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The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said Thursday that Turkish airstrikes killed 12 civilians in northeastern Syria, following a deadly attack on a defense firm near Ankara. "Over the past hours, a new wave of (Turkish) attacks on northern and eastern Syria" killed "12 civilians, including two children," and wounded 25 others, a ...
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Syria Mazzeh Neighborhood Damascus SOHR Israel explosion
Syria's defense ministry said two civilians were killed in an Israeli strike that targeted a vehicle earlier on Monday. "At approximately 17:05 pm (1417 GMT), the Israeli enemy launched an air strike targeting a civilian car in the residential neighbourhood of Mazzeh in Damascus, killing two civilians and injuring three," ...
par This is Beirut, 15/10 20:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah Israel Golan Heights Syria
Israeli troops have cleared landmines and erected new barriers along the frontier between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and the demilitarized zone adjacent to Syria, according to a report on Reuters. Security sources and analysts indicate that this action may signal Israel's intention to expand its ground operations against Hezbollah while ...
par Marc Saikali, 14/10 20:52 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Syria Bachar al-Assad Hezbollah Israel
“One people, two countries,” proclaimed Hafez al-Assad. Syria's role in Lebanon's disintegration is significant. The 100-day battle in 1978, during which the Syrian army surrounded and incessantly bombarded the Ashrafieh neighborhoods, the brutal siege of Zahleh in 1981… These events, among many others, are deeply ingrained in collective ...
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United States USA ISIS Syria Islamic State Group
US forces “conducted a series of airstrikes against multiple known ISIS camps in Syria in the early morning of Oct. 11,” the US Central Command said in a statement on X, using an acronym for the Islamist militant group. “The strikes will disrupt the ability of ISIS to plan, organize, and conduct attacks against the United States, its allies ...
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The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health stated that "from September 23rd to October 11th, 2024, General Security recorded the crossing of 317,457 Syrian citizens and 115,044 Lebanese citizens into Syrian territory." Similarly, it announced that as of Saturday (today), 187,000 displaced people (39,000 families) have been registered in the shelters ...
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Israel Syria Iran Hezbollah Strikes
Syrian state media reported an Israeli attack early Thursday on the central provinces of Homs and Hama, after an Israeli strike hit the country's south the previous day. "At around 1:00 am (2200 GMT Wednesday), the Israeli enemy launched an air attack... targeting a car assembly factory in the industrial area of Hassia in Homs ...
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Damascus Hezbollah Israel IRGC Syria Damascus
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Tuesday that nine people were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a building in Damascus, used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for meetings with Hezbollah. The Syrian Defense Ministry announced that among the dead were women and children. The target of the ...
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Israel Human Rights Watch Masnaa Border Crossing Syria Lebanon
Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Monday that Israeli strikes on the Lebanon-Syria border, which have recently intensified, pose a "serious risk" to civilians attempting to cross into Syria and could hinder humanitarian operations. On Friday, the Israeli army conducted a raid in eastern Lebanon near the Masnaa border crossing, blocking the main ...
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In northern Syria, four souks in old Aleppo have reopened after being badly damaged in the fighting that ravaged Syria's commercial centre between 2012-16. Carpet weaver Omar al-Rawas says business is getting better as people return to Aleppo, adding that he felt his "spirit return" when he reopened his shop.
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Like hundreds of other pro-Turkish fighters, Omar left northern Syria for mineral-rich Niger last year, joining Syrian mercenaries sent to the West African nation by a private Turkish military company. "The main reason I left is because life is hard in Syria," fighter Omar, 24, told AFP on message app WhatsApp from Niger. In northern Syria, ...
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Bashar Al-Assad Syria Syrian revolt
On March 15, 2011, Syrians took to the streets in protest against President Bashar al-Assad's regime. Thirteen years later, the country remains embroiled in a deep crisis, caught in an unending conflict. On this occasion, we have the opportunity to interview Fabrice Balanche, author of Les Leçons de la crise syrienne (Odile Jacob).