According to IDF sources, government policy divides Israeli activity in Syria into three main areas. The first is the security zone on the line of contact, where IDF troops operate in the area of ​​the international Israeli-Syrian border, with the aim of directly protecting the nearby communities, as well as deeper into the State of Israel.

British and French warplanes have carried out an airstrike in central Syria, targeting an underground facility suspected of storing weapons for the Islamic State group

“If Syria fails to integrate all armed forces and former opposition groups into its army, it faces an existential challenge of fragmentation and disintegration,” Caroline Rose, director of military and national security priorities at the New Lines Institute, told Al Jazeera.

DAMASCUS, Syria -- DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria started the process of circulating new currency bills on Saturday as the crisis-hit nation seeks to stabilize the economy as it recovers from the fall of Bashar Assad’s government.

Syria’s Justice Ministry said Wednesday that safeguarding the country’s unity and sovereignty is a red line, warning that any rhetoric or

Three rockets hit the Mazzeh area of the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday, local authorities said, adding that one damaged a mosque and another landed near a military airport. Syria's official SANA news agency had earlier reported that an unidentified missile had struck the area without causing any casualties.

Britain’s and France’s air forces conducted a joint operation on Saturday evening to bomb a suspected underground arms cache previously used by the Islamic State group in Syria, Britain’s defence ministry said.

Images shared by Syria's state-run news agency showed blood on carpets, holes in the walls, shattered windows and fire damage.

Despite years of defeat claims, ISIS adapts and persists in Syria's chaos, prompting major U.S. military response and raising containment questions.

Mosque in Homs, Syria, during Friday afternoon prayers on December 26, 2025, killing at least three people and injuring around fifteen others. The blast, which occurred in the Wadi al-Dahab neighborhood,