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Watch a live view of Damascus, Syria, on Monday (9 December) after rebels toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Russia, a close ally that has propped up the regime for years, said Assad ...
Watch live as Damascus residents pray at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on the first Friday (13 December) after rebels ousted Bashar al-Assad's regime. Syrians are celebrating the demise of Assad ...
Watch live as Syrians in Turkey celebrate today (8 December) after rebel forces take control of Damascus. The Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad has fallen, bringing a stunning end to his family ...
It was also said that all the army defectors involved returned after the attack. [14] [15] All other attacks targeted military checkpoints in the suburbs of Douma, Qaboun and Arabeen and Saqba, killing three soldiers. [9] [16] [17] A Russian official said that the outbreak of fighting in Damascus "looks like a civil war." [18]
On 12 March, 30 military deserters were killed in an Army ambush near Damascus while they were heading towards the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area. [26] Situation in Damascus, mid-March 2013. On 18 March, rebels operating within Damascus launched mortar bombs at the Damascus Presidential Palace, though its unclear if there were any casualties. [27]
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 ...
Mordechai Kedar, who specialized in Syria affairs during a 25-year career in Israeli military intelligence, said that the events in Syria were a domino effect from Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel.
According to The Guardian, videos showed Syrian police and army forces removing their uniforms in the streets of Damascus [31] and an Associated Press journalist reported seeing armed residents along the roads in Damascus's outskirts and finding the city's main police headquarters abandoned. Tank movements were reported in central squares of ...