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Israeli Airstrike In Syria Kills Girl, Injures 10 Civilians

May 29, 2024 admin

Syria’s defence ministry said Israel launched new missile strikes on Wednesday. Beirut: Syria’s defence ministry said an Israeli air strike Wednesday killed a girl and wounded 10 civilians on the coast, as a war monitor reported another raid killed five pro-Hezbollah fighters. “The Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the direction of Lebanon, targeting…

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Israeli Strike Hits Syrian Security Building Outside Damascus

May 2, 2024 admin

An Israeli strike hit a building operated by Syrian security forces on Thursday. (Representational) Damascus: Syria’s defence ministry on Friday said eight soldiers had been injured in Israeli air strikes near Damascus. On Thursday night, “the Israeli enemy launched air strikes from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting a site near Damascus… injuring…

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Attack blamed on IS militants kills 22 pro-government fighters in central Syria

April 19, 2024 admin

Despite their defeat in Syria in March 2019, IS sleeper cells have been blamed for deadly attacks. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: AP An attack on pro-government fighters by suspected members of the Islamic State group in central Syria killed 22 pro-government fighters, an opposition war monitor and pro-government media reported on April 19….

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Watch | What is the Islamic State-Khorasan and why did they attack Russia?

April 2, 2024 admin

In June 2015, a few months after the Islamic State (IS) announced its Wilayat Khorasan, the Taliban wrote a letter to the IS chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Taliban’s demand was that the IS should stop recruiting jihadists in Afghanistan. Both the Taliban and the Islamic State were insurgencies that time. The letter, signed by…

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7 Iranian Revolutionary Guards Killed As Israel Strike Iran Embassy In Syria

April 1, 2024 admin

The Iran Revolutionary Guards strongly condemned the attack in a statement. Tehran: Israeli air strikes destroyed the Iranian embassy’s consular annex in Damascus Monday, Syrian and Iranian officials said, with a top Revolutionary Guard commander among seven members the force said were killed, amid worsening regional tensions. Israel said it would not comment on the…

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Guards among 8 reported killed in Israeli strike on Iran consular annex in Syria

April 1, 2024 admin

Emergency and security personnel extinguish a fire at the site of strikes which hit a building annexed to the Iranian embassy in Syria’s capital Damascus, on April 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Israeli air strikes destroyed the Iranian embassy’s consular annex in Syria on April 1, killing and wounding everyone inside, Damascus said as…

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Death toll in Israeli strikes on Syria climbs to 52, says monitor

March 30, 2024 admin

The death toll in Israeli air strikes on Syria has risen to 52, including 38 government soldiers and seven members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, a war monitor said on March 30. The strikes on March 29 fuelled concerns of a wider regional conflagration. They targeted “a rocket depot belonging to Lebanon’s Hezbollah” near the Aleppo…

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US Strikes Two Syrian Facilities After Attacks By Iranian Forces

October 27, 2023 admin

US forces have been hit more than a dozen times in Iraq and Syria in the past week (File) Washington: The US military struck two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday. “The precision self-defense strikes are a response to a…

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Amid Israel-Hamas Tensions, US Troops Targeted In Iraq, Syria

October 19, 2023 admin

Earlier this week, U.S. forces thwarted multiple drones targeting troops in Iraq. Washington: U.S. troops have been repeatedly attacked in Iraq and Syria in recent days, U.S. officials said on Thursday, as Washington is on heightened alert for activity by Iran-backed groups with regional tensions soaring during the Israel-Hamas war. President Joe Biden has sent…

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Amid War With Hamas, Israel Conducts Raid On Syrian Government Position: Report

October 18, 2023 admin

Sounds of explosions rang out in the province of Quneitra after an Israeli strike against a Syrian army. Beirut: The Israeli government carried out a raid on a Syrian government position in the war-torn country’s south, a war monitoring NGO said on Wednesday. “Sounds of explosions rang out in the province of Quneitra after an…

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