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Bondi Beach vigil, Army Radio closure - December 21, 2025

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A rabbi lights the menorah during a tribute for the victims of a mass shooting during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, in Sydney, Australia, December 20, 2025.
 Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends an interview with Reuters at the presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria March 10, 2025.

US House votes to repeal 'Caesar' sanctions on Syria

Abu Ali al-Khair, a resident of Jableh, inspects his damaged house, as Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa grapples with the fallout from reported mass killings of Alawite minority members, in Jableh, Syria March 12, 2025.

Syria opens trial against suspects in mass killing of Alawite minorities, first since Assad's fall

 Marc and Debra Tice, parents of US journalist Austin Tice, talk during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon December 4, 2018.

Ex-Syrian official says he passed order for US journalist Austin Tice's execution


Avigdor Liberman: Israel to defend security interests on all fronts

"Hamas sends children to launch kites"

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman  Thursday, August 2.

A new Mideast in familiar clothing

The possibility that the “new” Syria might become a federation (similarly to Iraq) has not yet been ruled out, but even if it materializes, Syria’s boundaries will not change.

Syrian forces of President Bashar Assad are seen on al-Haara hill in Quneitra area, Syria July 17, 2018

Syria's Assad to Russian lawmakers: Western strikes were act of aggression

Russia, which is helping Assad fight rebel forces opposed to his rule, immediately condemned the strikes.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as seen in Damascus, Syria November 14, 2017.

Former IDF chief of staff: Israel was ready for war following Syria strike

‘IDF had two goals: destroy the reactor and avoid war,’ says then-military intelligence head Amos Yadlin

An Israeli air force F-15 fighter jet flies during an exhibition as part of the graduation ceremony of air force pilots at Hatzerim air base in southern Israel

UN issues blank statement on Syria, says it has run out of words

There followed 10 empty lines with quote marks indicating missing text, and an explanatory footnote.

A man holds a child after an airstrike in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 7, 2018.

Assad is using Turkey’s Afrin offensive to make gains in Syria

“Ensuring the security of its borders does not mean killing civilians, and that should be condemned. In a dangerous situation in Syria, [Turkey] should not add war to war.”

Riot police detain a demonstrator during a protest against Turkey's military operation in Syria's Afrin region, in Istanbul, Turkey

Peace with Iran Maybe?

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American doctor on Golan wounded by Syrian gunfire

The US volunteer was treating wounded Syrians in a field hospital as part of Operation Good Neighbor.

An IDF soldier comforts a Syrian child receiving humanitarian aid from Israel.

Syria's humanitarian crisis

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Why did Syria, Hezbollah bus ISIS fighters near Iraq?

Iraqi politicians condemn agreement allowing ISIS fighters to leave besieged Qalamoun.

Kata’ib Hezbollah fighters respond to ISIS firing on their position, Huseybeh al-Sharqiya, Anbar Province, June 13.