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Syria Monitor: 14 Killed as Druze Fighters Clash with Security Forces Near Damascus

This is Beirut, 2025-04-29 20:52 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

A Syria war monitor on Tuesday said 14 people, including seven Druze fighters, were killed in sectarian clashes near Damascus, as authorities blamed "gunmen" and vowed to pursue those involved. The overnight clashes, sparked by the circulation on social media of an audio recording deemed blasphemous, were met with condemnation from ...

Israel Says 'Striking Military Targets' in Southern Syria

This is Beirut, 2025-03-17 21:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel's military said on Monday it was striking military sites in southern Syria, as Syrian state media reported two killed in an Israeli strike near the southern city of Daraa. "The [Israeli military] is currently striking military targets in southern Syria, including command centers and military sites containing weapons and military ...

Syria Announces End to 'Military Operation' After Mass Killings

This is Beirut, 2025-03-10 17:41 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Syria's new authorities announced on Monday the end of an operation against loyalists of deposed president Bashar al-Assad, after more than 1,000 civilians were killed in the worst violence since his overthrow. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said security forces and allied groups had killed 1,068 civilians, the vast majority ...

Syria Forces Beef Up Security Amid Reports of Mass Killings of Alawites

This is Beirut, 2025-03-08 18:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Syrian security forces deployed heavily in the Alawite heartland on the Mediterranean coast on Saturday, after a war monitor reported that government and allied forces killed at least 745 civilians from the religious minority in recent days. Residents of the region continued to report killings of civilians after deadly clashes broke out on ...

Syria Monitor Reports 11 Killed in Ex-Assad Bastion, Clashes in South

This is Beirut, 2025-03-05 17:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A Syria war monitor said Wednesday that four civilians had been killed in a security operation in a former pro-government bastion this week, while clashes in the south had left at least seven security personnel and gunmen dead. Restoring and maintaining security across Syria remains one of the most pressing challenges for the country's new ...

Israel Army Says Struck 'Military Site' in Northwest Syria

This is Beirut, 2025-03-03 20:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel's military said it struck a military site in northwest Syria on Monday, as a Syria war monitor reported an explosion in the Tartus area. An army statement said that Israeli forces "struck a military site where weapons belonging to the previous Syrian regime were stored in the area of Qardaha", the hometown of deposed Syrian ...

Six killed as Syria Security Forces Launch Sweep in Homs Province

This is Beirut, 2025-01-21 20:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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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

This is Beirut, 2025-01-15 18:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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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

This is Beirut, 2025-01-05 18:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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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

This is Beirut, 2024-12-30 16:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Syria HTS Ahmad al-Sharaa SOHR

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

This is Beirut, 2024-12-29 20:30 - Reading : less than a minute

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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

This is Beirut, 2024-12-28 14:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Syria SOHR Latakia HTS

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 ...

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