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[34] The rebels started encircling the capital after capturing Al-Sanamayn, a town 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the southern entrance of Damascus. [35] In the Rif Dimashq region, pro-government forces withdrew from the towns of Assal al-Ward, Yabroud, Flitah, Al-Naseriyah and Artouz, while rebels came within 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) of Damascus. [36]
Former foreign minister Bassam al-Sabbagh said he was "surprised" to receive news of the siege in Damascus, saying it was a "historic and watershed event for all Syrians". The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said that its diplomatic representatives would continue to operate and serve its citizens overseas.
Syrian Air Force helicopters at the Mezzeh Military Airport near the capital are left destroyed by some of the more than 500 Israeli strikes against military targets across Syria since the fall of ...
It added that 15 naval vessels were destroyed in strikes on Minet el-Beida and Latakia. [11] [94] Overnight on 16 December, Israel struck radar and air defense systems in Tartous and Damascus, with the strikes on Tartous using notably heavy munitions. In the eight days since the fall of the Assad government, Israel struck Syria around 600 times.
Syrians in Damascus have gathered at the historic Umayyad Mosque for their first Friday prayers following the downfall of dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime. ... Syrians return to destroyed town ...
ON THE GROUND: Bel Trew visits Jobar – north of Damascus – which was devastated by some of the fiercest battles of the civil war. She meets residents returning home for the first time in more ...
The strikes destroyed several bridges, including the one over the Orontes River that connects Qusayr and several towns in Homs' eastern and western countrysides. [ 13 ] On 27 November 2024, Syrian opposition groups led by Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched an offensive in northwestern Syria on the forces of the Bashar al-Assad government.
An Israeli strike on the Syrian capital on Saturday destroyed a building used by the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, killing at least five Iranians, Syrian and Iranian state media reported.