Syria’s military has announced that Israeli raids have killed at least two Syrian soldiers and put the country’s main international airport out of service.
A meeting between the Turkish, Syrian and Russian presidents has been scheduled, but not for January, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said.
Defence ministers of Syria, Russia and Turkey have held talks in Moscow in a clear sign of normalisation between Ankara and Damascus in the decade-long Syrian war.
Two soldiers were injured by Israeli air raids in the vicinity of the Syrian capital of Damascus early Tuesday, the first such an attack in more than a month, according to a Syrian military statement.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has revealed that he proposed to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that they meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The US forces have killed two members of the Daesh terror group in in a helicopter raid in eastern Syria, the US military announced in a statement on Monday without specifying the location of the overnight operation.
Ankara has set a final deadline for Russia and the United States to force Kurdish forces to leave three strategic towns in northern Syria, a Turkish source has claimed. Turkey has warned that the alternative will be a military operation against the Washington-backed forces.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has rebuffed his Russian allies' efforts to hold a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, citing Turkey’s upcoming elections and the presence of Ankara's troops on Syrian soil.
A spokesman for the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has confirmed all joint military operations with the US-led coalition have been put on hold following Turkish bombardment of its positions in northern Syria.
The United States military has reported two rocket attacks targeting its patrol bases in northeastern Syria, but announced there were no injuries to its forces.
The US military has announced recent Turkish airstrikes in Syria “threatened the safety” of American soldiers still in the country. It claimed that further escalations could “compromise efforts to defeat the remnants of the Islamic State (Daesh) terrorist group.”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not ruled out meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, although the two countries have been regional foes since the war broke out in Syria in 2011.
Four Syrian military servicemen have reportedly lost their lives in an Israeli military attack targeting several sites in the war-torn country’s central and western regions.
An airstrike on a convoy carrying fuel across the Iraqi border into Syria killed at least 10 people late Tuesday, members of paramilitary groups operating in the area confirmed.
Israeli air strikes have hit targets in the vicinity of the Syrian capital Damascus, marking the third such attacks in a week, Syrian state media reported.
At least five Syrian servicemen were killed in Israel’s airstrikes on Damascus and some areas to the south of the capital in the early hours of Saturday, state news agency SANA reported, citing a military source.
Israel has yet carried out another missile attack on the Aleppo international airport, the second such strikes in a week, hitting the runway. Syrian sources say several missiles were shot down by the country’s air defense force.
Three American troops were injured in two rocket attacks in Syria and the United States responded with strikes from attack helicopters, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement.
At least three Syrian soldiers have been killed and three others wounded in multiple Israeli missile attacks on an area near the capital Damascus, according to state media.
At least three Syrian servicemen were killed and seven others wounded in an Israeli air raid on the outskirts of Syria’s capital Damascus on Friday, the Riyadh-based Al-Ikhbariyah TV channel reported.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the Astana peace process, launched in 2017 at the initiative of Iran, Russia and Turkey to tackle the tensions in Syria, is the best format for a political solution to the ongoing crisis in the war-torn country.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says Tehran is opposed to any military action and use of force against other countries with the aim of resolving disagreements. He made the remarks in response to a question about a planned Turkish military action on Syria-Iraq border.
