After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the demilitarized buffer zone created in Syria after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

A main road in the provincial capital of Quneitra in southern Syria was blocked with mounds of dirt, fallen palm trees and a metal pole that appeared to have once been a traffic light. On the other side of the barriers,

Local media report that the Israeli military is building six bases in the country's south, entrenching itself on territory seized following Assad's ouster.

Israel must respect Syria’s sovereignty just as they seek security for their ... On Wednesday, an Israeli strike in the Ghadir al-Bustan village in Quneitra province killed three people and injured several others, according to local residents and the ...

Syria's interim rulers are trying to form a united national army after the fall of Bashar Assad late last year

Syria's interim rulers are trying to form a united national army after the fall of Bashar Assad late last year.

Syria’s interim rulers are trying to form a united national army after the fall of Bashar Assad late last year

As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country's northwest late last year, officials from several countries backing either the rebels or

Abdo Ali Al Kouma was the backbone of his family in the small Syrian farming village of Ghadir Al Bustan, a cluster of low-slung houses surrounded by dry stone walls, fruit trees and flowers. All that changed on January 15,

UN Syria envoy Geir Pedersen was in Damascus for the second time since Assad's ouster for talks with the country's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.

By November 2017, Assad’s forces retook control of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria and Eastern Ghouta from various rebel groups. In 2018, the regime targeted southwestern regions to reclaim control from rebels, successfully recapturing Daraa and Quneitra.

When Syrian grandfather Omar Kafozi returned to his house near Damascus after Bashar al-Assad's ouster, he saw unfathomable destruction.