Tag: Damascus
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Postcard from Damascus – By Chidi Amuta
Unlike in the last twenty four years of his power and crushing majesty, Bashar al-Assad had a decision quickly made for him. The choice between flying out of Hmeimim air base in his super luxury presidential jet and a rugged military version of the Russian SU 35 duty jet was quickly made for him in…
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WAR: Iran threatens to launch attack on Israel’s embassies
An Iranian official has issued out a strong warning to Israel saying their embassies are no longer safe. Yahya Rahim Safavi, a senior Iranian official gave the warning, insisting that Israel should no longer see any of its embassies as a safe haven, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
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Scores dead as Israel airstrikes on Syria hit Damascus residential building
An Israeli missile strike early Sunday has killed at least 15 people and destroyed a building in a Damascus neighbourhood, home to much of Syria’s security apparatus, a war monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strike, which hit close to an Iranian cultural centre, had killed 15 people including civilians. Since…
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Israel missiles hit South Damascus
Israel has fired several surface-to-surface missiles targeting sites south of Syrian capital Damascus, Syrian state news agency SANA reported. The shelling struck a town south of Damascus on Wednesday evening, causing material damage. This is the second Israeli aerial strike on Syria this month, after it targeted anti-aircraft batteries on February 9 in response to…
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Syrian Army Intercepts Israel Missiles Near Damascus
Syrian air defences intercepted at least two Israeli missiles fired at a government “military position” in Damascus province early Saturday but the attack still caused damage, state media reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor of the war, said the missiles, presumably Israeli, targeted “positions of the Syrian regime and its allies”…