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Is Syria’s leader Ahmed al-Sharaa a master geopolitical chess player? - analysis

Ahmed al-Sharaa has proven to be an adept player of geopolitical chess. Now he will be tested on his ability to win the peace in Syria.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech on the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall, in Damascus, Syria December 8, 2025.
Hezbollah and Syrian flags flutter on a military vehicle in Western Qalamoun, Syria August 28, 2017.

A year into the new Middle East, concerns over Hezbollah and Syria's ideology remain - opinion

Despite Israel’s remarkable military victory a year ago, questions regarding the jihadist narrative in Syria and Hezbollah's military capabilities remain.

|BySARIT ZEHAVI
A guard carrying a weapon stands at the main entrance to the industrial city in Hassia, in Homs, Syria March 19, 2025.

Syrian regime thwarted Hezbollah weapons smuggling attempts, CENTCOM announces

“Congratulations to Syria’s security forces for recently interdicting multiple weapons shipments,” CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper said. “These shipments were intended for Hizbollah."

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An illustrative image of a Hezbollah flag in the backdrop of an individual holding a weapon.

Syria, Lebanon key to next phase of Middle East peace, says US Ambassador Tom Barrack - analysis

US Ambassador Tom Barrack recently argue that the Gaza peace deal will be remembered as "a defining moment in modern Middle Eastern diplomacy." How can that affect Lebanon's stability?

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Analysis: Israel zigzags on Iranian bases in Syria to give Russia room

Jerusalem may be eyeing different redlines in Syria in hopes Moscow’s message to Assad will reduce Iran’s presence.

NOVEMBER 30, 2017BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
FOREIGN MINISTERS Sergei Lavrov (C) of Russia, Walid al-Muallem (L) of Syria and Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran attend a news conference in Moscow in April.

Who benefits from the Russia-US-Jordan ceasefire deal in Syria?

Countries all see something different in the term “foreign forces.”

NOVEMBER 13, 2017BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
The Syrian area of Quneitra is seen in the background as an out-of-commission Israeli tank parks on a hill, near the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria, in the Golan Heights.

Hezbollah media: ISIS leader Baghdadi was reported in Syrian town

Syria's army declared victory over Islamic State on Thursday, saying its capture of the jihadists' last town in the country marked the collapse of their three-year, hard-line reign in the region.

NOVEMBER 10, 2017ByREUTERS
Al-Baghdadi proclaimed himself 'caliph,' or ruler of all Muslims, from the pulpit of the al-Nuri Mosque on July 4, 2014

Israel unmasks new Hezbollah commander on Syrian Golan

Munir Ali Naim Shaiti said to have taken command in 2016 following assassination of Samir Kuntar.

OCTOBER 25, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM
MUNIR ALI NAIM SHAITI (circled) has been identified as Hezbollah’s leader on the eastern Golan Heights.

How Hezbollah came to dominate information warfare

Hezbollah’s television and video production is its extensive use of new media and information technologies, including a major Internet presence.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017ByCOLIN P. CLARKE
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks to supporters on a screen

'Israel to occupy parts of south Lebanon in next conflict with Hezbollah'

Israeli withdrawal of its troops in 2000, after 22 years in south Lebanon, is still considered a victory for the Lebanese Shi'ite terror army.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM
IDF soldiers participating in the Or HaDagan Northern Command drill, September, 2017.

Lebanon exchanges IS militants for fallen soldiers

Islamic State will hand over one Hezbollah captive and the bodies of an estimated 8 Hezbollah forces in exchange for hundreds of IS militants.

AUGUST 29, 2017ByREUTERS
A Hezbollah fighter stands in front of anti-tank artillery at Juroud Arsal, the Syria-Lebanon border.

Russian military police deploy close to Israel's Golan to monitor safe zones

Moscow had informed Israel, the United States, and Jordan about the deployment.

JULY 25, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a tour of Mt. Hermon and Golan IDF positions.

Hezbollah says it seized strategic valley on Syria-Lebanon border

The offensive, launched on Friday by Hezbollah and the Syrian army, has so far focused on militants from al Qaeda's former Syria branch, previously called the Nusra Front.

JULY 24, 2017ByREUTERS
A Hezbollah member carries a mock rocket next to a poster of the group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah

Lebanon's Hezbollah, Syrian army advance in border offensive

The operation has targeted Sunni Muslim insurgents from the former Nusra Front, a group that was aligned to al-Qaida.

JULY 22, 2017ByREUTERS
A still image taken on July 21, 2017 from an undated footage by Hezbollah Military handout shows smoke rising at an unidentified location at the Syrian-Lebanese frontier.