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Is HTS chief Sharaa going soft on Israel despite Golan incursions?

The Golan Heights ceasefire breach by Israel seems to have no impact on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s chief Ahmad al-Sharaa who has said that the “general exhaustion” in Syria does not “allow” it to enter into new conflicts with Israel Israel has been Syria’s archnemesis since history can remember. Israel breaches Golan Heights ceasefire Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …

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Why Israel has its eyes set on Syria’s Golan Heights

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The Israeli government has green-lit a plan to double the population in the occupied Golan Heights. Here’s why An Israeli armoured vehicle maneuvers along the security fence near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, December 15, 2024. Israeli forces captured the Golan Heights in the 1967 Six-Day War, …

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Israel agrees to double population in Golan Heights citing threats from Syria

India Today

Israel agreed on Sunday to double its population on the occupied Golan Heights while saying threats from Syria remained despite the moderate tone of rebel leaders who ousted President Bashar al-Assad a week ago. Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a statement that the latest developments in Syria increased the threat to Israel, "despite the moderate image that the rebel …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Syria's never-ending conflict: Nation already faces a NEW civil war as ISIS carry out fresh massacres and Turkish-backed fighters clash with Kurds, threatening to drag in US and Israel

Daily Mail

Islamist rebel group Ha'yat Tahrir al-Sham officially ended Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's longstanding regime earlier this week, naming a leader of a new transition government days after Assad fled Damascus to seek refuge in Moscow. Destroyed trucks after a Turkish airstrike near Qamishli, northeast of Syria on 11 December 2024 Israeli troops move within the buffer zone between Israel and …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Israel watches Syria with trepidation as 50 years of detente is upended

CNN

CNN — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria was a “direct result” of Israel’s military campaign against Iran and its proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah. Israel’s Minister of Diaspora and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chiklisaid said in a statement that “the bottom line is that most of Syria is now under …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Before the ceasefire: A harrowing visual journey through the Lebanon-Israel conflict

India Today

This photo essay captures the destruction and human toll of the Lebanon-Israel conflict leading up to the ceasefire. ISRAELI MILITARY RESPONSE TO GAZA An Israeli M109 155mm self-propelled howitzer fires rounds near the Gaza border in southern Israel on October 11, 2023. An Israeli army M109 155mm self-propelled howitzer fires rounds near the border with Gaza in southern Israel on …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

A cratered field, a mangled fence. Clues emerge from strike that killed 12 children in Golan Heights

Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Two days after a rocket slammed into a soccer field in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights, killing 12 children, many questions remain about the attack on the Druze town of Majdal Shams. The Israeli military’s Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said an Iranian-made Falaq rocket with a 53-kilogram warhead belonging to Hezbollah was used in the attack …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

How did the strike on a Golan Heights soccer field happen? Here’s what we know

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two days after a rocket …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Anxiety, resignation in Beirut as residents fear war with Israel

Al Jazeera

People in Lebanese capital fearful of widespread conflict between Israel and Hezbollah following Golan Heights attack. But since a deadly rocket struck the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights last week, killing 12 children, Beirut has been gripped by a state of tension as its residents brace for a major Israeli attack. On Tuesday, the Israeli military claimed responsibility for an attack in …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

How did the strike on a Golan Heights soccer field happen? Here’s what we know

New Indian Express

The Iron Dome alert set off sirens at 6:18 p.m. Majdal Shams’ local council reported the rocket landed less than a minute later, leaving no chance for the children to run to shelters. “At very short distance, you don’t have enough time to operate the Iron Dome,” said Yehoshua Kalisky, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies, …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

A cratered field, a mangled fence. Clues emerge from strike that killed 12 children in Golan Heights

LA Times

A boy walks past bicycles left next to a soccer pitch that was hit by a rocket, killing 12 children, in the Druze town of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. Two days after a rocket slammed into a soccer field in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights, killing 12 children, many questions remain about the attack on the Druze town …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Oil prices stabilise after Golan Heights attack

Hindustan Times

By Robert Harvey Oil prices stabilise after Golan Heights attack LONDON -Oil prices were stable on Monday as fears of a widening conflict in the Middle East after a rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights put a floor under last week's price losses. "A rather muted opening greets oil prices after Middle East tension is back on the menu …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

After Golan Heights attack, will the Israel-Hezbollah conflict escalate?

Al Jazeera

Israel will be looking to retaliate, but it will want to avoid a major escalation, experts say. In June, Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari said, “Whoever thinks we can eliminate Hamas is wrong.” Netanyahu has long said that Israel’s goal in Gaza is to eradicate the armed group. Waging an all-out war against Hezbollah, a force that many analysts consider …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

US blames Hezbollah for Golan Heights strike

ABC

The US says Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah is responsible for a strike in Israeli-controlled Golan Heights that killed 12 children and teenagers. US Vice-President Kamala Harris's support for Israel's security was "ironclad," her national security adviser Phil Gordon said on Sunday, adding she had been briefed and was closely monitoring developments. " Hezbollah initially announced it fired rockets at Israeli …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Fires have become the most visible sign of the conflict heating up on the Lebanon-Israel border

Associated Press

CHEBAA, Lebanon — With cease-fire talks faltering in Gaza and no clear offramp for the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border, the daily exchanges of strikes between Hezbollah and Israeli forces have sparked fires that are tearing through forests and farmland on both sides of the frontline. A man shows a tree of cherry that was burned by Israeli shelling at …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Israeli missile fire allegedly injures soldier near Syrian capital Damascus

Al Jazeera

The missile fire is the latest attack in an ongoing shadow conflict unfolding in Syria between Israel and Iran. Israeli missiles have injured a soldier near the Syrian capital of Damascus, according to the Syrian state media agency SANA. “The Israeli enemy carried out an attack with missiles sent from the occupied Golan Heights,” SANA said, noting “material damage” in …

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Is HTS chief Sharaa going soft on Israel despite Golan incursions?

Why Israel has its eyes set on Syria’s Golan Heights

Israel agrees to double population in Golan Heights citing threats from Syria

Syria's never-ending conflict: Nation already faces a NEW civil war as ISIS carry out fresh massacres and Turkish-backed fighters clash with Kurds, threatening to drag in US and Israel

Israel watches Syria with trepidation as 50 years of detente is upended

Before the ceasefire: A harrowing visual journey through the Lebanon-Israel conflict

A cratered field, a mangled fence. Clues emerge from strike that killed 12 children in Golan Heights

How did the strike on a Golan Heights soccer field happen? Here’s what we know

Anxiety, resignation in Beirut as residents fear war with Israel

How did the strike on a Golan Heights soccer field happen? Here’s what we know

A cratered field, a mangled fence. Clues emerge from strike that killed 12 children in Golan Heights

Oil prices stabilise after Golan Heights attack

After Golan Heights attack, will the Israel-Hezbollah conflict escalate?

US blames Hezbollah for Golan Heights strike

Fires have become the most visible sign of the conflict heating up on the Lebanon-Israel border

Israeli missile fire allegedly injures soldier near Syrian capital Damascus