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Druze in Israel protest near the Israeli-Syrian border fence in solidarity with Druze in Syria, July 16, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
November 20, 2025, 9:31 pm
Seven Druze men, including three Syrians, charged with smuggling arms into Israel
Defendants detained alongside 5 soldiers on suspicion of smuggling army-grade weapons to criminals in Israel, during outpouring of Druze into southern Syria amid clashes in region
By Charlie Summers and Emanuel Fabian
Weapons found by Israeli forces following an attempted smuggling from Syria into Israel, in a handout photo issued on November 19, 2025. (Shin Bet)
November 19, 2025, 3:44 pm
5 IDF troops among 12 detained in gun-running bust on Syrian border
Shin Bet says soldiers crossed into Syria, brought weapons back into country; 3 Syrians involved in smuggling ring also nabbed by troops
By Emanuel Fabian
Troops of the 226th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade operate in the town of Hader, southern Syria, August 3, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 3, 2025, 12:08 pm
IDF says soldiers questioned suspected dealers, seized arms in overnight Syria raid
Numerous weapons captured during operation in Hader, army says; over 300 ‘routine operations’ conducted in southern Syria in recent months
By Emanuel Fabian
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
Farid Fuad Mustafa, 46, a Syrian soldier reportedly killed in an Israeli drone strike in the town of Hader, near the border with the Golan Heights, July 6, 2022. (Social media)
July 6, 2022, 8:50 pm
Syrian soldier said killed in Israeli drone strike near Golan border
Reports identify 46-year-old Farid Fuad Mustafa as member of Syrian Arab Army; he reportedly assisted Hezbollah on border, had received warnings from Israel
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
Soldiers from the IDF's Sky Riders Unit launch a Skylark drone during an exercise in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 19, 2018, 8:14 pm
IDF reconnaissance drone crashes in southern Syria
Army says no danger of sensitive information being compromised after Skylark UAV hits ground near Hader
By ToI Staff
A wounded Syrian man being carried on a mule as they approach a meeting point with Israeli soldiers on Mount Hermon in the Israel Golan Heights on the border line between Israel and Syria, before being transferred to an Israeli hospital for medical treatment, October 26, 2017. Figures are blurred to prevent identification. (AFP/MENAHEM KAHANA)
November 6, 2017, 8:14 am
Arriving on donkeys, Syrian war wounded seek Israeli help
A perilous journey in the dead of night, between warring factions, leads to a rendezvous with IDF soldiers on the Golan Heights, and from there to medical treatment inside Israel
By Delphine Matthieussent
Druze men in the Israeli Golan Heights congregate near the Syrian border, waving their community's flag, after they heard about a suicide bombing in the Syrian Druze village of Hadar, on November 3, 2017. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
November 5, 2017, 2:24 pm
Palestinian Authority claims Israel backs al-Qaeda in Syria
Ramallah says IDF promise to defend village of Hader was a ‘tactical retreat’ following pressure from Israeli Druze
By Dov Lieber
In this photo taken on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, left, arrives for a mass funeral of ten Lebanese soldiers at the Lebanese Defense Ministry, in Yarzeh near Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
November 5, 2017, 1:17 pm
Relationships of doom
Lebanon’s split with Iran and Hezbollah has pundits worried about war, but commentators also bemoan attempts to get the right and left together at the Rabin rally
By Joshua Davidovich
Druze men in the Israeli Golan Heights congregate near the Syrian border, waving their community's flag, after they heard about a suicide bombing in the Syrian Druze village of Hadar, on November 3, 2017. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
November 3, 2017, 6:50 pm
Israeli Druze lawmaker says 4 of the dead in Syria bombing are his kin
Dozens of Israeli Druze gather at border after attack on Syrian Druze village, try to enter Syria to help their brethren
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An explosion on the Syrian Golan Heights on June 16, 2015, as the al-Nusra Front fights against Assad's troops near the Syrian Druze village of Hader. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
November 3, 2017, 2:11 pm
In rare step, Israel says it will help Syrian Druze village fend off jihadists
Announcement by IDF comes hours after suicide bombing kills nine people in Hader, near Quneitra; spillover fire lightly injures resident of Majdal Shams
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Israeli soldiers patrol near an Iron Dome defense system, designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells, in the Golan Heights, on January 20, 2015. (AFP/Jack Guez)
September 17, 2016, 5:07 pm
In first, Iron Dome intercepts 2 projectiles fired from Syria
Defense system successfully neutralizes threats over Golan Heights, as Syrian fighting once again spills over to Israel
By ToI Staff
IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot attends a State Control committee meeting at the Knesset on August 16, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 16, 2016, 6:36 pm
IDF chief to Druze leaders: Israel has no ties to extremist Syria rebels
Eisenkot meets with community leaders in wake of claims by Druze MK that army is backing Islamist groups
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Smoke rises in a field on the Golan Heights, after two mortars fired from war-torn Syria struck the northern sector of the mountain plateau, April 28, 2015. (AFP/JALAA MAREY/File)
September 15, 2016, 9:51 pm
Syrian rebel groups seen behind some errant fire in Golan
Israel has said it holds Assad regime responsible but recently warned that it will not hesitate to act against opposition forces
By Avi Issacharoff and ToI Staff
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