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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 rebel led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham stands in the back of a vehicle in al-Rashideen, Aleppo province, Syria November 29, 2024.

Avoiding past mistakes: Seven key concerns about the Islamist approach in Syria

By MOHAMED SAAD KHIRALLA

A DRONE view shows Damascus city at night, after the ousting of Bashar Assad, in Syria, earlier this week. Israel took immediate steps to prevent instruments of war from falling into enemy hands, the writer explains.

Israel's preemptive actions in Syria: Lessons from Churchill's World War II strategy

By SHLOMO SLONIM

PEOPLE CELEBRATE the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, in Sednaya, Syria, this week. The spectacular collapse of the Assad regime has introduced both uncertainty and opportunity, the writer notes.

In Syria’s Sednaya prison, waiting for loved ones: Many missing, many dead

By Rizik Alabi/The Media Line

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar during a situational assessment on Mount Hermon. December 17, 2024.

IDF avoiding striking Syria where American Austin Tice may be

By Walla!

Pages from an abandoned Syrian army booklets left by Bashar al-Assad's fleeing forces, photos taken in December 2024.

'Post' unveils Syrian army logs documenting final days of Assad regime

By YONAH JEREMY BOB , OHAD MERLIN

Iran's Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani speaks at the United Nations Security Council meeting, following a ballistic missile attack on Israel, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., October 2, 2024.

Iran’s self-delusion: Tehran scrambles to fix Syria ties after Assad's fall

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

An illustrative image of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

PEOPLE LOOKING for their relatives at Sednaya Prison, where thousands of people were said to be detained and tortured by the Assad regime in Damascus, Syria, in December 2024.

Israel has the chance to help reshape Syria and form stable ties

By Gil Murciano

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (left), (illustrative).

Israel, Turkey trade barbs over Syrian occupation

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a situational assessment on Mount Hermon. December 17, 2024.

Netanyahu: IDF to remain on Mt. Hermon until 'another arrangement' found

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Eli Cohen.

Eli Cohen: Who was the Israeli spy who infiltrated Syria in the 1960s?

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (left), Turkish Intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin (center), and interim Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad al-Bashir (right) (illustrative).

New Syrian transitional government meets with European, UN officials

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

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!

Reading a torah scroll

Torah Scroll rescued from ancient Syrian synagogue to be returned

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Turkish soldiers stand at the Cilvegozu border gate to cross into Syria. December 10, 2024.

Turkish invasion into Syria 'could be imminent,' US fears

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Demonstrators call for the return of the Gaza hostages in a hostage deal, December 14, 2024.

Netanyahu denies trip to Cairo for hostage talks as deal edges closer

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A drone view shows the site of a mass grave from the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, according to residents, after the ousting of al-Assad, in Al Qutayfah, Syria, December 17, 2024.

At least 100,000 bodies in Syrian mass grave, US advocacy group head says

By REUTERS