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Hezbollah-Linked Syrian Official Killed in Damascus Car Bomb

par This Is Beirut, 25/05 11:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A car bomb killed a Syrian officer working with Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in Damascus Saturday, a war monitor said, with state media reporting one dead without identifying the victim. Bombings targeting military and civilian vehicles still occur intermittently in the Syrian capital more than 12 years into a devastating civil war. "A ...

Two Hezbollah Fighters Killed in Syria by an Israeli Strike

par This Is Beirut, 25/05 14:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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An Israeli drone strike in central Syria killed two fighters from Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement on Saturday, a war monitor said. "An Israeli drone fired two missiles at a Hezbollah car and truck near the town of Qusayr in Homs province, as they were on their way to Al-Dabaa military airport, killing at least two Hezbollah fighters and ...

World Bank: Welfare of Syrian Households Deteriorates

par This Is Beirut, 25/05 14:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Real GDP is projected to contract by 1.5% in 2024. As of 2022, poverty affects 69% of the population. Extreme poverty reached 27%, up from a negligible level in 2009. More than a decade of conflict, compounded by external shocks, has further worsened Syria’s dire economic situation in 2023 and led to a dramatic deterioration in the welfare of ...

Saudi Arabia Appoints First Ambassador to Syria in Over Decade

par This Is Beirut, 26/05 17:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Saudi Arabia named a new ambassador to Damascus Sunday, state media said, more than a year after the two Arab nations resumed ties following a prolonged rift over Syria's war. The official Saudi Press Agency said the government had appointed Faisal bin Saud Al-Mejfel as its ambassador to Syria. The newly appointed envoy, according to the report, ...

New Qatar-Financed Village Opens For Displaced in Syria

par This Is Beirut, 28/05 22:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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More than 1,000 new homes for displaced people in northern Syria were inaugurated on Tuesday by Qatar's Red Crescent and Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, the Qatari organization said. Mohammad Salah Ibrahim of the Red Crescent said the Qatari-financed village of 1,136 new homes was "the largest village opened to date in ...

Syrian Forces Clash With Hezb-Linked Smugglers Near Homs

par This Is Beirut, 02/06 17:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Clashes broke out near the Syrian city of Homs on Sunday between members of the security forces and a group “involved in drug smuggling” close to Hezbollah, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). Homs | Clashes erupt between members of regime’s patrols and group of dr*ug smu*gglers close to Lebanese Hez*bollah in northern ...

Islamic State Jihadists Kill 16 Syrian Soldiers

par This Is Beirut, 12/06 21:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Sixteen Syrian soldiers, including an officer, have been killed in a minefield laid by the Islamic State group and an attack by the jihadists in the desert, a monitor said on Wednesday. The soldiers were “killed after they found themselves in a minefield and an attack by members of the IS group,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human ...

Three Pro-Iran Fighters Killed in Eastern Syria Strike

par This Is Beirut, 22/06 18:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A war monitor on Saturday said three pro-Iran fighters, including at least two Iraqis, were killed in an overnight air strike in eastern Syria near the Iraq border. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the strike occurred in Deir Ezzor province. Iran wields significant influence in the area, which is regularly targeted by Israel, ...

French Court Confirms Arrest Warrant for Bashar al-Assad

26/06 21:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Paris judges on Wednesday confirmed a French arrest warrant for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad over alleged complicity in crimes against humanity in the 2013 chemical attacks, the plaintiffs' lawyers said. The Paris appeals court found Assad could be sought over deadly August 2013 attacks on Syrian soil with chemical weapons. "This is a historic ...

Two People Killed in Israeli Strike on Syria

par This Is Beirut, 27/06 10:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Two people were killed in an Israeli strike on southern Syria on Wednesday, the official SANA news agency reported, citing a military source. According to the NGO Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the strike targeted the service centre of a foundation affiliated with pro-Iranian groups including Lebanon's Hezbollah. The strike was near ...

Syria to Demobilize Tens of Thousands of Reservists

par This Is Beirut, 27/06 18:34 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Syria is planning the phased demobilization of tens of thousands of reservists from next month, a defense ministry official said, as fighting in the civil war has wound down in recent years. "Tens of thousands will be demobilized by the end of the current year, and the same next year, while maintaining combat readiness and acting in the interests ...

US-Israel: Agree in Lebanon and Diverge in Gaza?

par Michael Al Andary, 28/06 20:21 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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For decades, the US-Israeli relations were described by analysts as strong and unshakable, based on their mutual regional and international interests. The US was the primary supporter of the Hebrew state since its foundation, and throughout the five regional wars starting with the 1948 Nakba, and the establishment of the state of Israel. This was ...

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