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The war to cut off Hezbollah: HTS battling against Iran-backed smuggling routes - Washington Post

Syrian armed forces and patrols are facing frequent fire from Hezbollah terrorists seeking to rearm after its war against Israel.

  Search and sweep operations are being expanded to track down remnants of the deposed Bashar al-Assad regime after recent security tensions in the coastal region, where ousted regime elements attacked security patrols and checkpoints, resulting in casualties on March 07, 2025 in Latakia, Syria.
 Illustrative image of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

$50 billion to Syria vanished into thin air: Unrest in Iran grows over economic turmoil - interview

 IN SEPTERMBER  2007, IDF fighter jets carried out Operation Orchard and destroyed a nuclear reactor in Syria. If not for the Israeli operation, nuclear weapons could eventually have fallen into the hands of Sunni jihadi terrorist organizations now beginning to contend for power in post-Assad Syria.

The world has Israel to thank for no nuclear fears in post-Assad Syria- opinion

IDF elite unit training day

IDF confirms special forces raid of Iranian missile facility in Syria in covert operation


Strengthening the front against Israel: Syria flirts with new Turkey ties - analysis

The Syrian regime wants Ankara to return to the status quo of 2011, before the Syrian revolution and civil war.

 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan July 4, 2024, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad attends the Arab League summit, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023.

Coincidence? Israeli strike in Damascus took place near important Shi’ite shrine - analysis

The Zaynab shrine has served as a center of pro-Iranian activity since the Syrian civil war began in 2011, and as such has been targeted by other groups.

 Smoke rises after what the Iranian media said was an Israeli strike on a building close to the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria April 1, 2024.

Reports of alleged Israeli airstrike in Damascus area of Syria, two people killed - Arab media

The IDF carried out artillery strikes against targets in Syria, according to a Damascus correspondent for the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen new site, who reported Monday afternoon.

 Smoke rises after what the Iranian media said was an Israeli strike on a building close to the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria April 1, 2024.

Israel attacks Syria's central region and Baniyas city, Syrian state media says

Syrian state media reported earlier on Wednesday that the country's air defenses had intercepted "hostile targets" over Homs, without giving further details.

 An ambulance is parked outside the Iranian embassy after a suspected Israeli strike on Monday on Iran's consulate, which Iran said had killed seven military personnel Damascus, Syria April 2, 2024.

One dead after explosion goes off near Iranian embassy in Damascus - report

One person is reported dead according to a Syrian human rights organization based in the UK.

 A car which exploded in Damascus, in which one person died. May 25, 2024

Israel-Hamas War Day 228: What's happening in Iran, Gaza, Iraq, Syria?

Comptroller reveals IDF purchases don't pass inspection • Biden afffirms Israel not committing genocide • Total of 569 tons of humanitarian aid entered Gaza

 IDF soldiers operate atop a tank near the Gaza border, as seen from Israel, May 21, 2024

Strategic blow: Alleged Israeli airstrike takes out Iranian general in Damascus

The strike killed Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a top commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), according to a report in Reuters, citing a security source in Lebanon. 

 Mohammad Reza Zahedi, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander reported to have been killed in an airstrike in Damascus on April 1, 2024.

Iran and Hezbollah shaken by Israel's new warfare tactics, Saudi expert says

The military commentator of the Saudi Al-Hadath channel, Asad Awad commented on the campaign in Israel's north and analyzed the IDF's tactics in the region

 Lebanese army soldiers secure a site that was hit by a strike, after Israeli jets hit Lebanon's Bekaa Valley for a second day on Tuesday, according to security sources, in Saraain, Lebanon March 12, 2024.

In rare interview, Syria’s Assad defends Hamas, praises Putin to pro-Kremlin journalist

The Syrian dictator also expressed support for Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, and compared the war between Israel and Hamas to that war, painting both Hamas and Russia as acting in self-defense.

 Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks to pro-Kremlin journalist Vladimir Sovolyov, March 2024.

Iran foreign minister expected in Lebanon, Syria in coming days

Al-Watan said the foreign minister would discuss current developments, including Israeli attacks on Syria and the ongoing war in Gaza, and that he would travel onwards to Qatar.

 El ministro iraní de Asuntos Exteriores, Hossein Amirabdollahian, asiste a una reunión entre el presidente ruso, Vladimir Putin, y el presidente iraní, Ebrahim Raisi, en Moscú, Rusia, el 7 de diciembre de 2023.