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Israel bombs Syria to defend Druze, who are they and why do they matterThe Israeli army launched strikes near Syria's Defense Ministry in Damascus. This action follows escalating tensions between Syrian forces ...
Israel strikes in Damascus as clashes between Syrian forces and minority Druze rage onClashes have intensified in Sweida, southern Syria, after a ceasefire between government forces and Druze armed groups collapsed, prompting...
Iraqi militias deploy in Syria to back government's counteroffensive against insurgentsIranian-backed Iraqi militias have deployed in Syria to support the Assad government against a strong insurgent offensive led by Hayat Tahr...
US forces targeted in Syria, no casualties: OfficialAmerican and allied forces in Syria were targeted in an attack by drones, according to a militant group. The attack did not cause any casua...
Funerals held in Syria for dozens of victims killed in deadliest attack in yearsFamily members of victims of a deadly drone attack in Homs, Syria, gathered to collect the bodies of their loved ones. The attack on a mili...
US jet shoots down Turkish drone in Syria: PentagonPentagon spokesman Brigadier General Pat Ryder said Turkish drones had been seen carrying out airstrikes in Hasakah, Syria, on Thursday mor...
Israel launches retaliatory airstrikes against targets in SyriaThe warning from Jordan was followed by a statement from the Israeli Foreign Ministry early on Sunday, saying that people who "barricade th...
Turkey strikes in Syria, Iraq a week after Istanbul bombingWarplanes attacked bases of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, and the Syrian People's Protection Units, or YPG, the ministry s...
UK F35 fighter jet crashes in Mediterranean Sea, pilot ejects safelyJets from the vessel previously participated in strikes against remnants of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. The aircraft carrier...
Israel successfully tests advanced missile defense system Arrow-2 interceptorDefense Minister Benny Gantz said the successful flight test of the Arrow-2 interceptor was part of Israel's technological effort that "ens...
De-escalation zones in Syria led to successful anti-terror campaign against ISAccording to Russian Defence Ministry a “substantial decrease in the levels of violence has been observed after the implementation of the t...
Fake news leads Pakistan minister to issue nuclear threat to IsraelA report in the New York Times said a fake news story prompted Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif to threaten to go nuclear.
Chinese admiral visits Syria in show of supportThe Chinese military "is willing to strengthen cooperation with its Syrian counterparts,'' it quoted the ministry as saying.
US, Russia to resume talks on air safety in Syria: PentagonAccording to Pentagon officials the two countries had conducted talks on air safety via video conference on October 1.
Russia sends ships from Black Sea Fleet into the eastern Mediterranean for naval exercisesRussia is also sending a major contingent of its ships from its Black Sea Fleet to the eastern Mediterranean for military exercises.
Germany supplies arms and ammunition to Kurdish forces in IraqGermany today delivered arms and ammunition to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq to boost their firepower against the Islamic State mili...
Israeli warplanes strike Syria, target Iranian missilesIran, a close ally of the Assad regime, condemned the airstrikes but gave no other hints of a possible stronger response from Tehran.