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Six killed as Syria Security Forces Launch Sweep in Homs Province

Six people were killed on Tuesday in Syria's central Homs province, a war monitor said, as security forces launched a sweep of the area. The security forces were operating in the area around the village of Ghour al-Gharbiya in western Homs "against the remaining militias supporting" ousted president Bashar al-Assad, the official ...

First Israel Strike on New Syria Security Forces Kills 3

An Israeli air strike hit a military target belonging to Syria's new Islamist-led authorities for the first time on Wednesday, killing three people, a war monitor and a medical source said. "An Israeli drone launched an attack targeting a military convoy... killing two members of the Military Operations Department" and one civilian, in southern ...

Syria Monitor Reports Blasts at Arms Depots Near Damascus

A Syria war monitor said explosions on Sunday rocked an area near Damascus housing weapons depots used by the toppled government of Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said the blasts in Kisweh, south of the Syrian capital, may be the result of an Israeli airstrike. The Israeli military, which has struck many ...

'Foreign Jihadists' Among Rebels to Be Made Syria Army Officers

Former rebels were promoted to officers in Syria's future army in a decree passed by de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa—with a war monitor and experts identifying on Monday foreign jihadists among them. The new authorities in Damascus, who until recently were Islamist-led rebels fighting to overthrow Bashar al-Assad, last week unveiled an accord ...

Three Mass Graves Discovered in Homs, According to the SOHR

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), three mass graves have been discovered in the village of Al-Qabou, in the countryside of Homs, containing the bodies of 20 unidentified individuals. On December 23, SOHR sources reported that a mass grave had been found in the city of Homs, containing the bodies of over 1,200 ...

Syria Remains Tense as New Leadership Struggles to Establish Authority

Syria remains fraught with tensions on Saturday, as the new leadership — emerging from a rebellion led by the Islamists of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and responsible for overthrowing former President Bashar al-Assad — struggles to assert its authority across the entire country. Operations in Latakia The new authorities launched a sweeping ...

Syria Rebels Say They Control Homs

Islamist-led rebels announced Sunday they had captured the strategic city of Homs, on the way towards Damascus where Syria's embattled government said it was setting up an impenetrable security cordon. The defence ministry earlier denied rebels had entered Homs, describing the situation there as "safe and stable". But the leader of ...

Syria: Government Forces Retreat on All Fronts

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 ...

Syria: Army Clash With Jihadists Leave Scores Dead in the North

Jihadists launched a surprise attack on the Syrian army in the northern province of Aleppo on Wednesday, sparking clashes in which 57 combatants were killed, a war monitor said. Clashes followed "an operation launched by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham" (HTS), the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, referring to a jihadist group led by Al-Qaeda's ...

Israel Strikes Two Locations in Syria's Homs

Israeli airstrikes hit two locations in Syria's Homs province on Tuesday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). One target was near the Al-Aminiya farm, north of Homs city, while the other was near the village of Khirbet al-Tin, west of the city. The SOHR reported that these areas, predominantly inhabited by Shiite ...

Israel Targets Hezbollah Weapons Depots in Syria

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said five civilians were killed Thursday in Israeli strikes on Syria's Qusayr region near the border with Lebanon, where Israel said it hit Hezbollah weapons depots. The Britain-based war monitor said three strikes targeted the town of Qusayr, where Iran-backed Hezbollah holds sway, and surrounding ...