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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Israel-Syria border

Syrian men pray during the funeral of Muhannad Akrad, one of three people killed in Israeli airstrikes on Monday, at the Omary mosque in Daraa, southern Syria, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
March 18, 2025, 6:56 pm
IDF strikes Syrian artillery systems near border; Damascus condemns ‘Israeli aggression’
Syrian foreign ministry charges that Israel is trying to destabilize the country, after strikes in Daraa on Monday said to have killed 3, injured more than a dozen others
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
A man fires a weapon in the air ahead of the arrival of Syrian Druze clerics at the tomb of Nabi Shuaib in northern Israel on March 14, 2025. There is no suggestion the man depicted caused the injury of a woman (John Wessels / AFP)
March 15, 2025, 11:44 am
Woman lightly hurt by celebratory gunfire as Syrian Druze visit nearby tomb in Israel
Incident condemned by Druze leadership: ‘Whoever shoots is not one of us’; local residents say police stood by and didn’t take action
By ToI Staff and AFP
IDF troops operate in southern Syria, in a handout photo issued on March 8, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 8, 2025, 11:03 pm
IDF says it seized, destroyed weapons in ‘targeted raids’ in southern Syria
Army confirms reports of action beyond buffer zone, issues footage from operations
By Emanuel Fabian
Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt gestures during a press conference, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/ Hussein Malla)
March 2, 2025, 8:56 pm
Prominent Lebanese Druze leader says he’ll visit Syria amid tensions with Israel
Walid Jumblatt warns of ‘the plots of Israel,’ after Jewish state vows to protect Syrian Druze in Damascus suburb, where gunmen clashed with new Syrian regime
By Agencies and ToI Staff
IDF soldiers are seen at a former Syrian Army post at Tel Kwdana, Syria, December 11, 2024. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
February 28, 2025, 8:19 pm
Report: Israel lobbying US to keep Russian bases in a ‘weak’ Syria
Jerusalem said to have told Washington that Damascus’s new Islamist rulers, backed by Turkey, pose a threat to Israel’s borders
By Maya Gebeily and Humeyra Pamuk
Illustrative: People look on as Israeli soldiers patrol in the Syrian town of Jubata al-Khashab, in the UN-patrolled buffer zone in the Golan Heights, on December 20, 2024. (Aris MESSINIS / AFP)
February 25, 2025, 9:55 pm
IDF reportedly offering Syrians from buffer zone work in Israel
Scheme said modeled on framework formerly used for Gazans employed by Israelis; army floating daily wages of $75-$100 for those who take up jobs on Golan Heights, sources report
By ToI Staff
Troops of the Israeli Air Force's elite Shaldag unit are seen atop the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, in a photo published December 12, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 1, 2025, 8:33 am
IDF troops operating in Syria buffer zone come under fire in 1st such incident
No Israeli injuries; group apparently affiliated with Assad regime claims responsibility, says it has begun operations against both the IDF and the new Syrian leadership
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Residents in the Israeli Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights celebrate on December 9, 2024, after Islamist-led rebels declared that they had taken the Syrian capital in a lightning offensive, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
January 6, 2025, 6:08 am
Taboo no more: One in five Golan Druze now holds Israeli citizenship
Requests for naturalization hit an all-time high as communities warm to the idea. While future trends are unpredictable, developments in Syria will have a huge impact
By Fadi Amun in partnership with Shomrim
Troops of the Israeli Air Force's elite Shaldag unit are seen atop the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, in a photo published December 12, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 4, 2025, 3:00 pm
Report: Syrian leader asked US to press Israel to withdraw its forces from buffer zone
Amid reports of more Islamist slant in Syrian school curricula, Ahmed al-Sharaa hosts German and French foreign ministers, who warn that Europe won’t fund ‘new Islamist structures’
By ToI Staff
Governor of Damascus Maher Marwan speaks to AFPTV about the challenges facing Syria's transitional government, December 15, 2024. (BAKR ALKASEM / AFPTV / AFP)
December 27, 2024, 2:37 pm
Damascus governor says new Syrian regime wants peace: ‘Our problem is not with Israel’
Apparently speaking on behalf of al-Sharaa, official says they ‘don’t want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel’s security,’ and Jerusalem’s concern over new regime is ‘natural’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A Syrian man, left, waves a white flag as he approaches Israeli soldiers to speak to them at a position at an abandoned Syrian military base, in Maariyah village near the border with Israel, in southern Syria, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP/Hussein Malla)
December 20, 2024, 12:38 am
Villagers in Syria border town claim IDF preventing them from accessing their fields
Resident of Maariyah, in southern Syria, says troops have set up inside abandoned army base and ‘prevented us from moving’; IDF says it is ensuring security of northern border
By AP and ToI Staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his annual end-of-year press conference in Moscow on December 19, 2024. (Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)
December 19, 2024, 5:32 pm
Putin says Israel ‘main beneficiary’ of Syrian rebels’ ousting of Assad
Russian president tells reporters he hopes IDF troops leave buffer zone, but ‘I have the impression that not only are they not going to leave, but they’re going to reinforce’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the top of the Syrian side of Mount Hermon along with IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi (right) and other troops, December 17, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
December 17, 2024, 11:16 pm
Atop Syrian Hermon, Netanyahu says Israel to stay until ‘another arrangement’ found
PM stresses strategic importance of the summit following fall of Assad, is joined by Katz who says presence will also deter Syrian rebels from setting sights on Israel
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
An Israeli army soldier holds a portrait of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad by a humvee vehicle near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, ear the Syrian border on December 14, 2024.(Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
December 14, 2024, 11:33 am
New Israeli strikes said to target Syrian military sites, underground missile bunkers
No immediate confirmation from Israel, which is trying to stop Assad’s strategic weapons from falling into hostile hands; Syria protests to UN against IDF presence in buffer zone
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) meets with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Jerusalem on December 12, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
December 12, 2024, 4:38 pm
Netanyahu to top Biden aide: Israel must protect itself from ‘any threat’ from Syria
Meanwhile, visiting Jordan, Blinken promises US support for Syria’s neighbors during ‘period of transition,’ says DC will work to ensure country is not ‘used as base for terrorism’
By Lazar Berman and Agencies
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