra on March 26, 2019. (Louai Beshara/AFP)
February 17, 2021, 3:46 pm
Israel negotiating release of Israeli woman held in Syria
Report: Woman is 25 from Modi’in Illit; Syrian media says she entered country accidentally; Israel frees Syrian from house arrest, Damascus said to want release of another
By Aaron Boxerman and Marissa Newman
A Syrian anti-aircraft missile explodes in mid-air, lighting up the night sky near Damascus on November 24, 2020. (SANA)
February 3, 2021, 11:38 pm
Israel strikes targets in south Syria — state media
Attack said to hit sites in Golan, around Damascus in latest in a series of airstrikes against Iran-linked targets
By Judah Ari Gross
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, speaks with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, before their meeting in Tehran, Syria, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. erupted nearly eight years ago. (SANA via AP)
January 14, 2021, 4:59 pm
Iran trying to deepen roots in Syria despite signs it may no longer be welcome
An article from an Assad ally suggests that Damascus may be looking to shift away from the Shiite axis even as Tehran tries to build up local support with Lebanon-style project
By Avi Issacharoff
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