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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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Syria state TV says Israeli attack targets Aleppo, Damascus airports

October 12, 2023 admin

Syrian state media reported that Israeli airstrikes on Thursday hit the international airports of the Syrian capital Damascus and the northern city of Aleppo, damaging their runways and putting them out of service. State news agency SANA quoted an unnamed military official as saying that no one was hurt in the attacks. The Israeli military…

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Israel pounds Gaza by air; Hamas says still fighting outside enclave

October 11, 2023 admin

Palestinians carry a casualty on rubble in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip October 11, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel bombed Gaza overnight ahead of a potential ground assault against Hamas while U.S. President Joe Biden condemned the Palestinian militant group’s surprise attack as “sheer evil” and issued a…

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Israel Reports “Number Of Launches” From Syria, Hits Back With Air Strikes

October 11, 2023 admin

Jerusalem: Israel’s military on Tuesday said it had responded with artillery fire from the Golan Heights after munitions were launched toward territory it has occupied since 1967. “Soldiers are responding with artillery and mortar shells toward the origin of the launching in Syria,” an Israeli military statement said, on the fourth day of a war…

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Turkish strikes on northeast Syria kill 29: Kurdish forces

October 9, 2023 admin

Turkish attacks in Kurdish-held northeast Syria killed 29 Kurdish security personnel and wounded 28 at an academy for the forces, authorities in the semi-autonomous area said on October 9. Turkey has been bombing sites in the area since October 5, hitting civilian and military targets and infrastructure and causing casualties, according to Kurdish authorities. An…

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Funerals held in Syria for dozens of victims killed in deadliest attack in years

October 6, 2023 admin

Family members of some of the victims of a deadly drone attack on a crowded military graduation ceremony that killed scores gathered outside a military hospital in the central city of Homs on Friday to collect the bodies of their loved ones, who died in one of Syria’s deadliest single attacks in years. Thursday’s strike…

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