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Map of the UNDOF Zone (in purple) Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Israel has occupied most of the Golan Heights region of Syria. After the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Israel and Syria agreed to a ceasefire which created the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), which maintains a small buffer zone between the two countries.
The Israel Defense Forces said it has hit about 320 targets, destroying almost all of the Assad regime army's capability throughout Syria, from Damascus to Tartus.
On 20 November 2024, the Israeli Air Force conducted an airstrike on residential buildings and an industrial area in Palmyra in central Syria.According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the strikes killed at least 108 people, including 73 Iranian-backed Syrian militiamen and 29 foreign Iranian-backed militiamen, mostly members of the Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba of Iraq, as well as 15 ...
A surprise offensive by rebel forces opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime has led to a new round of fighting in the Middle Eastern country's long-running – but until recently ...
Iran provides military assistance to the militias fighting against rebel forces in Syria while also supporting the Syrian government. Israel considers the expanding Iranian presence in Syria to be a danger to its national security and has therefore taken steps to thwart the transfer of weapons to the militias that pose a direct threat to Israel.
The rebels launched their surprise offensive on Nov. 26, attacking from areas to the north and northwest of Aleppo. It is the first time control of the city has shifted since 2016, when government ...
The resulting ceasefire line (dubbed the "Purple Line" as it was drawn on the UN's maps) [citation needed] was supervised by a series of positions and observation posts manned by observers of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization [2] and became the new effective border between Israel and Syria. [citation needed]
Israel–Syria relations refer to the bilateral ties between the State of Israel and the Syrian Arab Republic.The two countries have been locked in a perpetual war since the establishment of Israel in 1948, with their most significant and direct armed engagements being in the First Arab–Israeli War in 1948–1949, the Third Arab–Israeli War in 1967, and the Fourth Arab–Israeli War in 1973.