Tag: Syria
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U.S. launches airstrike on site in Syria : NPR
[ad_1] Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 31, 2023. Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press hide caption toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 31, 2023. Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press The U.S.…
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America strikes back: F-16s conduct airstrikes against Iranian proxy forces in Syria in retaliation for more than a dozen rocket attacks that have injured 21 US troops since Hamas atrocities
[ad_1] Two Iranian-controlled sites in eastern Syria were hit by U.S. airstrikes in the early hours of Friday in retaliation for a flurry of attacks against U.S. bases in Syria and Iraq. The Pentagon sent two F-16 fighter jets to attack a weapons storage facility and an ammunition plant near Abu Kamal. Both sites were…
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U.S. strikes Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria to retaliate for attacks on U.S. troops
[ad_1] The U.S. military conducted strikes against two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iranian-backed groups in retaliation for recent attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria. “The United States does not seek conflict and has no intention nor desire to engage in further hostilities, but these Iranian-backed attacks against U.S. forces are unacceptable…
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Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza as well as targets in Syria and West Bank
[ad_1] Israeli warplanes struck targets across Gaza overnight and into Sunday, as well as two airports in Syria and a mosque in the occupied West Bank allegedly used by militants, as the two-week-old war with Hamas threatened to spiral into a broader conflict. Israel has traded fire with Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group on a near-daily…
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Israel Hamas war live updates: Gaza death toll reaches 1,400 as Syria claims Israeli missiles hit airports
[ad_1] The Independent’s Bel Trew reporting from Israel-Gaza border For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Gaza has been pummelled by 6,000 Israeli Air Force bombs since Hamas’s deadly attack on southern Israel on Saturday,…
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Lawyer challenges decision to deny help to woman, children in Syria
[ad_1] Article content OTTAWA — A lawyer is asking the Federal Court to direct the Canadian government to repatriate a Quebec woman being held in a Syrian detention camp with her six children. The woman’s lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon, says in a newly filed application that Ottawa’s refusal to help her return to Canada means indefinite…
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Syria protests gain steam, challenging Bashar Assad as he tries to put the civil war behind him
[ad_1] Anti-government protests have been gaining steam in Syria for more than a month, echoing the demonstrations that President Bashar Assad sent his security forces to crack down on in 2011, sending the country into a downward spiral that morphed into a full-scale civil war. The demonstrations, focused predominantly in the southern city of Suwayda,…
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U.S. Seeks to Repatriate Family of 10 Americans From Camps in Syria
[ad_1] The State Department is working to repatriate a family of 10 American citizens stranded in Syria, where they are among the tens of thousands of people effectively imprisoned in desert camps and detention centers from the war against the Islamic State, according to officials. The transfer would make them the largest group brought back…
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New Arabic Edition of “Framing Justice in Syria”
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Aug. 30, 2023) — Today, on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and The Syria Campaign (TSC) published the Arabic edition of the report, “Framing Justice in Syria: The Road Toward Comprehensive Justice,” which provides a comprehensive overview of domestic and international judicial avenues to prosecute the…
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Lawyers ask Supreme Court to hear case of 4 Canadian men being held in northeastern Syria
[ad_1] Lawyers for the families of four Canadian men detained in northeastern Syria are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to rule on whether the federal government has to repatriate them. The men are among many foreign nationals in Syrian detention camps for suspected ISIS members and their families. The camps are run by the…