Syria

Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Tamir Hyman, left, speaks at the Knesset's powerful Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee next to its chairman MK Avi Dichter on December 11, 2018. (Yitzhak Harari/Knesset)

December 11, 2018, 2:53 pm

Lebanese border ‘volatile,’ intel chief warns amid tunnel-busting effort

IDF’s Maj. Gen. Tamir Hyman says Tehran significantly pulling back its military presence in Syria over its unpopularity within Iran

By Judah Ari Gross

Israeli soldiers search for gunmen who opened fire at a bus stop outside the West Bank settlement of Ofra, injuring seven people, on December 9, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

December 10, 2018, 1:00 pm

To catch a terrorist: 7 things to know for December 10

A terror attack leaves a mother and baby fighting for their lives and sets off a manhunt, reigniting fears of a resurgence of violence in the West Bank

By Joshua Davidovich

Illustrative: Flames rising after an attack in an area known to have numerous Syrian army military bases, in Kisweh, south of Damascus, released by Syria's official news agency on May 9, 2018. (SANA, via AP)

December 10, 2018, 12:20 am

Syria denies attack on Damascus airport as local residents hear blasts

Official state media retracts report on incoming strike; Syrian journalists say air defenses were falsely triggered, potentially by Israeli electronic warfare

By Judah Ari Gross

Haifa city council member Raja Za'atra of the Joint (Arab) List. (Screenshot: YouTube)

December 9, 2018, 5:12 pm

PM asks Haifa mayor not to appoint deputy who said Israel inspired Islamic State

Einat Kalisch-Rotem resists Netanyahu, says she won’t cancel appointment of Raja Za’atra, who has been criticized for saying Hamas and Hezbollah aren’t terror groups

By Michael Bachner

A man receiving oxygen through respirators following a suspected chemical attack on the town of al-Khalidiya, in Aleppo, Syria, November 24, 2018 (SANA via AP)

December 7, 2018, 11:46 pm

US accuses Russia of lying about Syria attack to undermine truce

Moscow says rebels fired grenades containing chlorine on November 24 on the regime-held city of Aleppo, while America insists it has ‘credible information’ that account is false

By AFP

Shas party leader and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri speaks in the Knesset on November 19, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

December 7, 2018, 7:45 pm

Deri seeks to block controversial Arab politician from Haifa deputy mayor post

City’s Hadash party chairman Raja Za’atara has claimed Hamas not a terrorist group, hinted that Islamic State influenced by actions of Zionists

By TOI staff

This picture taken on December 4, 2018 from the southern Lebanese village of Kafr Kila shows a view of the border with Israel, with Israeli vehicles driving on the right side and UN and Lebanese vehicles driving on the left. (Ali DIA / AFP)

December 4, 2018, 2:57 pm

Dig out the threat: 6 things to know for December 4

Even as the IDF begins a massive operation to clear the northern border of Hezbollah attack tunnels, the media projects that no war is yet on the horizon

By Adiv Sterman

December 3, 2018, 9:08 pm

Iran, Hezbollah targets not hit in alleged Israeli strike, terror group claims

Official from Lebanese organization contradicts reports saying raid near Damascus last week targeted its weapons depots

By TOI staff and Agencies

An undated photo of Peter Kassig leaning against a truck at unknown location. (photo credit: AFP/Kassig Family handout)

December 3, 2018, 4:34 pm

Syria coalition says it killed IS leader linked to beheadings

Abu al-Umarayn was accused of involvement in November 2014 decapitation of Peter Kassig, a former US ranger who was doing volunteer humanitarian work when captured

By Rouba El Husseini

A screenshot from a warning video issued by Hezbollah apparently showing satellite imagery of an Israeli airbase superimposed with a target and its map coordinates (Screenshot/Youtube)

November 30, 2018, 11:16 pm

Hezbollah issues warning video to Israel: Attack and you will regret it

Clip that appears to show satellite imagery and locations of strategic Israeli sites comes a day after an alleged Israeli strike on Iranian and Hezbollah targets in Syria

By TOI staff and Agencies

Syrian anti-aircraft missiles rise into the sky as Israeli missiles hit air defense positions and other military bases, in Damascus, Syria, on May 10, 2018. (Government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

November 30, 2018, 2:03 pm

Army finds pieces of Syrian missile in Golan field after alleged Israeli strikes

Fragments found of surface-to-air missile fired overnight; Syrian monitors say IAF raid targeted Iranian, Hezbollah weapons depots; Israel mum on raid, denies claim it lost a plane

By Judah Ari Gross and AFP

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, right, and then-Jerusalem police chief Moshe Edri, left, at a press conference at the Russian Compound in Jerusalem, on October 7, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)

November 30, 2018, 10:01 am

Bad cop, bad cop: 7 things to know for November 30

Moshe Edri is deemed unfit to be the next Police Commissioner, but a minister isn’t giving up the fight, and the outgoing chief is caught in the center of the hubbub

By Joshua Davidovich

Illustrative image of a Fars Air Qeshm cargo plane (Wikimedia Commons)

November 30, 2018, 4:16 am

Tehran-Beirut cargo flight sparks concerns Iran arming Hezbollah more easily

Israeli, western officials suspect ostensibly civilian airlines, which once used Syria as a conduit, are bringing advanced military equipment into Lebanon for use against Israel

By Judah Ari Gross

November 29, 2018, 10:33 pm

Israel reportedly strikes pro-Iranian militia sites in Syria

Army investigating reports of projectile landing in Golan; explosions reported in and around Damascus, in southern Syria and along highway to Beirut; IDF mum on strikes

By Judah Ari Gross

A Syrian woman receives treatment at a hospital in the regime controlled Aleppo on November 24, 2018. (George OURFALIAN / AFP)

November 25, 2018, 6:39 pm

Russia strikes Syrian rebel targets after alleged gas attack

Moscow pounds ‘terrorists’ in northern Syria in retaliation for Aleppo assault; rebel groups accuse regime of trying to undermine ceasefire

By Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue