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Ten family members killed in airstrikes on Idlib: rescuing group

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Ten people from the same family have been killed in Russian airstrikes on the northern province of Idlib, rescuing group said Wednesday. The deadly strikes hit the town of Maarzita in the southern countryside of Idlib, Civil Defense said. Idlib has been a haven...

Women captured in operation on Russia's sleeper cells in Idlib

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said it had tracked several sleeper cells, mostly run by women, in the northern province of Idlib, the group's news agency said Thursday. The cells have been recruited by Russia and are operating in the city of Idlib and its western...

Repeated rounds of Israeli rockets hit Syria - Syrian state media

Israel launched repeated rounds of rocket fire into Syria early on Thursday, Syrian state media reported, after Israel’s military said Iranian forces in Syria had shelled one of its outposts near the border. GThe scale of Israeli rocket fire appeared to be far higher than in previous...

Israel accuses Iranian forces of rocket attack on Occupied-Golan Heights

Iranian forces based in Syria fired 20 rockets at Israeli front-line military positions in the Golan Heights early Thursday, the Israeli military said, triggering an Israeli reprisal and further escalating heightened tensions. The Israeli military said its Iron Dome rocket defense...

Iranian forces in Syria fired about 20 projectiles at Israeli positions

Israel's army says Iranian forces in Syria fired about 20 projectiles at Israeli positions; some were intercepted.

Four people, including two children, drowned in floods

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Four people, including two children, have been drowned in floods in Daraa and Hasaka provinces in last 48 hours, Civil Defense and activists said. The Civil Defense rescuing group said two young men had drowned when they tried to swim in ponds filled by the floods water...

Damascus shelling, bomb blast kill two: SANA

A shelling and a car bomb blast in Syria's capital Damascus killed two people and wounded several others Wednesday, state television said. It reported "two killed and 14 wounded in terrorist attacks on Damascus Tower and Maysat Square". The shell struck at the tower in the...

1100 displaced people awaiting permission to enter al-Bab town

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 1100 displaced people from southern Damascus are still awaiting the Turkish army's permission to enter the northern town of al-Bab in Aleppo province, activists said Wednesday. The Turkish-backed forces said no place is available for the fifth batch of...

Israeli strike in Syria killed 8 Iranians: Observatory

Eight Iranians were among 15 foreign pro-regime fighters killed in a suspected Israeli strike in Syria on a weapons depot of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, a war monitor said Wednesday. The raid struck the area of Kisweh south of Damascus late Tuesday, the Britain-based Syrian...

Netanyahu to meet Putin amid new round of Syria strikes

Israel's prime minister says security coordination with Russia must continue amid developments in Syria. Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Wednesday ahead of a trip to Moscow, where he is set to meet with President Vladimir Putin. He says "in light of what is currently happening in Syria, it is...

Daraa: Civil Defense urges people to avoid floods ponds as two drowned

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two people drowned in floods in the southern province of Daraa, Civil Defense said Tuesday. The rescuing group said two young men had drowned when they tried to swim in ponds filled by the floods water in the eastern countryside of Daraa. After five years...

Israel strikes Syria after Trump’s Iran move

Syrian state media accused Israel of launching missiles at a target near Damascus Tuesday, shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was quitting the Iranian nuclear deal, a move that prompted Israel to go on high alert. Within two hours of the White House announcement, Syrian state...

Israel orders Golan shelters open over Iran 'activity' in Syria

The Israeli army said Tuesday it has asked authorities in the occupied Golan Heights to open and prepare missile shelters over "irregular activity by Iranian forces in Syria," across the demarcation line. "Following the identification of irregular activity of Iranian forces in Syria, the IDF...

Iran deploying arms in Syria to threaten Israel: Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran Tuesday of deploying "very dangerous weapons" in Syria as part of a campaign to threaten Israel. Iran, "openly calls, daily, for the destruction, the elimination of Israel from the face of the earth and practices unmitigated...

Regime forces take ground from Daesh in southern Damascus

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces backed by Iranian and Palestinian militias have taken ground from Daesh in the southern neighborhoods of Damascus, activists said Monday. Regime forces are seeking to end Daesh's years-long foothold in the Palestinian camp of Yarmouk and...

Homs evacuees not yet allowed to enter northern Aleppo

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 3400 rebels and their families are still awaiting the Turkish army's permission to enter the northern countryside of Aleppo after being held at Abu al-Zendan crossing, local activists said Tuesday. The first batch of rebels departed from the city of Rastan in...

Russian helicopter crash in eastern Syria, two pilots killed: Defense Ministry

A Russian Ka-52 attack chopper crashed Monday during a flight over eastern Syria as a result of a presumed technical malfunction, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. Both pilots aboard the aircraft died as a result of the incident. "When carrying out a planned flight over the...

Regime forces loot southern suburbs of Damascus

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces and allied militias went on a looting spree in the newly evacuated towns in southern Damascus, local activists said Monday. After forcing rebel fighters from their towns of Beit Sahm, Babila and Yalda in Damascus, the regime troops pillaged private...