Analysis: Syria’s leader shows signs of his jihadist past; atrocities against Druze force Israel to act while trying to preserve ties with Damascus; amid political pressures from Trump and Erdoğan, IDF and police caught unprepared as Golan border spiraled

Opinion: As Kurdish insurgents disarm and Syria's dynamics shift, Turkey emerges as a regional powerbroker; Israel, despite its strategic daring, finds itself outflanked, risking a slide into a cold war fought through diplomacy, not firepower