Changes to Syrian curriculum a harbinger of Islamification plans Syrian Education Minister Nazir al-Qadiri had said proposed revisions are limited to “inaccuracies” in Islamic education; a 50-page report reveals that they are far more extensive. JNS Staff Feb. 11, 2025
Al-Sharaa: Doha to press Israel to leave Syria ‘in coming days’ Qatar "will use all available means to exert pressure on Israel to return [the situation] to what it was before," the Syrian Islamist leader claimed. Akiva Van Koningsveld Jan. 16, 2025
IDF has seized more than 3,000 weapons in Syria since Dec. 8 Among the equipment seized were anti-tank missiles and RPG systems, mortar shells, explosive devices, observation equipment and two tanks, according to the IDF. JNS Staff Jan. 15, 2025
Israeli officials mull international conference on Syria The option of dividing the country into cantons to protect ethnic minorities could be raised at the conference, provided discussions are confidential. Shirit Avitan Cohen Jan. 10, 2025
Planned changes to Syria’s education curriculum raise concerns in the West Proposed changes include the explicit mention of “Jews and Christians” as those who are “damned and have gone astray.” JNS Staff Jan. 9, 2025
IDF soldiers continue ground operations on Syrian Golan Forces discovered an armored personnel carrier with "numerous weapons, anti-tank missiles and explosives," the IDF said. Jan. 9, 2025
Rabbi of Syrian Jewish community in Israel writes to Ahmed al-Sharaa Binyamin Hamra asks Syria's de facto leader to preserve the country's Jewish heritage sites. Etgar Lefkovits Jan. 7, 2025
Much has been achieved; much remains ahead The rescue this past year of Israeli hostages Noa Argamani, Shlomi Ziv, Almog Meir Jan and Andrei Kozlov began Israel's ascendant trajectory. Jonathan Spyer Jan. 3, 2025
Israel ‘will not jeopardize its own security,’ Sa’ar says on Syrian border Jerusalem will not allow another Oct. 7, 2023, massacre "on any front," the Israeli foreign minister vowed. Jan. 3, 2025