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Drone attack on Syria military academy leaves scores dead

A drone attack Thursday on a Syrian military academy in government-held Homs killed more than 100 people including at least 14 civilians, a war monitor said, revising up a previous toll.

France 24

'My home city was destroyed by war but I will not lose hope' – how modern warfare turns neighbourhoods into battlefields

It has been almost 12 years since I left my city. And I have never been able to return. Homs, the place I was born and grew up, has been destroyed and I, like many others, have been left in exile: left to remember how beautiful it once was. What…

The Conversation

Israel's air force attacks Syria and Syrian air defense missile explodes over northern Israel

Israel carried out airstrikes on areas near the central Syrian city of Homs causing material damage but no casualties, the Syrian military said in a statement

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Israel Bombs Syria Hezbollah Depot

Three civilians were wounded Saturday in Israeli airstrikes near the Syrian city of Homs, Syrian state media reported, with a war monitor saying a Hezbollah munitions depot was hit. "At around 00:50 (2150 GMT)...

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria Intercepted Israeli Air Strike in Homs Area, Three Injured

Syrian air defenses intercepted an Israel rocket attack in the vicinity of the city of Homs in the early hours of Saturday and shot down some of them, state media said, citing a military source. The attack resulted in three civilian injuries as well as material damages, it added. Israel…

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Syria intercepted Israeli air strike in Homs area, three injured -state media

Syrian air defenses intercepted an Israel rocket attack in the vicinity of the city of Homs in the early hours of Saturday and shot down some of them, state media said, citing a military source.

Reuters

Israeli attacks on Syria in the past year: Timeline

In the past year alone, Israeli attacks on Syria have killed at least 44 people and injured more than 50.

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ISIS Kills 9 Members of Liwaa al-Quds in Less than 72 hours in Syrian Desert

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that two soldiers of Liwaa al-Quds were killed, and three others injured in clashes with ISIS terrorists in Palmyra’s countryside, bringing the death toll to nine in less than 72 hours. The injured were transferred to Homs Military Hospital for treatment. The…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Shoots Down Drone It Says 'Came From Syria' Following Strikes

Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in Syria’s Homs province early Sunday, wounding five soldiers, Syrian state media reported.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Netanyahu: Israel 'Exacting Heavy Price from Terror-supporting Regimes'

Israel is "exacting a heavy price from terrorist-supporting regimes" outside of its borders, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet in televised remarks on Sunday, without elaborating. The remark followed what Syria described as an Israeli military strike in Homs province and which, according to Western intelligence sources, hit air…

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Israeli Strikes in Syria’s Homs Province Wound 5 Soldiers

Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in Syria's Homs province early Sunday, wounding five soldiers, Syrian state media reported. It marked the ninth time Israel has struck targets in Syria since the beginning of the year, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition-linked war monitor. State news agency…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria says Israel hits Homs outposts, sources say air bases bombed

Israeli forces carried out air strikes on outposts in Syria's Homs province in a raid early on Sunday, Syria's defence ministry said, while Western intelligence sources said a series of air bases in central Syria where Iranian personnel are based were hit in the bombings.

Reuters

French Navy warship arrives in Liverpool

The ship participated in the bombing of Damascus and Homs in 2018

Liverpool Echo

At least 53 killed Syria attack, Islamic State blamed -state TV

At least 53 civilians were killed in an attack in Syria's central desert province of Homs, state media reported on Friday, blaming jihadist militant group Islamic State.

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Syria quake's displaced join millions already living in tents

Five years ago, Syrian Sabri Al Salameh fled war-torn Homs for Harem, a town near the Turkish border. Now his home there is gone too, destroyed in another catastrophe, this time made by nature rather than man.

Asharq Al-Awsat

ISIS Carried out 15 Operations in Syrian Desert in January

The ISIS group carried out 15 attacks in Syria’s desert (Badia) in January, killing 21 regime soldiers and members of proxy militias, including 12 Iranian-backed Syrian and non-Syrian militants, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights revealed on Thursday. It said one ISIS member was killed in those attacks. “ISIS continues…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Airstrikes on Syria Kill 4 Soldiers, Injure 1

Israeli airstrikes hit central and coastal regions of Syria early Saturday, killing four soldiers and wounding one, the Syrian military said. State media quoted an unidentified Syrian military official as saying that Israeli warplanes flying over the Mediterranean fired missiles toward military positions in coastal and central Syria. The Syrian…

Reuters

Israel strikes air base in central Syria, killing two servicemen -Syrian military

Israeli missiles hit a major air base in Syria's Homs province on Sunday, killing two servicemen and injuring three others, the Syrian military said via state news agency SANA.

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Captagon connection: How Syria became a narco state

BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon: A decade of appalling civil war has left Syria fragmented and in ruins but one thing crosses every front line: a drug called captagon.

The Guardian - UK

‘I just wanted a chance’: the Mansfield goalkeeping coach who fled Syria

Fahd Saleh vowed to escape Homs after his apartment block was bombed and has realised a dream in English football

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Iranian Proxies Step up Movements in Syria’s Homs Countryside

Iran and its proxy militias have unprecedented influence in most areas under the control of the Syrian regime, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based war monitor. It seems that neither attacks by Israel and the US-led international coalition, nor…

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Syrian Observatory: Regime Officers Destroy 2 Arms Depots Belonging to Iran-Backed Militias

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said it obtained detailed information about the violent explosions that hit the eastern countryside of Homs at dawn on Tuesday. It said the region holds two ammunition and arms depots belonging to Iranian militias. Regime forces were tasked with protecting the warehouses. The…

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Syrian Refugees Anxious over Lebanon's Plans to Deport Them

Sitting outside her tent in a camp in eastern Lebanon, a 30-year-old Syrian refugee contemplated the sunset and her worsening options. Umm Jawad fled to Lebanon in 2011 to escape a Syrian government siege of her hometown of Homs. She managed to survive over the past decade, despite Lebanon’s devastating…

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Crimes Terrorize Al-Hol Camp in Syria

The refugees and displaced in Syria’s al-Hol camp woke up on Thursday to a new crime, raising the tally this week to five. Security forces found the bodies of two women, who were apparently killed by a silenced weapon. One of the victims was a Syrian from Homs city and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

ISIS Claims Syria Bus Attack That Killed 13

The ISIS group has claimed responsibility for Monday's attack on a civilian bus in northern Syria that killed 13 people and wounded three. The extremist group said in a statement late Monday that its gunmen attacked the bus with automatic rifles. It also posted photos of the attack. The Syrian…

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