Bashar al-Assad, the ousted Syrian president, is reportedly the target of an alleged poisoning attempt while in Moscow, where he has been under the protection of Russian President Vladimir Putin since fleeing Syria on December 8, 2024. According to claims made by General SVR, a social media account run by a former Russian spy, Assad…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced the setting up of “Grain from Ukraine” fund in order to provide security and economic prospects for stabilising Syria. The announcement was made on Thursday. Zelenskyy shared the details on X, “I received a report from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan last weekend, officials told The Associated Press. President Joe Biden and other top U.S. leaders…
Iranian state media say that an Israeli airstrike in a Damascus neighborhood has killed a high-ranking Iranian general. Source link
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighter jets launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S. bases and personnel in the region that began early last week. The U.S. strikes reflect the Biden administration’s…
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck targets across Gaza overnight and into Sunday, as well as two airports in Syria and a mosque in the occupied West Bank allegedly used by militants, as the 2-week-old war with Hamas threatened to spiral into a broader conflict. Israel has traded fire with Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant…