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From 12 to 22 October 2023, Israel launched at least three attacks on airports in Syria, particularly on Damascus and Aleppo. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Notably, Israel carried out the assassination of Razi Mousavi , a senior Iranian general, in the Syrian capital of Damascus on 25 December 2023, and Brigadier General Sadegh Omidzadeh , an intelligence ...
On 27 November 2024, a coalition of Syrian opposition groups called the Military Operations Command [40] led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and supported by allied Turkish-backed groups [41] [42] [43] in the Syrian National Army (SNA) launched an offensive against the pro-government Syrian Arab Army (SAA) forces in Idlib, Aleppo and Hama Governorates in Syria.
The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the attack, considering it a "flagrant violation of international law". [12] The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly denounced the strikes in Damascus, expressing their outrage at the destruction and civilian casualties caused. [13]
Iran and its powerful Lebanese proxy Hezbollah provided Syrian government forces with crucial financial and military support as the rebellion that swept Syria in 2011 erupted into a brutal civil war.
[4] Israel told the U.S. that if Iran were to launch a strike from its territory against Israel in retaliation, it would prompt a harsh response from Israel, potentially escalating the current conflict to a higher intensity. [5] [6] Four anonymous Israeli officials have confirmed that Israel has been behind the attack. [7]
In Syria, at least seven civilians were killed and 20 injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential building in the Sayyida Zainab area of the Damascus countryside, Syrian state news ...
Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said insurgents are now active in the Damascus suburbs of Maadamiyah, Jaramana and Daraya.
On 7 October 2023, Hamas, a Palestinian militant group partially funded by Iran, launched an attack on Israel resulting in the deaths of almost 1,200 Israelis, mostly civilians, and the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war. [45] Israel also skirmished with Iranian proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon. [46] After the attack, Israel began targeting Iranian ...