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Report: Assad Has Been Barring Iran from Retaliating to Israeli Raids on Syria for 3 Years

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been barring Iran for three years now from retaliating to Israeli raids on Syria to avert an escalation, reported Israel’s Haaretz. Assad reportedly made the order directly to Iran’s slain Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani and it has largely held. Soleimani was killed in a…

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Israeli Airstrike in Syria Kills 3 Soldiers, Wounds 7

Israel launched airstrikes targeting Syrian military positions around Damascus overnight, killing three soldiers, wounding seven others, and causing material damage, state media reported Thursday. Syrian state media quoted a military official as saying the missiles were fired from Syria's Israeli-occupied Golan Heights just past midnight, adding that the Syrian army…

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Syria’s State TV Says Israeli Missiles Targeted Syrian Army

Syria’s state television reported Tuesday that Israeli missiles targeted Syrian army positions south of the capital of Damascus, causing material damage but no casualties. The TV quoted an unnamed military official as saying that Israeli warplanes fired several missiles while flying over Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights before midnight on Monday.

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Palestinians Commemorate Naksah, Asserting Right of Return

The Palestinians asserted their adherence to their land and the right of return, commemorating the 55th anniversary of the Six-Day War (Naksah), during which Israel occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Sinai, and the Golan Heights. Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said that the Palestinians are more steadfast…

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Three killed in Israeli 'aggression' targeting southern Damascus - Syrian ministry

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3 Killed in Israeli ‘Aggression’ Targeting Southern Damascus, Says Syria

An Israeli "aggression" launched from the Golan Heights and targeting southern parts of the Syrian capital Damascus killed three people and caused some material damage, the Syrian ministry of defense said on Friday. Earlier on Friday, state TV reported that Syrian air defenses shot down a number of missiles in…

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Russian Patrols Comb Border Areas in Southern Syria

Russian military police on Thursday conducted patrols in the governorates of Daraa and Sweida in southern Syria, a private source told Asharq Al-Awsat. “For three consecutive days starting Tuesday, Russian forces carried out several reconnaissance tours in areas mostly bordering Daraa and Sweida, such as the Yarmuk Basin areas near…

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Munition found by tourists sets off panic at Israeli airport

A bomb scare set off scenes of panic at Israel’s airport after an American family showed up with an unexploded artillery shell they had found in the Golan Heights

The Independent UK

Panic as tourists bring unexploded shell to Israeli airport

An American family set off a bomb scare at Israel's main airport on Thursday when they showed security inspectors an unexploded shell which they found while visiting the Golan Heights and had packed for their return trip, authorities said.

Reuters

US Draft for Syrian-Israeli Peace: Abandoning Iran and Hezbollah in Return for Golan Heights

Fredric C. Hof, the American diplomat, was "living the dream" between 2009 and 2011 of achieving peace between Syria and Israel. The idea first occurred to him when he visited Damascus as an exchange student when he was 16. Forty-five years later, he had the opportunity to turn the idea…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Three years on, US still views Syria’s Golan as Israeli territory

Despite promoting ‘territorial integrity’ in Ukraine, Biden administration refuses to reverse Trump’s Golan recognition.

Al Jazeera

Russian Military Patrols Syria's Golan Heights

Russia media published a video of Russian military units patrolling the Syrian side of the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel since 1967. The video showed soldiers and vehicles separating the Syrian and Israeli armies and observation points on hills and high areas in the region.

Asharq Al-Awsat

The US supports illegal annexations by Israel and Morocco. Why the hypocrisy?

America must be consistent. It cannot pick and choose when to follow international law

The Guardian - US

Syria Reports Israeli Missile Attack Near Golan Heights

Israel fired several surface-to-surface missiles toward Syrian military positions in the country´s south early Wednesday causing material damage, state media reported. State TV quoted an unnamed Syrian military official as saying that the missiles were fired from Syria´s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and struck areas around the nearby town of Quneitra.…

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Israeli missiles strike Syrian town south of Damascus

Syrian news agency reported that Israel carried out a strike from the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Strikes Town South of Damascus

Israeli shelling struck a town south of Damascus on Wednesday evening, causing material damage, according to Syrian state media. This is the second Israeli aerial strike on Syria this month, after Israel targeted anti-aircraft batteries on February 9 in response to a missile fired from Syria. "The Israeli enemy carried…

Reuters

Israel carries out missile strike over south of Syria's Damascus -defense ministry

Israel carried out on Wednesday a strike using several surface-to-surface missiles from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights targeting points south of Damascus, Syria's capital, which resulted in some material damage, the Syrian defense ministry said on Facebook citing a military source.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria, Russia Start Joint Air Force Patrols Near Golan Heights

Syrian and Russian military jets jointly patrolled the airspace along Syria’s borders on Monday and plan to make such flights regular, the Interfax news agency quoted Russia’s defense ministry as saying. According to RIA Novosti, the Russian pilots took off from the Hmeimim Air Base, while the Syrian pilots departed…

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Syria, Russia Start Joint Air Force Patrols Over Syrian Territory

Syrian and Russian military jets jointly patrolled the airspace along Syria's borders on Monday and plan to make such flights regular, the Interfax news agency quoted Russia's defense ministry as saying. The path of the group, which includes fighter, fighter-bomber and early warning and control aircraft, included the Golan Heights,…

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