The Economist25d
A short history of Syria, in maps
In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged Assad’s rule. Tens of thousands of people were killed by the government’s ...
The New York Times1mon
Israel’s Campaign in Syrian Border Area Prompts Fears It Plans to Stay
Image Israeli troops on the Syrian side of the buffer zone between Israel and Syria.Credit...Atef Safadi/EPA, via Shutterstock Israel and Syria have fought multiple conflicts, but for decades ...
NPR17d
In Syria's Golan Heights buffer zone, residents fear Israel is making a land grab
Since Assad's ouster last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post inside an internationally patrolled buffer zone between Syria and Israel. That's where Ramadan's village is located.
The Irish Times28d
Israel in Syria: ‘We’re the only part of the country that didn’t celebrate the fall of Assad’
Israel and Syria have fought multiple conflicts, but for decades the border separating the two has been largely quiet. They last went to war in 1973, when Syria and Egypt invaded Israel on Yom ...
Syria’s New Interim President Travels to Saudi Arabia for First Foreign Visit
Syria’s newly appointed interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first foreign trip since ...
WAMC17d
In Syria's Golan Heights buffer zone, residents fear Israel is making a land grab
After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the ...