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A damaged vehicle is seen following a reported attack by an Israeli army unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the countryside of Quneitra, Syria, on August 22, 2026. (Huseyin Mesal / Anadolu)
August 22, 2026, 8:55 pm
IDF drone strike in south Syria targets operative ‘in final stages’ of planning attacks
Army says man posed imminent threat to troops situated in border buffer zone; Syria says one person injured, pans ‘flagrant violation’ of its sovereignty
By Emanuel Fabian
View of the Israel-Syria border area, as seen from the northern Golan Heights, April 11, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
August 11, 2026, 9:49 am
Three settlement activists illegally enter Syria overnight, are detained by IDF
Incident comes amid uptick in fringe group’s attempts to settle southern Syria; IDF hands suspects to police, who have yet to charge any recent offenders
By Emanuel Fabian
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and US President Donald Trump meet in the Oval Office on July 28, 2026. (GPO)
July 30, 2026, 2:12 am
‘An exchange of ideas,’ not an effort at persuasion: Inside Netanyahu’s Oval Office meeting with Trump
Israeli official says PM refrained from advocating for striking Iran, which he did in previous meeting, but won’t wait for a green light if Iran attacks Israel; also insists premier and US president are like a ‘married couple’ who ‘finish each other’s sentences’
By Jacob Magid
View of the Israeli border with Syria, as seen from the northern Golan Heights, April 11, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
July 18, 2026, 12:37 am
Settler activists illegally cross into Syria, stay for full day before being nabbed by IDF
Incident marks latest attempt by Bashan Pioneers to establish settlements in Syrian buffer zone; soldiers hand activists over to police, condemn ‘criminal offense’
By Emanuel Fabian
IDF troops operate in southern Syria in a handout photo cleared for publication on August 11, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 29, 2026, 8:07 am
IDF says troops fired upon in southern Syria, retaliated with helicopter strike
No injuries caused to Israeli forces in the incident, which took place a day after the military said it killed two gunmen in the Israeli-held buffer zone inside Syria
By Emanuel Fabian
Golan Regional Council Deputy Head Yaakov Selavan, left, stands with Reut Tal-Levy, head of demographic growth in the Golan Heights, in a new neighborhood in Odem, on April 20, 2026. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
May 9, 2026, 7:24 am
The quiet frontier? With minefields cleared, Golan Heights readies for construction boom
Despite local volatility, residents brace for speedy growth and bolstered infrastructure as part of recently approved 5-year plan allocating NIS 1 billion to develop area by 2030
By Diana Bletter
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
Syria's President Ahmad al-Sharaa, center, arrives to attend the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, in Antalya, southern Turkey, on April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Riza Ozel)
April 17, 2026, 2:59 pm
Syria’s Sharaa: Israel has acted with ‘brutality,’ but talks not at dead end
Leader says talks now focused on restoring UN buffer zone, will later shift to future of Golan; all bases in Syria that hosted US troops now under state control, Damascus says
By ToI Staff, Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
Syrian government security forces block Bedouin fighters, foreground, from entering Sweida province, in Busra al-Harir village, southern Syria, July 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
March 27, 2026, 5:02 pm
Scathing UN report demands Syria probe abuses during clashes with Druze; 1,700 were killed
Investigators find ‘no indication’ that Damascus looked into human rights violations committed by forces, detail ‘widespread looting, systematic burning’ against Druze civilians
By Kareem Chehayeb
Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Al-Shaibani attends a meeting in Moscow on December 24, 2025. (Photo by Handout / RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / AFP)
February 14, 2026, 11:10 pm
Syrian FM: Security talks with Israel are focused on buffer zone, not Golan Heights
Asaad al-Shaibani clarifies negotiations are about IDF presence in border areas that Israeli troops entered after Assad regime’s overthrow, says control of Golan ‘is another issue’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Observers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) stand at a position formerly held by the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group in the Khraibeh Valley in el-Meri in south Lebanon on August 27, 2025. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
February 6, 2026, 8:35 am
Lebanon accuses Israel of spraying herbicide in border areas
Footage also shows Israeli light aircraft deploying substance over southern Syria; no comment from IDF, which has been working to clear vegetation on northern frontier
By AFP and Emanuel Fabian
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) at the plenum hall of the Knesset, December 8, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (right) arrives at the General Plenary of Leaders at the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil, on November 6, 2025. (Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP)
December 9, 2025, 3:43 pm
Netanyahu denies report he refused to ink deal with Syria on sidelines of UN in September
PM’s office dismisses ‘fake news’ claim that new security arrangement was ready for signing during General Assembly after months-long US mediation efforts
By ToI Staff and Nava Freiberg
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during the opening day of the Doha Forum, an annual diplomatic conference, in Doha on December 6, 2025. (Mahmud HAMS / AFP)
December 6, 2025, 6:58 pm
Syria’s Sharaa slams Israel for ‘exporting’ conflict to region to hide Gaza ‘massacres’
President who ousted Assad says Israel ‘in a fight against ghosts’ as he decries IDF operations in Syria, acknowledges ‘atrocities’ committed against minority groups in Sweida
By Jacob Magid
A crane removes a burnt Israeli Humvee from a street in the southern Syrian village of Beit Jinn on November 28, 2025, following a nighttime gun battle (AFP)
November 29, 2025, 6:04 am
Report: IDF mulling expanded op in Syria, checking whether Sharaa’s forces fired on troops
TV report says Israel believes some of those planning attacks against IDF and Druze work for Syrian intelligence
By ToI Staff
IDF reservists of the 55th Paratroopers Brigade operate in southern Syria, in an image published on November 21, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 22, 2025, 5:31 pm
Four IDF soldiers charged with trafficking weapons from Syria into Israel
Troops among several arrested in major arms smuggling bust linked to crime in northern Israel; prosecutors say gun-running took place during summer’s Syrian Druze clashes
By Emanuel Fabian
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