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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Tel Aviv District Court during his testimony in the trial against him, December 10, 2024

The wrong priorities: The absurdity of today's Israel is on full display

By YEDIDIA STERN

IDF operates in the buffer zone between Israel and Syria on December 13, 2024.

Syrian allegedly injured by IDF gunfire while protesting Israeli incursion in buffer zone

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen in the Israeli parliament, December 16, 2024.

At year's end: Netanyahu eyes Iran after triumphs over Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria

Mural of Iranian student protest

Künstler malt Protestende iranische Frau am Wand des iranisches Konsulat im Mailand

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A HANUKKIAH is lit on the eighth night of Hanukkah, last year. The flickering flames serve as a poignant reminder of resilience and faith, says the writer.

Syria, take note from the Maccabees: Even the greatest victories can unravel

By ELI FEDERMAN

CHILDREN HOLD flags next to a sculpture of Druze warrior Sultan Pasha al-Atrash after Syrian rebels announced the ousting of president Bashar Assad, in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, Golan Heights, earlier this month.

Iran's declining power opens door for US, Israel to support Iranian people seeking change

By FARHAD REZAEI

UAE FOREIGN Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan speaks with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud at the Arab Contact Group on Syria in Aqaba, Jordan, last Saturday. The writer purports that a determined US initiative is likely to be reciprocated by its Arab alli

Now is the moment to lead: Can Trump succeed on Mideast peace where others failed?

By JONATAN SHIMSHONI

AN IDF APC enters Syria at the ceasefire line last week. Less than 24 hours after Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghazi conceded that Assad’s regime had fallen to rebels, the IDF announced it had moved troops into the buffer zone, the writer notes.

Israel faces a once-in-a-lifetime chance in Syria - it would be a shame to miss it

By HARLEY LIPPMAN

‘A DURABLE end to the war must come with the release of the hostages,’ US Deputy Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood says. ‘This resolution abandoned that necessity, and for that reason, the United States could not support it.’ Here, members of the United Nations Security Council vote on the draft res

The credibility of Freedom House: The United Nations has reached its sell-by date

By NEVILLE BERMAN

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a graduation ceremony for armed forces officers at the Imam Ali academy in Tehran, Iran October 10, 2023

Khamenei: After Syria developments, Israel 'gravely mistaken' thinking uprising over

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Palestinians take part in a protest in support of prisoners held in Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Hebron on December 1, 2024

Resolution 1701: Israel's scam to withdraw from Lebanon that it blamed on the UN

By Anjuli Pandavar

Illustrative image of Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi-Israeli peace will only happen if Gaza war ends, sources tell 'Post'

By AMICHAI STEIN

Druze people from Israel and Syria use speakers and microphones to communicate across the Syrian-Israel border. July 30, 2024.

Syrian Druze offered Israel help in war, former minister says

By Walla!

IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER Ali Khamenei speaks in Tehran on December 4, 2024.

Disgraced and isolated: As his axis falls, Iran's Khamenei finds himself alone

ARAB LEAGUE Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit holds an emergency meeting with foreign ministers, in Cairo, following the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

In fire and blood: How the colonial divisions of the Middle East are dissolving

By FREDDY EYTAN

Portrait image of Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria

'Damascus taken by terror': Assad makes first comment since fleeing Syria to Russia

By AMICHAI STEIN , REUTERS

Rebel fighters stand near the Iranian embassy with a torn poster of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and late Iran's Revolutionary Guards' top commander Qassem Soleimani after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria December 8, 2024.

Tehran eyes influence in Syria with plans to reopen Damascus embassy

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Women walk through the al-Hol camp in Hasaka governorate, Syria, April 1, 2019.

Al-Hol camp is a test for future of Syria

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN