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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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Over 100 Killed, 125 Injured In Drone Attack On Syrian Military Academy

October 5, 2023 admin

At least 125 others also wounded after attack at Syrian military academy. Beirut: An attack Thursday on a Syrian military academy killed more than 100 people, a war monitor said, with state media blaming “terrorist organisations” for the drone strike in government-held Homs. Separately, Turkish air raids in the war-torn country’s Kurdish-held northeast killed at…

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US Shoots Down Turkish Drone In Syria: Pentagon

October 5, 2023 admin

US forces observed drones carrying out air strikes in northeast Syria on Thursday. Washington: US F-16 warplanes on Thursday shot down a drone belonging to NATO ally Turkey that was deemed a potential threat to American forces in Syria, the Pentagon said. The incident came as Turkey carries out strikes targeting Kurdish forces in the…

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