The Latest Breaking News from Syria

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits northern Israel near Lebanon border, vows to push Hezbollah back from frontier.

A push for a rapprochement, spearheaded by an unlikely source, could end a decades-long conflict.

Israeli strikes on Lebanon-Syria border crossings disrupt refugee flow and humanitarian aid, raising concerns over worsening humanitarian crisis.

A stream of refugees fleeing Lebanon to Syria have been crossing a narrow makeshift bridge in the Qusair area of Syria’s Homs province since the official border crossing was put out of commission by an Israeli strike two days earlier

Aid worker David Haines was killed in Syria in 2014.

The commander of a Kurdish-led force in Syria denied links to a deadly attack near Ankara claimed by Kurdish PKK militants, after Turkish strikes on Kurd-held Syria killed more than a dozen people in retaliation.

Israel’s airstrikes of Oct. 26, 2024 – which hit around 20 military targets in Iran, Iraq and Syria – had been anticipated for weeks. Indeed, the operation followed a promise from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to retaliate for an earlier ballistic missile attack by Tehran in early October.

Syrian air defenses engage hostile targets over Damascus, underscoring ongoing tensions and the fragile security environment in the region.

Israel said it conducted air strikes against Iran on Saturday that hit military bases and missile sites in retaliation for the Islamic republic's attacks, warning it would "pay a heavy price" if it responds.