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Iraqi Cleric Sadr, Rebel Leader Jolani Call for Iraq's Non-Intervention in Syria

This is Beirut, 2024-12-05 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 ...

Hezbollah's Chief Pledges Support to Damascus Amid Rebels' Offensive

This is Beirut, 2024-12-05 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 ...

Syrian Rebels Capture Strategic City of Hama, Vow to Target Homs Next

This is Beirut, 2024-12-05 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 ...

Syrian Army Admits Loss of Key City of Hama

This is Beirut, 2024-12-05 14:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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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 ...

Syrian army lost control of Hama

This is Beirut, 2024-12-05 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 ...

UN Reports Over 115,000 Newly Displaced in Syria

This is Beirut, 2024-12-04 18:05 - Reading : less than a minute

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More than 115,000 people have been "newly displaced" in Syria's Idlib and Aleppo provinces, a UN official said Wednesday, following a major rebel offensive in the north. "It's been one week since the conflict escalated in Syria. More than 115,000 people have now been newly displaced across Idlib and northern Aleppo," UN deputy regional ...

Syrian War Photographer Killed in Air Strike Near Hama

This is Beirut, 2024-12-04 18:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Award-winning Syrian photographer Anas Alkharboutli, who worked for German press agency DPA, was killed Wednesday in an air strike near the Syrian city of Hama, his employer said. "Our photographer Anas Alkharboutli, who documented the civil war in Syria in a unique visual language, has been killed in an air strike near the Syrian city of Hama. ...

Russia Finds Itself Caught Off-Balance in Syria

Cian Ward, 2024-12-04 18:02 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

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Syria’s 12-year Civil War has surged to the top of global news bulletins this week after rebel fighters – largely under the banner of Islamist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) – seized control of Aleppo, the country’s second largest city, advancing to the outskirts of Hama, a key node linking Damascus to Syrian President Bashar ...

Aleppo Loss Marks a Turning Point for Assad’s Regime

This is Beirut, 2024-12-04 17:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The ease with which rebel groups captured Aleppo (North) and advanced toward central Syria has shaken Bashar al-Assad’s legitimacy, fueling the ambitions of his opponents, analysts unanimously say. The capital remains well-defended, with the army launching a counteroffensive on Wednesday, aided by Russian airstrikes. However, the blow dealt in ...

Syrian Government Launches Counteroffensive Against Rebels

This is Beirut, 2024-12-04 12:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A Syrian war monitor said Wednesday that government forces have launched a counteroffensive near Hama, pushing back Islamist-led rebels seeking to advance on the key central city. Hama was a bastion of opposition to the government of President Bashar al-Assad early in the country's civil war, which erupted in 2011. It was also the scene of a ...

Syria's Rebels About to Invade Central City Hama

This is Beirut, 2024-12-04 04:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Syrian rebel forces arrived at the gates of the key city of Hama on Tuesday, as their fighting with the military sparked "a large wave of displacement", a war monitor said. The Islamist-led rebels were advancing on Syria's fourth-largest city, buoyed by their lightning capture of swathes of the north in an offensive that ended four ...

Iran Declares Readiness To Study Any Syrian Request For Troops

This is Beirut, 2024-12-03 22:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iran will consider any request from its Syrian ally for troops to help tackle a sweeping rebel offensive in the north, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday. "If the Syrian government asks us to send forces to Syria, we will study their request," Araghchi said in an excerpt from an interview published on his official Telegram ...

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