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Iran vows ‘smart’, ‘decisive’ response to Israeli assassination of IRGC general in Syria

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The spokesman for the Iranian defense ministry has warned the Israeli regime should await a ‘smart’ and ‘decisive’ response after killing a top Iranian commander and military advisor in Syria on Monday.
Middle East

Turkey launches air raids on Iraq, Syria after 12 soldiers killed

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The Turkish air force conducted air strikes in northern Iraq and Syria and destroyed 29 targets of the  Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) after 12 soldiers were killed in the past two days in northern Iraq, the defence ministry announced on Saturday.
Middle East

Syria appoints new envoy to Saudi Arabia after a decade

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has appointed Ayman Soussan, who has been serving as deputy foreign minister, as the country’s new ambassador to Riyadh, following the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries after more than a decade.
Religion

Iranians bid farewell to Defenders of Holy Shrine in Tehran

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A large number of people attended the funeral procession for 7 Iranians, known as the Defenders of the Holy Shrine in Iran.
Foreign Policy

Iran says leaves no Israeli hostile move unpunished

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The Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson has vowed that Tehran would give an appropriate response to any hostile measure after Israeli raids claimed the lives of two Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) servicemen in Syria.
Security

Report: Two IRGC members killed in Syria 

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An Israel attack in Syria has killed two members of the Islamic  Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in Syria.
Middle East

France issues int’l arrest warrant for Syria’s Assad

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France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accused of complicity in crimes against humanity over the chemical attacks in 2013 near Damascus, a judicial source and plaintiffs in the case announced Wednesday. Damascus has rejected any involvement in the gas attack.
Middle East

US carries out two strikes on “armed groups” in Syria

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The United States Air Force carried out two airstrikes in Syria against what it called two targets affiliated to pro-Iranian forces. Iran says, upon a request by the Syrian government, it maintains an advisory mission in the Middle Eastern country.
Middle East

Seven fighters killed in Syria: Hezbollah

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The Lebanese group Hezbollah has announced that seven of its members have been killed in an Israeli attack in Syria.
Middle East

Daesh kills 30 in Syrian desert

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Daesh militants have killed at least 30 Syrian pro-government fighters and soldiers stationed in three different desert regions of Syria, stressing the terror group’s persistent threat years after its territorial defeat.
Middle East

US intel suggests Syria agreed to send Russian missile defense shield to Hezbollah via Wagner Group

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The US has intelligence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to provide the Lebanese group Hezbollah with a Russian-made missile defense system, according to two people familiar with the intelligence.
Middle East

Israeli military says struck Syria, Lebanon

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Israel has carried out strikes against military infrastructures in Syria and Lebanon, its military has announced, amid concerns Tel Aviv's offensive against Hamas could devolve into broader conflict across the Middle East.
Middle East

US carries out air raids in Syria

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US forces have launched multiple airstrikes on unspecified military installations in Syria, the Pentagon confirmed on Friday, claiming the operation was a response to recent attacks against American outposts by armed groups “affiliated with Iran.” Tehran has denied any involvement in the recent attacks on American bases in Iraq and Syria.
Middle East

Israeli air raids kill eight soldiers in Syria’s Deraa

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Israeli air strikes on military positions in southwest Syria on Wednesday killed eight soldiers and wounded seven more, the Syrian state news agency (SANA) reported.
Middle East

Israeli air raids put Syria’s Damascus, Aleppo airports out of service, 2 workers killed

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Syrian officials say Israel has carried out fresh airstrikes on the Arab country’s two main airports in the cities of Damascus and Aleppo, knocking both facilities out of commission in the third such attacks within the span of 10 days.
Middle East

Israeli raid on Syria’s Aleppo airport puts it out of service

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Israel has carried out the second airstrike in a matter of one week against Syria's Aleppo International Airport in the country's northwest, knocking the facility out of service.
Middle East

Nearly two dozen killed in Turkish air raids in Syria

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Turkish air strikes in northern Syria targeting the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) killed at least 20 people on Monday, a war monitor has announced.
Middle East

Drone attack on Syria military academy causes large number of casualties

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An "armed terrorist organisation" targeted "the graduation ceremony for officers of the military academy in Homs" in central Syria, according to a military statement carried by official news agency SANA.
Middle East

Turkey says Ankara bombers came from Syria, threaten more cross-border air raids

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Turkey has announced all Kurdish facilities in Syria and Iraq are valid military targets after finding the two attackers who detonated a bomb in front of government buildings in Ankara at the weekend had come from Syria.
Middle East

Israeli air raids near Syria’s Deir Ezzor leaves two soldiers wounded

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Two Syrian soldiers were injured following an Israeli strike on and area close to Deir Ezzor late Monday night, Syrian state media reported on Tuesday.
Middle East

Syria-Turkey normalization impossible until Ankara pulls out troops: Top diplomat

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Turkey has to withdraw its military forces from the Syrian Arab Republic or else it will decimate all efforts towards any kind of relations, Syrian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Bassam Sabbagh has stressed.
Middle East

Syria urges US, Europe to end ‘economic terrorism’

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Syria has called for the lifting of sanctions imposed by Washington and its European allies on other countries, describing them as “economic terrorism”, which must end.
Middle East

US says it captured Daesh official in Syria after helicopter raid

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The United States Central Command says its forces have captured an ISIS official after conducting a helicopter raid in northern Syria.
Middle East

Sources say US to blame for pause in Syria’s reengagement with Arab world

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The United States has taken a number of economic measures to repel Arab nations' interest in reengagement with Damascus, which eventually caused the Arab League's special committee to halt contacts with Syria despite the country's readmission to the organization, a source familiar with the matter told Sputnik.
Middle East

Syria president arrives in China for first visit in almost 20 years

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has arrived in the east Chinese city of Hangzhou, kicking off his first visit to the Asian country since 2004 as he makes further strides to end over a decade of diplomatic isolation amid Western sanctions.
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