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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]
On 18 February, targets in Damascus were struck by alleged Israeli missiles from the Golan Heights. [5] The Kafr Sousa neighborhood was struck [ 6 ] near highly guarded Iranian installations. [ 7 ] According to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR), the strike hit a warehouse used by Iranian and Hezbollah fighters.
People celebrate the fall of Damascus at the Umayyad mosque (December 2024) Thousands of Syrians assembled at the main square of Damascus, chanting "freedom". Jubilation occurred across the city following an announcement by the Syrian rebels claiming President Bashar al-Assad's rule had ended. [ 3 ]
(Reuters) - Two civilians have been injured in Israeli strikes on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday, the Syrian defence ministry said, in the second such attack on the country in a few days.
The Israeli action last weekend that was largely repulsed by Israeli, US and allied defensive systems followed an Israeli strike on Iranian consular buildings in Damascus, Syria, that killed two ...
DUBAI (Reuters) -An Iranian Revolutionary Guards adviser in Damascus was killed on Friday in an Israeli missile strike that targeted a southern district of the Syrian capital, semi-official ...
The target of the attack was a five-storey consular building, which contained the residence of the Iranian ambassador to Syria. [22] The building was next to the main Iranian embassy in Damascus. [22] In front of the building was a plaque that read that the building belongs to the "consular section of the Iranian embassy". [23]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has communicated to Iran that it was not involved in an air strike against a top Iranian military commander in Damascus, the White House said on Thursday.