The Economist23d
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 Times28d
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 ...
Israel must set conditions for Syria withdrawal, 6-month stay would backfire, expert tells 'Post'
Israel must set conditions for an eventual withdrawal from its buffer zone in Syria, and if it stays longer than six months, ...
The Irish Times26d
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 ...