Damascus International Airport

February 21, 2024 | |

At Least Two Reported Killed in Alleged Israeli Airstrike in Damascus

An alleged Israeli airstrike in Damascus killed two people, Syrian state-run media reported on February 21. The reports claim that Israeli planes launched several missiles that hit...

February 2, 2024 | |

Israeli Airstrike Reportedly Targets Iranian Assets in Damascus

An alleged Israeli airstrike in Damascus on February 2 killed an advisor in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The strike comes one day after reports surfaced that...

February 1, 2024 | |

Iran Evacuates IRGC Officers From Syria

Iran is pulling senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officers out of Syria after facing a series of targeted airstrikes against its personnel, Reuters reported on February...

December 2, 2023 | |

Two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Killed in Reported Syria Strike by Israel

Two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officers were killed in a reported Israeli air strike in Syria on December 2. Israel acknowledges conducting hundreds of air strikes...

October 12, 2023 | |

Syria Reports Israeli Strikes on Damascus, Aleppo Airports

Syria reported Israeli strikes against two of its major airports on October 12, underscoring the potential for escalation on yet another front. There was no immediate word on the...

January 2, 2023 | |

Netanyahu Signals Israel Will Press Syria Strikes

Latest Developments Syria said Israel attacked Damascus International Airport today, briefly putting the site out of service. According to preliminary media reports, the target was a position run by the...

September 28, 2022 | John Hardie, Ivana Stradner

Moscow Cozies Up With Hamas to Pressure Israel

A delegation from the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, led by Politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh, made a multi-day visit to Moscow this month for meetings with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as...

December 13, 2018 | Tony Badran |

The Curtain is Falling on Bibi’s Lebanese Belly-Dance

What lies beneath seven years of Israeli rhetoric about Iran?

March 2, 2018 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

Trump Should Block Iran’s Air Corridor to Syria

Last month, an Iranian drone reportedly violated Israeli airspace after taking off from a base i...

July 21, 2017 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

The Iranian Express

On November 30, 2016, Syria watcher Tobias Schneider tweeted out pictures of an Iraqi Shia militiaman boarding an Iranian commercial airliner en route to Damascus. One selfie taken on the plane s...

July 5, 2016 | Tony Badran |

Why Bibi’s Visits to Moscow Mean Bad News for Israel

Last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Russia for yet another meeting with president Vladimir Putin—his third such trip (and fourth meeti...

May 26, 2016 | David Daoud |

Iran and Hezbollah Avoid Blaming Israel for Terrorist Commander’s Death

Mustafa Badreddine, the head of Hezbollah’s military operations in Syria, was recently killed in an explosion near Damascus International Airport. Although the assassination bears some sign...

May 18, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

A death in Damascus, a funeral in Beirut

Five years ago, during the hopefully named Arab Spring, Syrians staged peaceful protests against the ruling dynasty that had long oppressed them. President Bashar al Assad responded brutally: In...

May 13, 2016 | Tony Badran |

Hezbollah Military Commander Killed in Syria

Mustafa Badreddine, Hezbollah’s military commander, was killed in Syria on Thursday night according to Lebanese television channels close to Hezbollah. Al-Mayadeen TV claimed Badreddine was...

December 11, 2014 | Tony Badran |

Exploding the Israel-Assad Myth

On Sunday, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) allegedly bombed targets at the Damascus International Airport and in a base in Dimas near the border with Lebanon. This latest strike, like all those befor...

June 5, 2013 | Tony Badran

Washington’s Syria Policy

Madame Chairwoman, Ranking Member Deutch, and distinguished Members of the Committee. On behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, thank you for inviting me to testify at toda...

November 29, 2012 | Lee Smith The Weekly Standard |

Communications Blackout in Syria

Two technology firms that monitor global Internet traffic report that Syria has been cut off from the Inte...

August 20, 2012 | |

Assad’s Ally Arrested

In Beirut last week, former Lebanese MP and cabinet member Michel Sa...

February 27, 2012 | Lee Smith The Weekly Standard |

Free Syria

Maybe the murder of an American journalist in Syria last week will focus the American president’s mind. Marie Colvin was killed, along with a French photojournalist, when troops loyal to -P...

February 12, 2012 | |

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In the fall of 2007 Israel reportedly hacked into Syria’s air defense systems and disabled them, as a prelude to bombing a nuclear facility in the Syrian desert. This vaunted cyber exploit,...