Aljazeera Source Why does Syria matter to Israel and Turkiye? | Inside Story
127,346 views Apr 12, 2025 #AlJazeeraEnglish #MiddleEastConflict #RegionalSecurity
Israel and Turkiye have been holding closed-door meetings in Azerbaijan, to work out ways to avoid direct conflict in Syria. Both have a military presence there — and accuse each other of threatening regional security. Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes on Syria since Bashar al Assad was toppled in December, destroying military infrastructure and hardware. Turkiye says these attacks and Israel’s expansion into the occupied Golan Heights are further destabilising the country. For its part, Israel has accused Ankara of trying to turn Syria into a Turkish protectorate.
So, what are the two sides trying to achieve?
Presenter: James Bays
Guests:
Barin Kayaoglu — Assistant Professor at the Institute for Area Studies at the Social Sciences University of Ankara
Joshua Landis — Director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma
Alon Liel — Former Director at the Israeli Foreign Ministry
UN Security Council meets on Syria, members call for end to Israeli bombardment
40,142 views Apr 11, 2025 #MiddleEastConflict #InternationalLaw #AlJazeeraEnglish
The United Nations Security Council has held an emergency session to discuss Israel’s ongoing military actions in Syria. Several member states voiced concern, calling repeated Israeli airstrikes a violation of international law and a destabilizing force in the region.
Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo reports from the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Syria condemns ‘unprovoked Israeli attacks’ near Damascus
46,851 views Feb 27, 2025 #Israel #AlJazeeraEnglish #Syria
Over the past two days, Israel has conducted multiple airstrikes across Syria, targeting areas in the south and near Damascus.
At least one person has been killed, with Syrian leaders condemning the strikes as ‘unprovoked attacks.’
Earlier, Syria called on Israel to withdraw from territory it has occupied since the fall of the Assad regime in December.
Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi reports.
Israeli military bombs Syrian military bases, command centres
64,676 views Feb 26, 2025 #SyriaConflict #Israel #BasharAlAssad
Israel’s military says it’s been carrying out air strikes in southern Syria and outside the capital Damascus.
The strikes reportedly hit command centres and military bases containing weapons – that’s according to the Israeli military.
At least one person was killed.
Hours before the attacks, Syria condemned Israel’s invasion of a buffer zone between Israel and Syria, calling for it to withdraw its forces.
Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu says his troops will remain in the occupied Golan Heights “indefinitely.”
Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut has more from Jordan’s capital, Amman.
Qatar’s PM calls on Israeli forces to withdraw from Syria buffer zone
58,542 views Jan 17, 2025 #AlJazeeraEnglish #SheikhMohammed #Israel
Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, has demanded that Israel “immediately withdraw” its forces from the United Nations-established buffer zone with Syria after Israeli troops entered the area following the removal of Syria’s longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
Al Jazeera’s Mohammad Jamjoom reports from Damascus.
Israeli tanks on Syrian soil: AJE correspondent
124,568 views Jan 4, 2025 #FreeSyria #SyriaCivilWar #SyriaConflict
Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid reports live from the town of Ba’ath in Quneitra, where he highlights Israeli tanks stationed on Syrian soil. Bin Javaid describes trenches marking the town’s boundary, with Israeli military posts, checkpoints, and troops advancing deeper into Syrian territory daily.
He notes that residents face severe hardships, with limited electricity and communication, and feel they are under occupation despite being freed from the Assad regime. Satellite images reveal Israel’s continued violation of the 1974 demilitarized zone agreement, with forces expanding their presence, isolating villages, and cutting off communities.
Occupation of Golan heights: Israel moving further into Syrian territory
19,590 views Jan 4, 2025 #PKK #AlJazeeraEnglish #Kurds
Rob Geist Pinfold, a lecturer in International Security at King’s College London, joins Al Jazeera’s live from London. He shared his surprise at recent statements by Western nations, which ex-pressed support for the Kurds but ruled out the establishment of a Kurdish entity in eastern Syria. He highlighted the ongoing tension between the de facto Kurdish-ruled region and the new central government led by HDS and Ahmed El Shara, noting Turkey’s critical stance on the matter. Turkey views the Kurdish-dominated SDF in eastern Syria as a terrorist enclave linked to the PKK, a group it has long opposed.
Israel strikes violate Syria’s sovereignty: Guterres
10,856 views Dec 20, 2024 #IsraelStrikes #SyriaConflict #MiddleEastTensions
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has warned Israel to stop its air strikes in Syria, emphasizing that these actions violate Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. He also condemned Israel’s occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights, which has been in place since the fall of the Assad regime. Guterres’s statements highlight ongoing international concerns over regional stability.
Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo reports from the UN headquarters in New York.
Israel’s expansion in the Golan heights: Strategic gains or permanent occupation?
17,264 views Dec 19, 2024 #GolanHeights #Israel #Syria
Rob Geist-Pinfold, a Lecturer in Peace and Security at Durham University, joins Al Jazeera’s live to discuss Israel’s further occupation and settlement expansion in the Golan Heights. Geist-Pinfold explains that the Israeli military is responding to events in Syria, seizing tactical advantages by expanding territory previously designated as a buffer zone. He highlights how this move is largely unnoticed by Israeli mainstream media and underscores the strategic importance of controlling key areas.
Syria: Israeli forces seize Golan villages in buffer zone, displacing residents
36,851 views Dec 19, 2024 #SyriaCivilWar #GolanHeights #BasharAlAssad
Israel’s military has forced Syrian villagers from their homes as it extends the territory it occupies on the Golan Heights.
Critics accuse Israel of taking advantage of the political uncertainty since the end of the Assad’s rule.
Syrian villagers say they feel abandoned by the new leaders in Damascus.
Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall reports from Quneitra, on the Golan Heights.
Netanyahu says troops will remain on Mount Hermon until ‘another arrangement’ is reached
46,433 views Dec 17, 2024 #BenjaminNetanyahu #SyriaCivilWar #GolanHeights
The UN says Israel’s military presence along the Golan Heights buffer zone in Syria is severely impacting its peacekeepers.
The comments come after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the area and said the Israeli army will stay there for the foreseeable future.
Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall has more from Damascus, Syria.
Israel approves Netanyahu’s plan to expand settlements in occupied Golan Heights
57,152 views Dec 16, 2024 #BenjaminNetanyahu #SyriaCivilWar #GolanHeights
Israel’s government has approved a plan to expand illegal settlements in the occupied Golan Heights.
It comes a week after the army invaded the UN buffer zone between the territory and southern Syria.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the government acted “in light of the new front facing Syria” and wants to double the Israeli population on the Golan Heights.
He says Israel’s policy towards Syria is still undetermined.
Rob Geist Pinfold is a lecturer in Peace and Security at Durham University.
Israeli strikes target military and ammunition sites across Syria
90,297 views Dec 16, 2024 #SyriaCivilWar #GolanHeights #SyrianRebels
Israel has launched several attacks inside Syria, insisting threats posed by the country remain significant.
The Israeli army says it’s targeting what it says are military sites.
Attacks near the northern coastal city of Tartous caused huge explosions.
Israel has hit Syria with more than 500 air strikes since the Assad regime was toppled last week.
Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar has more from Damascus, Syria.
Israel repeatedly bombing Syria ‘simply because it can’: Analysis
73,125 views Dec 15, 2024 #SyriaCivilWar #GolanHeights #SyriaConflict
Israeli has launched more attacks across Syria with a number of military sites targeted in just the past 12 hours.
Israeli media say the air force destroyed warehouses storing missiles and rocket launchers near the town of Qastal, in the Damascus countryside.
They also hit ammunition depots in the town of Muhajja, east of Deraa.
The Israeli military appears to be hitting everything that is associated with the former regime, according to Rob Geist Pinfold, lecturer in peace and security at Durham University.
Israel fired 61 missiles at Syrian military sites
69,402 views Dec 15, 2024 #SyriaCivilWar #GolanHeights #SyriaConflict
Israeli attacks are continuing across Syria with at least 61 missile strikes recorded in the past 12 hours.
Israeli media says the air force destroyed warehouses with missiles and rocket launchers near the town of Qastal in the Damascus countryside.
They also hit ammunition depots in the town of Muhajja in the eastern countryside of Deraa.Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar has more from Damascus, Syria.
Israeli forces destroy streets, water networks in Syria’s Quneitra
56,536 views Dec 15, 2024 #SyriaCivilWar #GolanHeights #SyriaConflict
Israeli tanks are now stationed in towns and villages in Syria’s southwest.
That’s after the Israeli military expanded its occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights following the collapse of the Assad regime.Al Jazeera’s Muntasir Abou Nabout has more from Quneitra, in southwestern Syria.
Explosions heard in Syrian capital: AJE correspondent
94,129 views Dec 14, 2024 #aljazeeralivenews #SyriaCivilWar #SyriaConflict
Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar says a “loud explosion” has been heard in Damascus. “It has shaken the hotel that journalists are staying in,” Serdar said, adding that it was followed by the sound of several less powerful blasts. While the exact source and locations of the explosions were not confirmed, Serdar noted that Israel has been carrying out aerial bombardments “on strategic areas” across Syria – particularly in and around Damascus – around this time over the past few days.
Israel has denied reports in the media that its troops have taken control of Syrian territory27,733 views Dec 13, 2024 #SyriaCivilWar #SyriaConflict #BasharAlAssadIsrael has denied media reports that its troops have taken control of Syrian territory. It says soldiers are operating in the Golan Heights buffer zone to protect civilians.Ariel Cohen, the Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, joins Al Jazeera’s live from Washington DC.
Israel’s attacks on Syria show its ‘changing regional role’: Analysis
37,669 views Dec 13, 2024 #SyriaCivilWar #GolanHeights #BasharAlAssad
Israel’s response to the collapse of al-Assad’s government, including deployments in the Syria-controlled part of the occupied Golan Heights and a massive bombing campaign against the country’s military infrastructure, shows how Israel’s regional role has profoundly changed, says Rob Geist Pinfold, a scholar of international security at Durham University.
“Israel feels insecure – whether that’s true or not – and as a response to that insecurity what do they do? They take territory,” he told Al Jazeera. “We have seen that happen in Lebanon, we have seen that in Gaza, and now we’re seeing that happen in Syria.”
He added: “The irony here is that what we have in Syria is Israel basically creating a buffer zone to protect its original buffer zone which is the Golan Heights,” he added.
He also called the scale of Israeli strikes on Syria’s military infrastructure “unprecedented”.
“This shows that Israel is really changing its regional role,” he added. “Israel used to be a status-quo power – Now Israel is the revisionist power, it’s Israel that wants to change things.”
Air strikes target Syrian sites: Israel denies it’s advancing toward Damascus
24,471 views Dec 11, 2024 #GolanHeights #Israel #AlJazeeraEnglish
Israel is denying reports its forces have advanced into Syrian territory. That follows an incursion by its troops on Sunday into a buffer zone next to the Golan Heights that it occupies. The government says it’s a temporary measure to ensure border security. But the move has been widely condemned across the region.
Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi reports from the Lebanon Syria border.
Why Israel is bombing Syria? Because it can get away with it alas: Marwan Bishara
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, discussed Israel’s extensive airstrikes on Syrian installations, comparing them to historic Israeli actions justified as security measures. He criticised the hypocrisy of Israel’s security pretext endorsed by Western powers. Bishara explained that Israel aims to destabilise and weaken neighbouring countries for its own security. He noted that the new Syrian administration is overwhelmed and unable to respond effectively. Bishara highlighted that regional powers like Egypt and Saudi Arabia have condemned Israel’s actions.
Israeli army moves into Syria amid political chaos | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
101,670 views Dec 10, 2024
The Israeli military has entered Syria following the fall of the Assad government to create what it calls temporary buffer zones against ‘hostile forces’, but analysts say their intentions could be annexing territory.
Israel bombards Syria as opposition seeks to form a new government
155,467 views Dec 10, 2024 #GolanHeights #FreeSyria #SyriaCivilWar
Multiple explosions have hit Syria’s capital, a day after opposition fighters forced the collapse of the Assad regime. There’ve been about a hundred Israeli air strikes on Damascus and other parts of the country as people look to rebuild after 13 years of civil war.
What are Israel’s plans in Syria and claims by far-right ministers to Damascus? | Inside Story
239,035 views Dec 10, 2024 #GolanHeights #SyriaCivilWar #BasharAlAssad
As the Assad government falls, Israel seizes more territory in Syria’s Golan Heights.
That move tears up a 50-year-old agreement.
But Israeli far-right ministers say their country’s borders should extend further – to Damascus.
So what are Israel’s plans in Syria?
Presenter:
Dareen Abughaida
Guests:
Robert Geist Pinfold – lecturer in International Peace and Security at Durham University.
Akiva Eldar – political analyst and veteran journalist.
Salma Daoudi – Syria researcher and policy analyst, and non-resident fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy.
Jordan monitors Syria as Israel reinforces military in Golan Heights: AJE correspondent
20,754 views Dec 7, 2024 #GolanHeights #Syria #Israel
Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh reports live from Amman, highlighting Jordan’s close monitoring of developments in neighboring Syria. Addressing Israel’s announcement to reinforce its military presence in the occupied Golan Heights, Odeh underscores that this move reflects Israel’s broader regional ambitions and ongoing attempts to consolidate its occupation.
At least 15 people killed in Israeli attack on Syria’s Damascus
23,749 views Nov 15, 2024 #Syria #DamascusAttack #Israel
Syrian state media are reporting two Israeli air strikes on the capital have killed at least 15 people. One hit a western neighbourhood of Damascus while another targeted a suburb. The office of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group was targeted, with several of their members killed. Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford has more from Beirut, Lebanon.
