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The attack took place on Wednesday afternoon local time, near the town of Kobajjep (Kabajeb), about 50 kilometers along the M20 road from Deir ez-Zor.  Though the terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) officially holds no more territory, there have been reports of their presence in the desert between …

“I fear there is little one can do since the report is final and out – unless one wants to feed in the Russian narrative and that I would never do as they really are not bona fide friends of this organization, that’s for sure,” was the message of one …

Syria’s Foreign Minister Faysal Mikdad denounced what he called a “cowardly act” in a phone call with his Iranian colleague, Javad Zarif. Offering his nation’s condolences to Iran over the incident, Mikdad said that the murder was an attack against scientists and researchers in all parts of the world. While …

The attack took place in the early hours of Wednesday as the city remained plunged in darkness. “At about 3:11 am this day, the Zionist enemy launched an air aggression from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan on the southern region,” SANA reported, citing a military source.  Explosions rang …

“Militants of illegal armed groups, in particular from Syria and Libya” have been transported to the conflict zone “in order to directly participate in the hostilities,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a Wednesday statement commenting on the recent reports, adding it was “deeply concerned” about the development that creates …

“When American cities have been in flames and citizen has been pitched against citizen, Joe has been a calming influence to bear,” Bryant reportedly said Monday. “When others have resorted to violent solutions, he has argued that the best force is the force of argument because guns can stop a …

The deployments, accompanied by increased air patrols over eastern Syria, were announced by US Central Command on Friday. “The United States has deployed Sentinel radar, increased the frequency of US fighter patrols over US forces, and deployed Bradley Fighting Vehicles to augment US forces in the Eastern Syria Security Area …

According to SANA, the US helicopter crashed in the countryside near the town of Al-Yaarubiyah in Syria’s northeast, close to the Iraqi border. Citing local sources, the outlet reported that US armored vehicles were deployed to the crash site. SANA did not say what type of helicopter it was and …

It’s worth remembering that the Russian military is in Syria legally, under international law, whereas the American presence is illegal. Damascus did not attack the US, nor did it invite Washington to send troops. Reports of Russians staging a “violent” fracas deep in northeastern Syria have been doing the  rounds in …

“We are still looking into that. But it was almost certainly a strike by ISIS,” Jeffrey said, as cited by Reuters. The blast at a pipeline outside Damascus caused a drop in gas supply to power stations, leading to blackouts across the country. The fire was put out on Monday, …