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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

IDF soldiers stand atop tanks in the Golan Heights near Israel's border with Syria.

Residents of Syrian Golan villages, rebels transfer Assad weapons to IDF

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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Syria retains 26 tons of gold reserves after Assad's fall

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

CLOUDS OVER a village on the Golan Heights

Israel approves plan to expand communities in the Golan Heights

The Bab al-Hawa border crossing between Syria and Turkey, December 8, 2024.

Syrian Shi'ites and other minorities flee to Lebanon, fearing Islamist rule

By REUTERS

REBELS LED by HTS capitalize on their swift takeover of Aleppo in northern Syria and Hama in the west-central region by pressing onward to Homs, in Hama, last Friday. Having pounded anti-Assad factions for years, Russia cannot expect accommodation from HTS, say the writers.

What the new Middle East chessboard means for Israel

By CATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM , Stepan Stepanenko

Rebel fighters stand next to the burning gravesite of Syria's late president Hafez al-Assad at his mausoleum in the family's ancestral village of Qardaha in the western Latakia province on December 11, 2024, after it was stormed by opposition factions.

Syrian rioters set tomb of Hafez al-Assad ablaze in Qardaha

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

IDF soldiers gather near the ceasefire line between Syria and Israel, in the Golan Heights, December 9, 2024

'Any sane country would do this': Bennett denies IDF advance on Damascus, outlines defensive needs

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

President Assad meets President Putin in Moscow, July 25, 2024

Moscow extends lifeline to Assad, offers asylum to family

By JOANIE MARGULIES

Assad poster burns in Syria

End of an era: Rebels, Syrian army declare fall of Assad regime

By Mathilda Heller

An anti-government fighter steps on a torn up portrait of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Hama, a day after rebels captured the central-west city, on December 6, 2024.

Assad flees Damascus, rebels liberate Sednaya military prison

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Members of an Iraqi Shi'ite armed group sit in a vehicle after an attack by a drone strike on an Iran-backed militia headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq January 4, 2024.

Could the unrest in Syria spillover into Iraq? Iran seems to think so

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Illustrative image of Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi

Words over actions: Iran's FM seeks to drum up support for Assad regime in Middle East

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

People gather as a person holds the Syrian opposition flag, after rebels led by HTS have sought to capitalize on their swift takeover of Aleppo in the north and Hama in west-central Syria by pressing onwards to Homs, in Hama, Syria December 6, 2024.

Syrian rebels gather momentum as Assad tries to shore up defense

By REUTERS

A poster depicting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is placed on a building in Damascus, after last week's rebel seizure of Aleppo marked the biggest offensive for years, Syria December 5, 2024.

Syrian rebel leader claims group wants to end Assad regime, see foreign forces withdraw

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

RESIDENTS OF Aleppo, Syria, line up to receive bread on Tuesday.

Only one nation can help Syria recover: The Arabs

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

THE SYRIAN civil war flared anew on November 27 with an offensive by an alliance of hardcore Sunni jihadists. Here, Iranians protest earlier this week in front of the Turkish Embassy in Tehran against Turkey’s support of the rebel alliance battling the regime in Syria.

The toppling of Assad's regime in Syria may be bad news for Israel