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An antenna lies amidst debris at the scene of an Israeli strike in Syria's southern Hama governorate, on April 3, 2025. (Abdulaziz KETAZ / AFP)
April 3, 2025, 10:37 am
IDF says several gunmen ‘eliminated’ after firing on troops in southern Syria
Military says troops completed task of confiscating weapons, destroying terror infrastructure; Syrian local government says 9 civilians killed
By Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows Israeli forces digging along the Alpha Line separating the Israeli Golan Heights from a demilitarized zone with Syria patrolled by United Nations forces on Nov. 5, 2024. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
November 12, 2024, 7:36 pm
UN force says Israeli work on Syrian frontier ‘severe violation’ of 1974 ceasefire deal
UN Disengagement Observer Force responds to AP report showing Israeli defensive construction along Golan Heights border, says ‘violations’ have potential to raise tensions
By Agencies and ToI Staff
File: A general view shows the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea on July 19, 2022. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)
July 18, 2023, 3:11 pm
US national believed detained after crossing into North Korea during border tour
UN working with Pyongyang to free wayward tourist, about whom little is known, as concerns grow over hermit kingdom’s nuclear program
By Hyung-Jin Kim and KIM TONG-HYUNG
An IDF tank at a military outpost overlooking Syria near the Israeli border in the Golan Heights, May 23, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
June 8, 2022, 4:15 pm
Israeli tanks said to destroy Syrian army outpost built in Golan demilitarized zone
IDF reportedly drops pamphlets warning Syria’s military against operating in off-limits area between the two countries
By Emanuel Fabian
This file photo taken on April 23, 2020, shows South Korean soldiers patrolling along a barbed wire fence at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea, on the South Korean island of Ganghwa. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP)
May 3, 2020, 5:37 pm
North, South Korea exchange gunfire at border for 1st time since 2014 — Seoul
Shots at DMZ that hit South Korean guard post deemed unintentional, South Korean military says
By AFP
President Reuven Rivlin visiting the Korean Demilitarized Zone between South and North Korea, July 17, 2019. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
July 17, 2019, 10:09 am
Rivlin visits Korean Demilitarized Zone, calling it ‘the mouth of a volcano’
In first, president tours fortified frontier, comes close to North Korean troops, and has brick dedicated to his late wife
By Michael Bachner
US President Donald Trump delivers a speech at the Hyatt Hotel in Seoul on June 30, 2019. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
June 30, 2019, 5:37 am
Trump says North Korea’s Kim wants to meet him at DMZ for handshake
Highly unusual meeting at heavily fortified frontier being worked on, president says from Seoul, in latest display of unconventional diplomacy with dictator
By AP
US President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
June 29, 2019, 8:58 am
Trump offers to meet North Korea’s Kim at DMZ
‘I just thought of it this morning,’ US president says of his Twitter invitation; Pyongyang calls offer a ‘very interesting suggestion’
By Zeke Miller and Jonathan Lemire
In this file photo taken on September 27, 2018, Syrian men ride a motorcycle past heavily-damaged buildings in the rebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan, in the north of Idlib province. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP)
October 14, 2018, 2:40 pm
No jihadists seen exiting Syria buffer zone on eve of deadline — monitor
After groups abide by first phase of demilitarization of area around Idlib by withdrawing heavy arms, second stage doesn’t appear to be implemented
By AFP
Jordanian residents of Jabir village watch aid deliveries to Syrians fleeing government offensive in the south as smoke from unknown fire rises, July 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
July 5, 2018, 11:11 pm
Israel lays down red lines for postwar relations with Syria
Jerusalem insists Assad must stick to 1974 agreement which sets out demilitarized zone, wants Iran and its proxies away from border
By Josef Federman
A youth from a camp for the displaced in the Syrian village of al-Rafid looks at UN peacekeepers while standing before the barbed-wire fence near a checkpoint along the border with the Israeli Golan Heights during a protest against the Syrian government and calling for international protection, on July 4, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Jawad ABU HAMZA)
July 4, 2018, 10:32 pm
Defense official to Israeli TV: Syrian troops in buffer zone will be targeted
In message to Assad, military source says Israel will strictly enforce 1974 ceasefire agreement along its northern border
By ToI Staff
This picture taken on May 26, 2018 and released by the Blue House via Dong-A Ilbo shows South Korea's President Moon Jae-in (R) hugging North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un after their second summit at the north side of the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). (AFP PHOTO / Dong-A Ilbo)
May 26, 2018, 6:58 pm
North, South Korean leaders hold surprise 2nd summit
Leaders talk inside Demilitarized Zone in bid to get meeting between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump back on track
By KIM TONG-HYUNG
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a joint press conference after talks with his Russian and Syrian counterparts in Moscow on April 14, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / Alexander NEMENOV)
April 17, 2017, 2:02 pm
Russia warns US against unilateral strike on North Korea
Moscow says it does not accept Pyongyang’s ‘reckless nuclear actions’ but states Washington must not ‘break international law’
By AFP and ToI Staff
US Vice President Mike Pence visits the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, on Monday, April 17, 2017. (AP/Lee Jin-man)
April 17, 2017, 5:09 am
Pence says ‘all options on the table’ in tackling N. Korea
US vice president arrives near DMZ after failed missile test by Pyongyang, warns the ‘era of strategic patience is over’
By AFP and ToI Staff
South Korean soldiers check a military iron fence in the border city of Paju near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas, on March 27, 2013. (AFP/Files/Jung Yeon-Je)
August 20, 2015, 1:06 pm
Rival Koreas trade artillery fire across heavily armed border
After north fires single round into border town, democratic south opens up with barrage at totalitarian arch-foe
By AP
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