Israel strikes military tanks in southern Syria as Syrian forces clash with Druze militias

DAMASCUS: Israel has struck military tanks in southern Syria as Syrian government forces and Bedouin tribes clash with Druze militias there. Dozens of people have been killed in the fighting between local militias and clans in Syria ‘s Sweida province. Government security forces that were sent to restore order Monday also clashed with local armed […]

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13 killed including Iranian commander in airstrike in Syria

13 killed in airstrikes in Syria Among them is a commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC). Media Arab News reported that the attack was carried out on Tuesday. Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that nine pro-Iran fighters were killed in an attack. Among them is an IRGC commander. The attack was carried out […]

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Syria’s Assad in China, seeks exit from diplomatic isolation

Hangzhou: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has arrived in China’s eastern city of Hangzhou, kicking off his first visit to the Asian nation since 2004 as he makes further strides to end more than a decade of diplomatic isolation amid Western sanctions. Assad arrived aboard an Air China plane in a heavy fog, which Chinese state […]

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