Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa criticized “random Israeli interventions” in Syria, and said the indirect talks are aimed to “contain” the situation.

Elite Israeli units uncovered bunkers and an arms cache in the cross-border strike, amid efforts to shield Druze villages from violence.

Five wounded Syrian Druze civilians evacuated to Ziv Medical Center in the Galilee.

President Ahmed al-Sharaa must “protect the Druze in the suburbs of Damascus from attacks by jihadist rioters,” said Defense Minister Israel Katz.

More than 500 residents of Syria were allowed by their country’s new rulers and Jerusalem to join a pilgrimage in the Galilee.

Dec. 8, 2024: Assad’s regime collapses, and Israel fears strategic weapons could fall into jihadist hands. A missile boat flotilla of the Israeli Navy is tasked with destroying the Syrian fleet at the port of Latakia.

Middle East expert and Israel Today commentator Edy Cohen on the advancing Islamization of Syria, Europe’s silence on the massacres of minorities – and why Christians, Alawites, and LGBTQ+ individuals now fear for their lives.

Jonathan Miller, Israel’s deputy envoy, stated that “our actions are guided not by ambition of expansion but purely by necessity, security and prevention.”

The IDF-approved tours of the far side of the Golan Heights are scheduled to get underway next week.