Syria airstrikes

Illustrative: Explosions in Syria's el-Kisweh region, south of Damascus, on May 8, 2018. (Twitter)

August 2, 2018, 11:44 pm

Syria claims to down ‘hostile target’ during airstrike near Damascus

Loud explosions reported west of Syrian capital, where Israel has reportedly attacked an Iranian base in the past

By TOI staff

In this July 20, 2018, photo, a poster of President Bashar Assad with Arabic that reads "Welcome in victorious Syria." is seen on the border between Lebanon and Syria. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

August 1, 2018, 10:01 am

Russia: Iranian troops in Syria to be kept 85 kilometers from Israel border

Russia's chief Syria negotiator also asserts Israel is no longer so concerned about issue, despite repeated vows from Jerusalem that it will not tolerate any armed Iranian presence

By TOI staff

Syrian government supporters wave Syrian, Iranian and Russian flags as they chant slogans against US President Trump during demonstrations following a wave of US, British and French military strikes to punish President Bashar Assad for suspected chemical attack against civilians, in Damascus, Syria, April 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

July 30, 2018, 11:31 pm

Russian ambassador to Israel: We can’t force Iran to leave Syria

Anatoly Viktorov says Iranian-backed forces have a 'very important role' in fighting opponents of Assad regime

By TOI staff

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot speaks at a conference at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, on January 2, 2018. (FLASH90)

July 23, 2018, 11:01 pm

IDF chief: Main concern in past year was blocking Iran in Syria

Eisenkot lauds victories 'hidden from view' across the border, mourns the IDF's first soldier killed in action in Gaza since 2014

By Judah Ari Gross

A screen capture from a video purporting to show the aftermath of an Israeli strike on a research facility in the Masyaf area of northwest Syria on July 22, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)

July 22, 2018, 8:50 pm

Israeli jets said to strike Iranian-run missile production facility in Syria

The site has been bombed by Israel in the past and the US accuses Syria of producing sarin gas there; hours before attack PM vowed to keep hitting Iranian presence in Syria

By TOI staff and AFP

Satellite images from July 7 and 17, 2018, showing the results of an alleged Israeli airstrike on an airfield in Aleppo, Syria, which is said to be a base for Iranian forces. ImageSat International ISI)(

July 17, 2018, 8:44 pm

Satellite images show building leveled in alleged Israeli strike on Syrian base

22 pro-Assad fighters, including 9 Iranians, said killed in Sunday bombing of the Aleppo airfield, an alleged HQ of Tehran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

By Judah Ari Gross

An Israeli F-16 during an exercise on November 25, 2013. (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)

July 16, 2018, 2:07 pm

Up to 22 killed, including 9 Iranians, in Syria strike blamed on Israel – report

Earlier, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll at 9, said raid targeted an Iranian Revolutionary Guard center

By Agencies and TOI staff

Illustrative: Missiles rise into the sky as Israeli missiles hit air defense position and other military bases, in Damascus, Syria, May 10, 2018. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

July 16, 2018, 9:25 am

Syria airstrike blamed on Israel said to kill 9 pro-regime fighters

UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least six of the dead are Syrians, strike targeted an Iranian Revolutionary Guard center

By Agencies and TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exposes files that prove Iran's nuclear program in a press conference in Tel Aviv, on April 30, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

July 15, 2018, 10:15 pm

Seized archive shows Iran nuke project was larger than thought, had foreign help

Israel showcases to US reporters parts of trove Mossad spirited out of Tehran; 'These guys were working on nuclear bombs,' confirms ex-IAEA inspector on seeing the material

By TOI staff

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman peers through binoculars on a hilltop overlooking the border with Syria as Brig. Gen. Amit Fisher gives him a briefing on developments in the area, on July 10, 2018. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

July 10, 2018, 1:44 pm

Liberman: Pro-Iranian forces setting up ‘terror infrastructure’ in Syrian Golan

On tour of the northern border, defense minister warns that Assad regime troops who enter demilitarized zone are 'endangering their own lives'

By Judah Ari Gross

The Tiyas, or T-4, Air Base, outside of the Syrian city of Palmyra, which Israel claims is being operated by Iran and its Quds Force. (Screen capture/Wikimapia)

July 8, 2018, 10:42 pm

Syria accuses Israel of striking Iran-linked base, says air defenses deployed

Monitoring group says target was a contingent of 'Iranian fighters' in the facility, which has been attacked by the Jewish state in the past

By Judah Ari Gross

Smoke rises above rebel-held areas of the city of Daraa, during reported airstrikes by Syrian regime forces on July 5, 2018 (AFP PHOTO/Mohamad ABAZEED)

July 5, 2018, 12:44 pm

Heaviest airstrikes yet batter rebel-held areas of southern Syria

Russia and Syria target parts of the southern province of Daraa with hundreds of missiles and barrel bombs, says monitor

By AFP

Smoke rises after a reported explosion near the town of Mhajja in southern Syria (Facebook photo)

July 3, 2018, 1:30 pm

Blast reported at Syrian warehouse used by Iranian-backed militias

Monitoring group says unclear what caused explosion, with some Arabic-language media blaming Israel

By Stuart Winer

A Syrian government forces' soldier smokes a cigarette on an armored vehicle during a government guided tour in the village of al-Sourah, province of Daraa, on June 29, 2018.
(AFP PHOTO / Youssef KARWASHAN)

June 30, 2018, 2:14 pm

Syria rebels said to reject ‘insulting’ Russian offer for ceasefire in southwest

UN warns 750,000 lives are at risk, says civilians caught between pro-Assad forces on one side and armed opposition groups and the Islamic State jihadists on the other

By TOI staff and AFP

This June 22, 2018 photo provided by Nabaa Media, a Syrian opposition media outlet, shows people who fled from Daraa setting up a tent in the village of Bregia, near the Syria-Israel border, southern Syria. (Nabaa Media, via AP)

June 26, 2018, 9:39 pm

Syrians fleeing to Israel border as Jordan shuts gates amid Daraa offensive

Residents say Golan frontier is safest since 'regime and Russian airplanes cannot strike' there; UN counts 50,000 displaced, with nowhere to go

By AP and TOI staff