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 Members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after US-backed alliance led by Syrian Kurdish fighters captured Deir el-Zor, in Syria December 7, 2024

Kurds in Syria hope Israel's support extends beyond words

 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
Reading a torah scroll

Torah Scroll rescued from ancient Syrian synagogue to be returned

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

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

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

Al-Hol camp is a test for future of Syria

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Damascus Jewish community unharmed despite rebel overthrow, Syrian Jew tells KAN

 Israel Katz attends a replacing ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on November 10, 2024.

Israel Katz: New Syrian leaders 'pretending' to be moderate, pose danger to Israel

A teacher in front of a school in Damascus, Syria December 15, 2024.

Syrian authorities reopen schools, a week after upheaval that overthrew Assad

By REUTERS
 A rebel fighter sits on the back of a vehicle in Homs countryside, after Syrian rebels pressed on in  their lightning advance on Saturday.

Turkey ready to offer military training to Syria if new administration requests, minister says

By REUTERS
 A Russian military convoy heads towards Hmeimim air base in Syria's coastal Latakia, Syria, December 14, 2024.

Russia pulling back but not out of Syria, sources say

By REUTERS
 Damage around Qamishli International Airport area, in Syria, December 10, 2024

Southern Syria's resurgence brings Jordan and Iraq back in key roles

 Fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) attend a joint military exercise with forces of the US in the countryside of the town of al-Malikiya (Derik in Kurdish) in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province on September 7, 2022.

Turkey moves to isolate the Kurds in Syria, and prepares a way for new attacks

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

Interim Syrian gov't complains to UN as Israel extends buffer zone

 Travis Pete Timmerman, a US citizen who went missing in Syria, speaks to press after being found following the fall of the Assad regime in Damascus, Syria on December 12, 2024.

US flies freed American Travis Timmerman out of Syria, official says

By REUTERS
 Israeli military forces cross the fence to the buffer zone with Syria, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights, on December 11, 2024.

Israel at war: What happened on day 434?

 US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, 12 December 2024 in front of torn picture of Syria's ex-president Bashar al-Assad (illustration).

US security adviser Sullivan says Israel is acting in Syria for its own defense

 A stash of burnt pills is scattered on the grounds of the Mazzeh military air base on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus on December 11, 2024.

Syrian rebels expose Assad's labs with Captagon, 'poison' drug fueling deadly trade

 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