September 17, 2014
1:43 pm

Smoke from Syrian fighting seen on the Israel-Syria border in the Golan Heights on August 27, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)

Mortar explodes next to news crew in Golan

No injuries; IDF says it was errant fire from Syrian fighting, but Israel Radio reporter at scene contends it was intentional

By Spencer Ho and Times of Israel staff

September 15, 2014
6:52 pm

A convoy of United Nations Disengagement Observer Force vehicles as it leaves the Syrian side of the Golan Heights into Israel on September 15, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Jalaa Marey)

UN evacuates all troops from Golan as Syria fighting worsens

Peacekeepers cross into Israel to get away from border-area battles between rebel groups and regime forces in what UN calls ‘deteriorating situation’

By Adiv Sterman, Times of Israel staff and AFP

September 15, 2014
12:00 pm

Smoke rises from the Syrian village of Quneitra, as seen from the Israeli Golan Heights, on August 27, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/JACK GUEZ)

Syrian mortar shell lands in Golan Heights

Army says that incident was accidental spillover; no injury or damage reported

By Times of Israel staff

September 15, 2014
4:51 am

Iraq President Fouad Massoum, right, followed by Iraq Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari, left, arrive with Iraqi officials at Orly airport south of Paris, France, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014 ahead of a conference with US Secretary of State John Kerry, French President Francois Hollande and diplomats from around the world. The conference on Monday aimed at helping Iraq fight off extremists from the Islamist State group, with an added urgency following the release of a video showing the beheading of a British aid worker, the third Western hostage killed in recent weeks by the militants. (Photo credit: AP/Francois Mori)

World leaders in Paris to strategize against Islamic State

Iran struck off invitation list at behest of US, Saudi Arabia; Iraqi president says Arab states’ participation in airstrikes against extremist group ‘not necessary’

By Lori Hinnant

September 13, 2014
1:11 pm

Illustrative: Smoke rises following an explosion in Syria's Quneitra province as Syrian rebels clash with President Bashar Assad’s forces, seen from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights in 2014. (AP/Ariel Schalit, File)

Syrian rebels said to control most of the border with Israel

UN evacuates equipment from main HQ into Israel as insurgents capture two more towns; Qatar reportedly paid high ransom for release of Fijian troops

By Times of Israel staff

September 13, 2014
8:16 am

Illustrative photo of an Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighter firing at Islamic State (IS) positions, on September 9, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/JM Lopez)

For US, cobbling coalition on IS no easy task

World leaders not yet agreed on what the coalition is doing and why, as well as who should be allowed to take part

By Lara Jakes and Desmond Butler

September 10, 2014
11:47 pm

Image of US President Barack Obama taken through a window of the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, September 10, 2014. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Obama set to deepen America’s military role in Mideast

President’s plan for combatting Islamic State marks a stark reversal of his overall effort to wind down US military campaigns

By Julie Pace

September 10, 2014
2:51 pm

A file picture taken on January 27, 2014 shows an opposition fighter from the Ahrar al-Sham Brigade firing a machine gun from a truck displaying the group's flag during clashes with government forces as he defends the Marjah neighborhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. (AFP/Mahmud al-Halabi/file)

Syrian rebel group names new leaders after deadly blast

Still unclaimed Tuesday attack killed 30 members of ultraconservative Ahrar al-Sham’s top brass

By AFP and AP

September 10, 2014
2:26 pm

Steven Sotloff next to his Islamic State captor, 'Jihadi John,' in a video released September 2, 2014. (screen capture: SITE/Twitter)

White House denies Sotloff sold by moderate rebels

Slain journalist’s family claimed an opposition faction had divulged his location to Islamic State for $25k-$50k

By Spencer Ho and Times of Israel staff

September 10, 2014
11:41 am

This undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 shows fighters from the Islamic State marching in Raqqa, Syria. (photo credit: AP/militant website, File)

Australia arrests 2 for trying to join Syrian jihadis

Men held after raids in 2 eastern cities; US woman to plead guilty to attempting to help Islamic State

By AP

September 9, 2014
10:21 pm

Hassan Aboud of Ahrar al-Sham during an interview with Al-Jazeera. (screen capture: YouTube/Al Jazeera English)

Bombing reportedly kills head of Syrian rebel group

Hassan Aboud of Ahrar al-Sham said to die after suicide bomber blows himself up during meeting

By AP and AFP

September 9, 2014
11:05 am

Journalist Steven Sotloff (right) in Syria, 2012 (photo credit: Facebook/Oren Kessler)

Sotloff, failed by US, was sold for $25k-$50k, family says

Spokesman claims location of Israeli-US journalist was given by ‘moderate’ rebels at Turkey-Syria border to IS; accuses Obama administration of using hostages as ‘pawns’

By Spencer Ho

September 8, 2014
7:21 pm

Smoke billowing from the Syrian village of Qahtaniya, near the border with Israel, following explosions during fighting between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad and rebel fighters, on September 5, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Jack Guez)

Soldier lightly wounded by errant fire from Syria

Fighting spills across Golan border as rebels and Assad forces continue to wage battle

By Adiv Sterman and AFP

September 7, 2014
7:42 pm

Syria rebels advance near Golan Heights, NGO says

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that fighters took over villages, hills overlooking border post near Quneitra

By AFP

September 6, 2014
11:25 am

Fighters from the Islamic State group parade in Raqqa, north Syria, in June 2014. (AP/Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group/File)

To destroy Islamic State, US must tackle Syria

Washington’s indecision on the civil war will make it difficult to vanquish the group, which has a strong foothold in the nation

By Zeina Karam

Topic: Syrian rebels