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Handful of remaining Syrian Jews visit Damascus’s main synagogue amid post-Assad hopes

Damascus's Eliyahu Hanavi synagogue—or what's left of it—is now safe to visit again after more than a decade in the midst of a war zone

By JC Reporter

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2YY95MJ Damascus, Syria. 18th Dec, 2024. The 2,000-year-old synagogue located in the suburb of Jobar, Damascus, totally destroyed after clashes from 2013 to 2018, as seen few days after the regime of Bashar El Assad collapsed, as seen near Damascus, Syria, on December 18, 2024. Photo by Ammar ABD RABBO/ABACAPRESS.COM Credit: Abaca Press/Alamy Live News
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (Andriy Sybiga) (C-L) leads a delegation of officials including Agriculture Minister Vitaliy Koval (2nd-L) as they are received by Syria's new leader and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) chief Ahmed al-Sharaa (C-R) in Damascus on December 30, 2024. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP) (Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images)
Seth J. Frantzman

By Seth J. Frantzman

2025 could see a wave of optimism spread across the Middle East

4 min read
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (Andriy Sybiga) (C-L) leads a delegation of officials including Agriculture Minister Vitaliy Koval (2nd-L) as they are received by Syria's new leader and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) chief Ahmed al-Sharaa (C-R) in Damascus on December 30, 2024. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP) (Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images)
Loay Alshareef

By Loay Alshareef

Have Syria’s new rulers really left jihadism behind?

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Sain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and slain IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani (Getty Images)
Iran

How Iran is trying to get supplies to Hezbollah, in spite of chaos in Syria

By Yaakov Lappin

2 min read
An Israeli army soldier holds a portrait of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on 14 December, 2024. (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)
Druze

Druze in Syria ask to live under Israeli rule out of fear of new Islamist radicals

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read
Lyse Doucet has attracted ire after she said “Jewish, Muslim, Christian - they’re all here and they want to believe they have a space now as Syria embarks on this new chapter.”
Syria

Outcry after BBC reporter suggests Jews will live in ‘diverse’ Syria

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read
Aftermath of a strike attributed to Israel on the Barzeh scientific research centre affiliated with the Syrian defence ministry (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)
Syria

‘Nothing left’ of Syria’s weapons arsenal after Israeli strikes, local army sources say

By JC Reporter

2 min read

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Seth J. Frantzman

By Seth J. Frantzman

Syria’s new rulers need to show Israel and the rest of the region that it will not be a threat

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December 11, 2024 09:02
Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group (Getty Images)

Are Israeli soldiers really approaching the gates of Damascus?

By JC Reporter

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December 10, 2024 12:52
Israeli tanks near the Syria buffer zone fence (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Apologise!’ Corbyn heckled by Labour MP as he criticises Israel instead of condemning Assad

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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December 10, 2024 10:59
Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (Image: UK Parliament).

Israel moves to control Syria buffer zone

By JC Reporter

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December 9, 2024 12:04
Defence Minister Israel Katz has ordered the IDF to create a secure area beyond the buffer zone with Syria (Image: Getty)

The scale of Iran’s loss in Syria cannot be overstated

By Yaakov Lappin

3 min read

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December 9, 2024 10:33
Syrian regime airstrikes target anti-regime fighters in Aleppo, in northern Syria on November 30 (Image: Getty)

Israel deploys troops to Syrian border as Assad regime falls

By Ellie Grant

2 min read

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December 8, 2024 11:39
Israel has responded to the heightened instability on its northern border after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s sudden ousting (Image: Getty)

UK views Golan Heights as occupied territory, despite voting against Israeli withdrawal

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

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December 5, 2024 15:30
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a speech before the newly-unveiled sign for the new settlement of "Trump Heights" in the Golan Heights (Credit: Getty Images)
Jonathan Spyer

By Jonathan Spyer

What is happening in Syria is a microcosm of the dynamics of the Middle East

3 min read

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December 5, 2024 10:49
Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) fighters move past abandoned Syrian army military equipment and vehicles, as they reach al-Safirah town southeast of Aleppo city on December 3 (Getty Images)
Yaakov Katz

By Yaakov Katz

The uprising in Syria is providing a convenient distraction for Bibi

3 min read

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December 5, 2024 07:30
Syrian regime airstrikes target anti-regime fighters in Aleppo, in northern Syria on November 30 (Getty)
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