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Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad carry the national flag as they ride on motorcycles in Qusair, after the Syrian army took control from rebel fighters, June 5, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammed Azakir
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Syria war monitor says more than 130 dead in army-jihadist clashes

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied factions launched a surprise attack on the Syrian army in the northern province of...

Israeli air strike sparked fires in the coastal city of Latakia on 17 October 2024. Photo: AFP/BSS
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Israeli strikes on Syria's Palmyra killed 82 pro-Iran fighters

Israel has for years been targeting what it has described as Iranian or Iran-backed targets in Syria. File Photo: AFP
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Syria says 36 killed in Israeli strikes on Palmyra

A screenshot of Google Maps showing Damascus, capital of Syria.
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Syria state media says Israel strike hits Damascus

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a Cabinet meeting at the Kirya, which houses the Israeli Ministry of Defence, in Tel Aviv, Israel on December 17, 2023. MENAHEM KAHANA/Pool via REUTERS
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Israel says it struck Hezbollah target near Damascus, Syria says civilian sites hit

People carry their belongings while walking on the rubble, after an Israeli strike, as they flee Lebanon due to ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, at Masnaa border crossing with Syria, in Lebanon, October 4, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
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Israel blocks Lebanon's main crossing to Syria, targets Hezbollah in Beirut

A soldier from the US-led coalition stands guard during a joint US-Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) patrol in northeastern Syria, 8 February 2024. File Photo: Reuters
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US military says it killed 37 'militants' in airstrikes in Syria this month

Israel has for years been targeting what it has described as Iranian or Iran-backed targets in Syria. File Photo: AFP
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Israeli strikes on Syria kill at least 16 people, Syrian state media say

Smoke rises after an Israeli missile strike on Damascus, Syria which killed four members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, including the head of the force's information unit in Syria, according to a security source in the regional pro-Syria alliance, January 20, 2024 in this image obtained from social media. Sham FM via REUTERS/File Photo
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Israel says it launched strike on southern Syria

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US army kills senior Islamic State official in Syria

Asma Assad, wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, meets with humanitarian and business groups in Damascus, Syria April 7, 2021. Photo: SANA/Handout via REUTERS
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Syrian first lady Asma al-Assad has leukaemia, presidency says

File photo of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. Photo: Reuters
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Lebanon, Syria begin 3 days of mourning over deaths of Iran president, FM

Smoke rises from the besieged Eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, February 27, 2018. REUTERS/ Bassam Khabieh
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Syria shoots down Israeli missiles fired from Golan Heights towards Damascus outskirts