On 8 December 2024, Israel invaded the buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and carried out an aerial campaign targeting the Syrian Army's military capabilities, following the fall of the Assad regime.. The Syrian civil war, which had erupted in 2011 but subsided since a 2020 ceasefire, saw a series of opposition offensives in 2024 that …

Dec 10, 2024 · Israeli ground forces entered Syrian territory after Netanyahu on Sunday ordered the military to seize that demilitarized “area of separation” between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and...

Syria has never recognized Israel as a legitimate state and does not accept Israeli passports as legally valid for entry into Syrian territory; Israel likewise regards Syria as a hostile state and generally prohibits its citizens from travelling there, with some exceptions and special accommodations being made by both countries for Druze people ...

Feb 3, 2025 · Israel and Syria struck a ceasefire agreement in 1974 that determined the area, in the Golan Heights, would be a demilitarised buffer zone. But shortly after news emerged that the al-Assad regime ...

Jan 18, 2025 · Syria’s de facto leader said Israel no longer had any “excuse” to remain in the two countries’ buffer zone after Damascus rid itself of Iran’s presence, and stated that he would welcome ...

Feb 2, 2025 · Israeli troops now come and go in the 90-square-mile buffer zone, which is supposed to be demilitarized, according to the 1974 ceasefire agreement between Israel and Syria. Israel has said it ...

Dec 11, 2024 · Israel has justified its attacks on Syria for years by claiming it is eliminating Iranian military targets. However, Iran has said none of its forces are currently in Syria .

Dec 11, 2024 · After launching hundreds of air strikes on Syrian military assets and seizing positions including the summit of a mountain with an uninterrupted sightline to the capital Damascus, Israel...

Apr 4, 2024 · Ramped-up Israeli air attacks on Syria are expected to continue as the war on Gaza – the current main driver of significantly heightened conflicts across the region – shows no immediate signs...

Dec 14, 2024 · The summit of Mount Hermon lies in Syria, in a buffer zone that separated Israeli and Syrian forces for fifty years until last weekend, when Israeli troops took control of it.