Syria and Israel have held several rounds of direct talks in recent weeks aiming to quell spiralling tensions between the neighbouring countries, said three people briefed on the situation.

On Wednesday, France’s foreign ministry urged Israel ... northern Syria. The insurgents said they were ready to march on south towards Homs, a crossroads city that links the capital Damascus ...

Syria, a country with a population of about 22 million people, is located on the east coast of the Mediterranean sea. It borders Turkey to the north, Lebanon and Israel to the west and southwest ...

Map: Where is Syria and how are its neighbours ... including on the capital, Damascus, Aleppo and Hama. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claims it has destroyed around 80% of the Assad regime's ...

Pained and angered by deadly clashes between Islamist and Druze gunmen in Syria in recent weeks, leaders of Israel's own Druze minority say the Israeli military was right to intervene to defend the ...

Israel's Military Is Told to Prepare to Defend a Druze Community Outside Syria's Capital JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense ministry on Saturday said the military has been instructed to prepare ...

In maps: How did anti-Assad rebels take control? Syria rescuers end search for secret cells in notorious Saydnaya prison Israel's attacks come after Syrian rebel fighters captured the capital ...

Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu said: ‘Israel will not allow the Druze ... about five miles southwest of the Syrian capital, came one day after a wave of clashes in the Druze-majority ...

Israel carried out an air strike on the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, targeting what the military said was a command center belonging to the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad ...

Israeli warplanes on Thursday struck a building in the suburbs of Damascus, the first air strike in the Syrian capital since interim ... was planning attacks on Israel from that location.

Israel Conducts Airstrike on Edge of Syrian Capital, Three Reported Hurt DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Israel carried out an airstrike on the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, targeting what the military ...

A suburb of Damascus is at the center of the new Syrian government's struggle for control. Now, Israel is threatening to intervene due to unrest, turning this into a possible international incident.