Syrian families who fled the clashes in Syria hold their luggages as they cross a river marking the border between Syria and northern Lebanon near the village of Heker al-Daher in Akkar province, ...

The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo were the first such clashes there since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Ahmed al-Shara, who went by the nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, speaking at a mosque in Damascus, Syria, in December.Credit...Abdulaziz Ketaz/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Supported ...

Benjamin Netanyahu says that neither the Syrian army nor the insurgents behind the ousting of ex-Syrian president Bashar Assad will be allowed to “enter the area south of Damascus”. As per Mr ...

(AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy, File) This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo) Israeli army armored vehicles block a road leading to the town of Quneitra, Syria, Jan. 5, 2025.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not allow Syria’s new army or the insurgent group that led the ouster of former President Bashar Assad to “enter the area ...

Benjamin Netanyahu says that neither the Syrian army nor the insurgents behind the ousting of ex-Syrian president Bashar Assad will be allowed to “enter the area south of Damascus”.

FILE - Israeli army armored vehicles block a road leading to the town of Quneitra, Syria, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File) ...

Netanyahu’s comments Sunday at a military graduation led to new concerns over the Israeli presence, and sway, in a swath of southern Syria as Damascus’ new leaders attempt to consolidate ...