Syria
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PoliticsSyria Demands Israeli Withdrawal From Golan Heights at UN
President Ahmed al-Sharaa condemns air strikes and incursions while highlighting national reconstruction efforts.
PoliticsSyrian President Affirms Golan Heights as Syrian Territory at UN
Sharaa declares annexation measures void under UN resolutions and calls for Israeli withdrawal to pre-2024 lines during his second consecutive assembly address.
WorldIsrael Strikes Syria and Lebanon Amid Ongoing Border Tensions
Artillery and airstrikes hit Daraa and southern Lebanon, continuing violence despite agreements and causing significant casualties and displacement in the region.
Regional Tensions Rise Amid Drone Downings and Gaza Demolitions
Iran intercepts US drone while Gaza plans demolitions after deadly collapse in besieged enclave.
PoliticsSyria, Kuwait Condemn Netanyahu's Visit to Occupied Mount Hermon
Damascus and Kuwait denounce the Israeli prime minister's incursion as a violation of sovereignty while Jerusalem asserts absolute control over the strategic area.
RightsUN Warns of War Crimes in Syria as Oxfam Pushes UK on Settlements
The UN flags Israeli detentions in Syria while Oxfam urges London to expand its new trade ban on illegal settlements.
WorldIsraeli drone strike on a truck wounds a driver at Beit Jinn
Syria's foreign ministry calls the attack on a civilian vehicle west of Damascus a violation of its sovereignty and asks the Security Council to act. The Israeli military says it hit a man preparing an attack; drones were reported to have been overhead for four days.
WorldIsraeli troops raid a Quneitra village and detain two
Syrian state television put the force that entered Jabata al-Khashab at more than 100 soldiers and 15 vehicles. Later the same day the Israeli chief of staff was reported touring units stationed inside southern Syria.
Israel alleges a security breach; Damascus says none exists
Turkey, named in the Israeli statement as the reason for the strikes, calls the claim a cover for them, while the Emirati foreign ministry says the raid broke the 1974 agreement on separating forces.
WorldExplosion on the Al-Jabsah pipeline halts gas to Syrian turbines
The operator says its first findings point to sabotage. No worker was hurt, and no date has been set for the flow to resume.
RightsDamascus court sentences Wassim al-Assad to death for murder
The ruling came at the sixth hearing since his arrest at the Lebanese border last year, ordered every asset he holds transferred to the treasury, and cleared him on the drug charges for want of evidence.
Four strikes hit an Idlib air base; US envoy calls it escalation
The first reports named no attacker; the attribution to Israel arrived in a statement from Washington, which said it was deeply concerned by the raid on a base last struck under the old government.
CultureAleppo bookseller, 91, gathered a million volumes over four decades
Rizkullah Abd's shop in Tilel holds manuscripts and lithographs in four languages, some of them more than a century old.
RightsSyria detains seven police staff after a death in custody
A committee is examining how Mohammed Gamira was held at the Haffeh station and whether the law was followed.
WorldIsraeli forces raid homes in Quneitra and detain young men in Daraa
Incursions into southern Syria have become near-daily since Israel declared the 1974 disengagement agreement void.