Why is Israel bombing Syria?

Conflict in Syria has escalated with Israel launching bombing raids against its northern neighbour. It follows months of fluctuating tensions in southern Syria between the Druze minority and forces aligned with the new government in Damascus. Clashes …

Syria asserts right to defend itself from Israeli attacks amid carnage in Druze area

Syria on Tuesday condemned Israel’s airstrikes on the southern province of Sweida, which targeted government forces as they entered the region where bloody sectarian clashes with local Druze militias have raged in recent days. “The Syrian Arab Republic …

Israel bombs Syria’s Druze city of Suwayda hours after ceasefire

Israeli forces have launched air strikes on Suwayda in southern Syria, as fighting returned to the predominantly Druze city hours after the Syrian government declared a ceasefire. The Syrian Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Tuesday that armed …

How will Syria’s government deal with the ‘Druze dilemma’?

Bedouin groups and fighters from Syria’s Druze minority have been involved in sectarian violence. Syria’s new government is facing a serious challenge. This time, it is not from foreign powers or from remnants of the regime of former President Bashar al- …

Azerbaijan And Syria In A Plot Against Iran? Tehran Thinks So.

Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s visit to Baku last weekend highlighted a dramatic shift in regional alliances, prompting a mix of concern, suspicion, and strategic recalculation across Iranian media. Official statements following Sharaa’s …

Chikli denounces Syria's Sharaa as 'barbaric terrorist murder who should be eliminated'

Syria condemns Israel’s ‘treacherous aggression’ after attacks on Suwayda

DAMASCUS Syrian military members arrive to patrol the area as clashes between Druze and Bedouin Arab tribes continue in the southern Syrian province of Al-Suwayda, bordering Jordan, on July 14, 2025. Syria strongly condemned Israeli airstrikes Tuesday on …

Israel threatens to escalate involvement in Syria as a ceasefire collapses

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Clashes raged in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on Wednesday after a ceasefire between government forces and Druze armed groups collapsed and Israel threatened to escalate its involvement in support of the Druze religious …

'40,000 Pakistani Zaireen did not return from Iraq, Syria, and Iran in recent years'

No record of Zaireen who remained in Iran, Iraq, Syria: minister. Yousaf says foreign govts have raised this issue with Pakistan. Pakistan has asked Saudi govt to increase Hajj quota, he adds. ISLAMABAD: Minister for Religious Affairs, Sardar Muhammad …

Syria and the dangers of playing with fire

First published in Arabic at Al-Quds al-Arabi. Translation from Gilbert Achcar's blog. Whatever is the origin of the recent bloody clashes in the Suwayda Governorate — whether they were merely the result of the chaos prevailing in post-Assad Syria, or …