Hezbollah, Syrian forces advance on rebels 7 miles from Israel

Hezbollah and Syrian army forces have reportedly launched an assault on a besieged Syrian rebels’ stronghold some 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) from Israel’s border, even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel will not accept Iranian proxies on its frontier.

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In a New Challenge to Israel, Syria’s Assad Sets His Sights on Golan Border Area

The Assad regime is gearing up to expand the area it controls in southern Syria, near the border with Israel.

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Iran-backed militia in Syria says it’s ‘fully prepared’ to battle Israel

The head of a large Iranian-backed Iraqi militia that has been fighting in Syria said his group was ‘fully prepared’ to fight Israel if Damascus asked it to.

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Iran’s Syria Bases Near Israel Have Apocalyptic Intent

The locations of some of Iran’s military installations in Syria, including some within 30 miles of Israeli territory in the Golan Heights, may be motivated more by Tehran’s desire to provoke an Islamic end-of-the-world cataclysm than for strategic value, contends an expert on Shiite religious dogma.

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IDF fires at Syrian army position in Golan

Israeli tank units in the Golan Heights fired a warning shot at a Syrian army position inside a no-man’s land along the Israeli-Syrian frontier Sunday evening.

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Iranians built new military base in Syria

Iran is building a new military facility in Syria, the BBC has reported based on a Western intelligence source.

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