This is Beirut, 06/12 23:22 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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According to a security source in Damascus, rebels have taken control of three army and police posts in Sweida, and most of Deraa is no longer in the hands of the regime. Rebel forces pressing a lightning offensive in Syria aim to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad's rule, their Islamist leader said in an interview published on Friday. The ...
Cian Ward, 06/12 22:05 - Reading : less than a minute
Although the Masnaa crossing has reopened, local businesses and taxi drivers face economic challenges amid an escalating crisis in Syria.
This is Beirut, 06/12 18:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The image is particularly symbolic: A statue of former President Hafez al-Assad, the father of Syria's current ruler Bashar, was toppled in Hama after Islamist-led rebels overran the country's fourth-largest city, a video authenticated by AFP showed. A machine's long mechanical arm tipped the towering statue over to cheers and cries of "Allahu ...
This is Beirut, 06/12 18:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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As Islamist rebel forces from Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) approach the city of Homs, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad desperately needs the help of his Russian and Iranian allies. However, Moscow and Tehran's military resources are already stretched thin due to the war in Ukraine and numerous conflicts in the Middle East. According to experts ...
This is Beirut, 06/12 15:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Rebel forces pressing a lightning offensive in Syria aim to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad's rule, their Islamist leader said in an interview published on Friday. "When we talk about objectives, the goal of the revolution remains the overthrow of this regime. It is our right to use all available means to achieve that goal," Abu ...
This is Beirut, 06/12 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel's military said on Friday that it carried out strikes overnight targeting Hezbollah "weapon-smuggling routes" on the Syria-Lebanon border, just over a week into the fragile ceasefire. Official media in both Lebanon and Syria reported that the air raid put the al-Arida border crossing in Akkar – already hit during the ...
This is Beirut, 05/12 22:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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UN chief Antonio Guterres said Thursday that the escalating conflict in Syria is the result of a "chronic collective failure" of diplomacy, as he called for an end to fighting. After being dormant for years, the Syrian civil war exploded back into life last week as Islamist-led rebels launched an offensive against the forces of ...
This is Beirut, 05/12 20:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr urged his country Thursday to stay out of the fighting in neighbouring Syria triggered by a lightning rebel offensive launched last week. Sadr stressed in a post on X the "necessity of Iraq's government, people, parties, militias, and security forces not getting involved in the Syrian issue," urging ...
This is Beirut, 05/12 19:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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In his first address in the wake of the rebel offensive in Syria, Hezbollah’s Secretary General Naim Qassem affirmed that the Iran-backed group will be backing the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in foiling “the scheme to topple it.” “The aggression against Syria is sponsored by America and Israel, which are trying to achieve ...
This is Beirut, 05/12 17:52 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Islamist-led rebel forces captured the central Syrian city of Hama on Thursday, days after seizing the country's commercial hub Aleppo in a lightning offensive against President Bashar al-Assad's forces. Rebel forces spokesman Hassan Abdel Ghani was quick to announce on Telegram that, after the fall of Hama, Homs was now the new target of ...
This is Beirut, 05/12 14:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Syrian army has now conceded that it has lost control of the key city of Hama, following reports that rebel fighters had entered the city and seized control of a prison. This concession comes after the Syrian army previously said there was no truth to reports rebels had entered any city district and that its forces remained stationed around ...
This is Beirut, 05/12 10:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The Syrian army lost control of Hama, according to the Syrian news agency, Sana. The rebels took control of the city and freed all prisoners detained in the central incarceration center. Syrian government forces were locked in heavy fighting around the central city of Hama on Thursday morning, trying to halt an advance of Islamist-led rebels, a ...