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  2. Iranian intervention in the Syrian civil war - Wikipedia

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    Despite Iran's costly presence in Syria, public support for military involvement in Syria remains strong among the Iranians because of religious motivations and security concerns. [123] From January 2013 to March 2017, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps lost 2,100 soldiers in Syria and 7,000 wounded, according to Iran's veterans' affairs ...

  3. 2024 Homs airstrikes - Wikipedia

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    There has been an Iranian presence in Syria since the beginning of the Syrian civil war, with Iranian forces bolstering the government of President Bashar al-Assad against rebel forces. [ 3 ] On 2 February 2024, the United States Air Force launched attacks against what it claimed were militia sites in Iraq and Syria, killing 45 people in after ...

  4. Deir ez-Zor offensive (2024) - Wikipedia

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    The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), launched an offensive on pro-government forces near the towns of Khasham and Al-Salihiyah in the eastern Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor on 3 December. They managed to capture the village of Al-Hussainiyah. [14] CJTF–OIR coalition aircraft provided support to the SDF, by targeting Iran-backed militias in the ...

  5. Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war - Wikipedia

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    As the uprising developed into civil war, there were increasing reports of Iranian military support, partly in response to reports of increasing military support to the Syrian opposition from Persian gulf states. [35] [36] On 30 January 2013, about ten jets bombed a convoy believed to be carrying Russian-made SA-17 anti-aircraft missiles to ...

  6. 2024 Palmyra airstrike - Wikipedia

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    On 20 November 2024, the Israeli Air Force conducted an airstrike on residential buildings and an industrial area in Palmyra in central Syria.According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the strikes killed at least 108 people, including 73 Iranian-backed Syrian militiamen and 29 foreign Iranian-backed militiamen, mostly members of the Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba of Iraq, as well as 15 ...

  7. Iran–Syria relations - Wikipedia

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    Iran and Syria had a strategic alliance ever since the Iran–Iraq War, when Syria sided with non-Arab Iran against neighbouring Ba'ath-ruled Iraq. [3] The two countries shared a common animosity towards then- Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and coordination against the United States and Israel until the fall of the Assad regime after the 2024 ...

  8. 2023 Damascus airstrike - Wikipedia

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    In Syria, there is a large presence of Iranian troops as well as allies including Hezbollah and foreign militias from Iraq and Afghanistan. The strike took place in the same area where Hezbollah's senior commander, Imad Mughniyeh , was assassinated in 2008.

  9. Category:Iran–Syria military relations - Wikipedia

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    Iranian involvement in the Syrian civil war (4 C, 7 P) Pages in category "IranSyria military relations" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.