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(MENAFN) Israeli forces carried out artillery strikes in southern Syria late Wednesday and made a short incursion into the western countryside of Daraa province, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces launched artillery strikes against areas in southern Syria and advanced into the western countryside of Daraa province late Wednesday, according to Syria's state news agency.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces reportedly carried out artillery shelling in southern Syria and advanced into areas of the western countryside of Daraa province late on Wednesday, according to statements attributed to Syria’s state news agency SANA. The...

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(MENAFN) According to reports, Syria’s energy ministry has warned of rising water levels along the Euphrates River after flooding affected parts of northern and eastern Syria, driven by increased inflows from Turkey and recent heavy rainfall.

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(MENAFN) Russia has quietly moved to reinforce its military presence in Syria, delivering cargo to a key air base via a sanctioned vessel — a development that signals Moscow's determination to preserve its strategic foothold in the country even...

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(MENAFN) According to reports, Syria’s Interior Ministry has announced new findings connecting Amjad Youssef, previously accused of involvement in the Tadamon neighborhood killings in Damascus, to the deaths of the six children of Dr. Rania...

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(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump announced Sunday that Tom Barrack, the current US ambassador to Türkiye, will assume additional responsibilities as special presidential envoy to both Syria and Iraq. According to reports, the appointment...

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(MENAFN) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated on Monday that natural gas deliveries to Syria, launched through a joint initiative between Türkiye and Azerbaijan, are expected to play a meaningful role in supporting both development in...

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(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa held a phone conversation focused on Syria’s reconstruction, economic recovery, and broader regional stability, according to a statement from the Syrian presidency.

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(MENAFN) Israeli military forces conducted fresh ground incursions into the southern Syrian provinces of Quneitra and Daraa on Sunday, marking the latest in a near-daily pattern of operations that rights observers and Damascus have condemned as...

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(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump has announced that Tom Barrack, the American ambassador to Türkiye, will take on additional responsibilities as special presidential envoy for both Syria and Iraq. According to reports, Trump said the move...

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(MENAFN) A CNN report claims that US President Donald Trump has either threatened military action, left open the possibility of strikes, or carried out attacks involving roughly 15 countries across his time in office—about one out of every 13...

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(MENAFN) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that Ambassador Tom Barrack will continue to serve as a major diplomatic point of contact on Syria and a trusted official on Iraq policy, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) According to reports, nine Syrian refugees from the same family, including six children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential building in southern Lebanon.

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(MENAFN) An Israeli airstrike tore through a residential home in southern Lebanon on Saturday, killing nine Syrian refugees from a single family — among them six children — in one of the deadliest single strikes on civilians in the region in...

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(MENAFN) Nine Syrian refugees from the same family, including six children, were killed on Saturday in an Israeli airstrike that hit a residential building in southern Lebanon, according to reports citing Lebanese authorities.

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(MENAFN) Syria’s Interior Ministry reported on Friday that officials had detained former military police sergeant Mohammad Imad Mahrez, who previously served as a guard and jailer at Sednaya Prison.

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(MENAFN) Syrian authorities have apprehended a former guard at the infamous Sednaya Military Prison, the Interior Ministry announced Friday, in the latest step toward accountability for abuses committed under the Assad regime.

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(MENAFN) Syrian authorities have detained a former military police sergeant who served as a jailer at the infamous Sednaya prison, known for alleged torture and executions during the Assad era, according to reports.