Syria, Israel and Netanyahu

Netanyahu says Israel won't allow Syrian forces 'south of Damascus'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not allow Syria’s new army or the insurgent group that led the ouster of former President Bashar Assad to “enter the area south of Damascus” as his government made clear Israeli forces would
Israel won't allow HTS forces in southern Syria, Netanyahu says
Israel on Sunday said it will not tolerate presence of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in southern Syria, nor any other forces affiliated with the country's new rulers, and demanded the territory be demilitarized.
Live briefing: Netanyahu says Israel demands ‘complete demilitarization’ of southern Syria
In an address Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Syria’s new rulers should demilitarize the Quneitra, Daraa and Suwayda provinces.
Israel’s Netanyahu Demands Demilitarization of Southern Syria
Israel won’t allow forces of the new Syrian administration to enter territory south of Damascus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, lifting the veil on Israel’s long-term plans for its northern neighbor after the fall of the Bashar Al-Assad regime.
Israel wants demilitarization of parts of southern Syria
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly called for the demilitarization of areas south of the Syrian capital Damascus. Netanyahu told graduating officer cadets he wanted the provinces of Kuneitra,
Israeli Prime Minister calls for disarmament in southern Syria
By bna Cairo bureau Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the disarmament of Daraa, Suwayda, and Quneitra in southern Syria, saying the new Syrian administration should not enter these provinces,
Long War Journal10h
US military kills Al Qaeda facilitator in Syria
A US airstrike killed Wasim Tahsin Bayraqdar, who US Central Command (CENTOM) identified as "a senior leadership facilitator" ...
Hosted on MSN2d
Steep uphill battle: The many challenges in building Syria's new army
Those undertaking the colossal task of building Syria’s new army face significant challenges. While former rebel commanders ...
PBS2d
Syria’s minority sects concerned new government won’t protect them
When Sunni rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last December, they vowed to form an inclusive Syrian government by March. Sunnis ...
Trump congratulates US forces after airstrike kills ‘terrorist leader’ in Syria
The airstrike took place on Saturday and resulted in the death of a “senior finance and logistics official in the terrorist organization Hurras al-Din (HaD), an Al-Qaeda affiliate,” according ...
Task & Purpose7d
US strike kills a senior official of an al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria
The airstrike in Syria's Idlib province killed a "senior finance and logistics official" from the militant group Hurras al-Din. By Nicholas Slayton Posted on Feb 17, 2025 U.S. forces killed a ...
France 247d
US says it killed senior al-Qaeda affiliate official in Syria
The US military said on Sunday that it killed a senior official of an al Qaeda affiliate during an airstrike in northwest Syria the day ... the region," CENTCOM General Michael Erik Kurilla ...