The attack began shortly before midnight local time on Tuesday, according to the agency. A “very loud” explosion shook Damascus, local residents reportedly posted on Facebook. There have been unconfirmed reports of material damage from the strikes, but no casualties so far. Israel has frequently launched missiles against what Tel Aviv …
Read More »EU pledges aid to an anti-Damascus region in the name of Syrian sovereignty but sanctions Assad government for being sovereign
Right after pledging a humanitarian-aid package of some 26 million euro on Wednesday to the Kurdish-controlled breakaway region of Northeastern Syria (NES), EU authorities on Thursday renewed punitive sanctions against the Syrian government of Bashar Assad. That same day, the Syrian leader won re-election as president in a landslide victory, …
Read More »Syrian President Bashar Assad wins re-election with 95.1% of votes
Turnout in Wednesday’s election was 78%, with Assad winning over 13 million votes, according to Hammouda Sabbagh, speaker of the Syrian legislature. Mahmoud Ahmad Marei, who previously served as secretary-general of the rebel coalition National Front for the Liberation of Syria, received some 470,276 votes, or 3.1%, while Abdullah Sallum …
Read More »Syrian election that hasn’t happened yet ‘will neither be free nor fair,’ declare US and allies
The five foreign ministers “wish to make clear that Syria’s May 26 presidential election will neither be free nor fair,” said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Jean-Yves Le Drian of France, Heiko Mass of Germany, Luigi Di Maio of Italy, and Dominic Raab of the UK in a joint …
Read More »‘DRONE ATTACK’ leaves Iranian tanker ablaze off Syrian coast – reports
Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze, which threatened one of the vessel’s tanks, the Syrian Arab news agency reported on Saturday. Syria’s oil ministry had originally reported the tanker fire, with officials telling state-run media that the ship had been attacked by a drone that came from Lebanese waters. The tanker …
Read More »The Syrian government has been blamed for the 2018 Saraqib chemical attack, but this time around India isn’t buying it
On April 21, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) announced it would remove Syria’s “rights and privileges” within the association with immediate effect. The move was precipitated by 87 OPCW member states voting in favor of a proposal by 46 countries – led by London, Paris, and …
Read More »Syrian air defenses repel ‘Israeli aggression’ as IDF launches attack in response to missile landing near Israeli nuclear reactor
The Israeli strike reportedly targeted a site in al-Dumayr, located some 24 miles (40km) from the Syrian capital, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported early on Thursday morning. The country’s air defenses were said to have intercepted “most of the enemy missiles,” according to a military spokesman. “The Israeli enemy …
Read More »4 Syrian soldiers injured in ‘Israeli agression’ over Damascus, Syrian state media report
Four Syrian servicemen were injured in the attack, that has also inflicted material losses, SANA reported. The missiles reportedly came in from the direction of Lebanon as well as the Golan Heights, a territory occupied by Israel since 1973. There were reports of a “huge explosion” to the west of Damascus …
Read More »Syrian President Assad and wife recover from coronavirus
“After the end of the quarantine period, symptoms of Covid-19 and negative PCR results, President Bashar al-Assad and Mrs. Asma al-Assad have resumed their work normally,” SANA news agency said on Tuesday. In a Twitter message, the Syrian Presidency confirmed the news, wishing all Syrians who have contracted the disease …
Read More »‘Just like pirates’: Syrian minister says US controls most crude reserves in northeast, loots oil to strangle country’s economy
“Americans and their allies are targeting the Syrian oil wealth and its tankers just like pirates,” Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Bassam Tomeh told state TV this week, adding that the move is designed to cripple Syria’s economy, which depends on oil revenues. While US officials maintain the military presence …
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