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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 ...
Norway: The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the attack in a post on X, while calling on all parties involved to "show restraint". [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Oman : Oman's Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning the attack, describing it as a breach of Syrian sovereignty, international law and diplomatic and consular immunities, and ...
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]
Israel's official position in the Syrian Civil War has been strict neutrality, [13] as per various Israeli Defense Ministers. [14] [15]In July 2017, Israel's Defence Minister, Avigdor Liberman, said that while "the rebels are not our friends, they are all versions of al-Qaeda", Israel could not allow a man like Bashar al-Assad to remain in power: "Keeping Assad in power is not in our security ...
The Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad fell, bringing a stunning end to his family’s 50-year reign following a lightning offensive by Islamist rebels. A plane carrying Assad left Damascus on ...
The Southern Damascus offensive (March 2018) started on 12 March 2018, when ISIL began attacking rebel positions in the al-Qadam neighborhood of southern Damascus as they were evacuating. [11] The rebel pocket in al-Qadam had been surrounded on one side by government forces and on the other by ISIL. [ 12 ]
(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.