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Syria witnesses escalation of IS attacks since new year
Damascus: Syria began the new year by witnessing a “significant escalation” of attacks by the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, a war monitor said. In a fresh report, the Syrian Observatory for…
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Israel launches fresh missile attack on Syrian capital
Damascus: A fresh Israeli missile attack targetted the outskirts of the Syrian capital of Damascus, triggering a response from the Syrian air defence system, the media reported. The Syrian army said on…
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Turkish airstrikes target energy fields in Syria
Damascus: Turkish warplanes conducted airstrikes targeting energy facilities in the northeastern Syrian province of al-Hasakah Saturday night, the Syrian state television reported. The report said that the Al-Ouda oil field in the…
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Seven soldiers killed in landmine explosion in Syria
Damascus: Seven soldiers were killed and 10 others wounded when a landmine tore into a military bus in Syria’s Homs province on Thursday, the media reported. According to the pro-government Sham FM…
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Jordanian army arrests nine drug smugglers on border with Syria
Amman: The Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army have announced that its border guards had arrested nine smugglers after armed clashes along the country’s northern border with Syria. The army also claimed it had…
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Israeli missile attack targets military sites in Damascus
Damascus: An Israeli missile attack hit military sites in the vicinity of the capital Damascu, the latest in a string of attacks targeting army installations in Syria, state media reported on Monday.…
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Four killed in Israeli drone attack in Syria
Damascus: Four people were killed when an Israeli drone attack hit a taxi in Syria’s southern province of Quneitra, a war monitor reported. Charred bodies of the victims, who were reportedly working…
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2 IRGC members killed by Israeli strike in Syria
Two members of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed in an alleged Israeli attack on the Sayyida Zeinab neighbourhood in Syria on Saturday, December 2. In a statement, the…
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Israel launches air attack on vicinity of Damascus
Damascus: An Israeli missile attack hit military sites in the vicinity of Syrian capital Damascus early Saturday, the latest in a spate of Israeli attacks against Syria, according to the media reports.…
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UN envoy calls for de-escalation in Syria
United Nations: UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, Najat Rochdi, has called for urgent de-escalation in Syria and warned of the spillover of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “We remain deeply concerned about the…
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Explosions rock US bases in Syria: Reports
Damascus: Explosions rocked the Koniko gas plant, which is used by US forces as a base, in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour following a missile attack, a war monitor reported. There…
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Air defences thwart Israeli targets near Damascus: Syrian Army
Damascus: The Syrian Army on Friday said that air defences in the capital Damascus intercepted Israeli missile attacks in its vicinity before dawn. At around 2:25 a.m., the Israeli army carried out…
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Israeli attack targets military positions near Syrian capital
Damascus: Three explosions reverberated across the Syrian capital of Damascus, which appeared to be Israeli strikes targetting military sites nearby, according to a war monitor. The fresh Israeli attack targeted the Aqraba…
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Explosion rocks US military base in Syria: Report
Damascus: An explosion rocked a US military base in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah on Thursday night, a pro-government radio station reported. The blast was heard at a US military base located…
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Damascus, Aleppo airports’ runways damages after Israeli airstrikes
Tel Aviv: In an important development in the Israel-Hamas conflict, Israeli troops have fired shells at Damascus and Aleppo in Syria, damaging the airports there. It is not known whether there are…
