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Yesterday 18:56
By staff writer
Syria under the weight of Israel’s occupation
TEHRAN – Israel continues its military strikes in southern Syria nearly a year after the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad and the rise of Western-backed interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani.
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Yesterday 18:23
Homs mosque massacre exposes fatal flaws in Jolani’s security apparatus
TEHRAN — A devastating explosion, described as a terrorist attack, tore through the Imam Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque in Homs’ Wadi al-Dahab neighborhood during Friday prayers on December 26, killing at least eight worshippers and injuring dozens more.
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2025-12-20 19:48
Israeli military expands presence in Syria’s Quneitra amid rising local protests
Israeli forces have advanced into the Quneitra area of Syria’s occupied Golan Heights and set up two military checkpoints, Al Jazeera reported Saturday.
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2025-12-20 14:36
Trump says US ‘hit ISIS thugs in Syria’ in retaliation for Palmyra deaths
The United States military “hit the ISIS [ISIL] thugs in Syria,” President Donald Trump said in a speech Friday evening in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, a week after two U.S. soldiers and an interpreter were killed in Syria’s Palmyra city.
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2025-12-19 21:51
Iran warns against resurgence of terrorism in Syria
TEHRAN – Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir-Saeed Iravani says the re-emergence of terrorism and an increase in the operational capability of the Daesh terror group in Syria would pose a threat to the Arab country as well as the entire region.
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2025-12-14 16:48
US troops and a civilian executed by Washington’s ‘partner forces’ in Syria
TEHRAN – A deadly ambush near the historic ruins of Palmyra on Saturday claimed the lives of two U.S. Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter, marking the first American fatalities in Syria since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad a year ago.
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2025-12-13 18:28
Israeli troops advance into Syrian village near Golan Heights border
Israeli troops have advanced towards the village of Saida al-Hanout in the countryside of Quneitra, in southern Syria, near the border of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Al Jazeera reported Saturday, citing the Syrian state news agency (SANA).
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2025-12-08 16:18
Israel won’t relinquish newly occupied Syrian territory near Damascus, Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his military will not withdraw from territories it occupied in southern Syria, Anadolu reported Monday.
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2025-12-07 19:41
Alawite spiritual leader calls for strike against al-Jolani regime
The spiritual leader of the Alawite religious minority in Syria, Ghazal Ghazal, has called for a strike against the administration of Ahmad al-Sharaa (Abu Muhammad al-Jolani), one day ahead of the first anniversary of the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government, The Cradle reported Sunday.
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2025-12-01 19:17
Israel transfers tanks, sets up checkpoints in Syria's Quneitra
The Israeli army raided a Syrian town in the southern Quneitra countryside early Monday in the latest violation of the country’s sovereignty, Anadolu reported Monday, citing local media.
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2025-11-30 18:36
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon’s war anxiety: Between genuine peril and manufactured panic
BEIRUT- Lebanese society has long been marked by debates, disagreements, and deep ideological fault lines. Division is not a uniquely Lebanese pathology but a universal human reflex—dating back, as Rousseau suggested, to the moment the first man staked a claim and declared, “This is mine.”
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2025-11-29 22:03
Iran flatly condemns Israel’s latest aggression against Syria
TEHRAN – Iran has categorically condemned the Israeli regime’s recent acts of aggression, from the air and from the ground, against areas in southern Syria in which a number of Syrian citizens were killed.
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2025-11-29 18:37
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Will south Syria replicate south Lebanon’s experience?
BEIRUT — The dramatic events that shook Beit Jinn Friday at dawn have revived a question long whispered in regional security circles: Is south Syria on the cusp of developing its own south Lebanon–style Resistance model?
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2025-11-25 18:24
Alawites rise in mass protests against sectarian violence in Syria
Thousands of Alawites took to the streets in protest across Syria’s coastal cities on November 25 to demonstrate against government-sponsored sectarian violence, one day after the minority’s religious leader called for mass sit-ins, The Cradle reported Tuesday.
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2025-11-09 18:25
By Layla Saad
Rising tensions in Syria’s northeast: What is driving US military activity?
BEIRUT – More than seven months after the March 10 agreement between Syria’s de facto ruler Ahmad al-Sharaa (al-Jolani) and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi, the deal lies in tatters.
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2025-11-05 17:48
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Washington’s truce mechanism aimed to turn Lebanon into next Syria
BEIRUT — Political and military developments in Lebanon are accelerating amid increasing U.S.-Israeli pressure and attempts to redraw the rules of engagement in South Lebanon through the five-member committee tasked with monitoring the implementation of the ceasefire between Lebanon and the Zionist entity.
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2025-10-06 19:18
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Syria: Fake democracy on the ruins of a divided nation
BEIRUT—Syria witnessed elections to elect two-thirds of the members of the new People’s Assembly in a celebratory media spectacle.
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2025-10-05 16:42
Abductions and murders of minorities escalate despite al-Sharaa’s UN pledges
The murder and abduction of religious minorities in Syria has accelerated in the wake of self-appointed President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s speech at the UN General Assembly in New York late last month, The Cradle reported.
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2025-09-20 20:03
MI6 admits covert links to HTS during Syria’s regime change
The outgoing chief of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Richard Moore, has confirmed that London maintained clandestine communications with the extremist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) before the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
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2025-09-19 21:24
At UN, Iran defends Syria’s sovereignty and blasts Israeli expansionist agenda
TEHRAN – Iran has once again underscored its unwavering support for Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, declaring that any attempts to impose external agendas or fragment the country are unacceptable.
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2025-09-17 21:26
Iran in no rush to resume relations with Syria: Foreign Ministry
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said on Wednesday that Iran is in no rush to resume relations with Syria, emphasizing that any restoration of ties will depend on conditions that genuinely serve the interests of the Syrian nation.
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2025-09-14 20:25
By Garsha Vazirian
Between occupation and brutality: Israeli advances and Syria’s brutal new order
TEHRAN — Israel’s recent ground operation into southern Syria — reported under the codename “Green-White” and said to have advanced roughly 38 kilometers into Syrian territory, reaching within about 10 km of Damascus — represents the deepest Israeli penetration since the wars of the 1970s and a significant escalation in a campaign that has become systematic since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
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2025-08-26 20:34
By Garsha Vazirian
Dancing with danger: Syria's pact with the Israeli devil
TEHRAN - In the treacherous theater of geopolitics in West Asia, where trust is as thin as rice paper and often folded into a sharp edge, Syria’s new leadership under Ahmed al-Sharaa — better known as Abu Muhammad al-Jolani — is edging toward a so-called security agreement with Israel.
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2025-08-25 19:11
Israel's southern Syria offensive continues despite ‘advanced security agreement’ talks
Israeli military operations intensified in southern Syria on Monday, with reports of troops firing on unarmed civilians west of Beit Jinn in the Damascus countryside, according to videos posted on social media and local witnesses. The incursion coincided with an Israeli drone strike in central Quneitra, further escalating tensions despite multiple rounds of negotiations between Syria and Israel.
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2025-08-15 16:25
Ancient carving shows Assyrian soldiers using goat skins to cross river 2,900 years ago
TEHRAN – A 2,900-year-old carved panel from the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud shows soldiers swimming across a river using inflatable goat skins, according to the British Museum.
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2025-08-08 17:24
Iran defeat Japan in Group B thriller: FIBA Asia Cup
TEHRAN - Team Melli deliver decisive late punch to hand Akatsuki Japan first defeat in the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup underway in Jeddah.
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2025-08-03 19:03
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Constitutionalizing terrorism in Syria and how!
BEIRUT — In a hasty attempt to buy time under pressure from the United States, the new Syrian regime intends to hold parliamentary elections next month, whereby the number of seats will be increased from 150 to 210, with at least 20% allocated to women.
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2025-07-20 20:21
By Sahar Dadjoo
Exclusive: Political analyst warns Syria is next front in Israel’s colonial roadmap
Munir Daair says recent strikes on Syria mark deeper shift in U.S.-Israeli strategy for regional dominance
TEHRAN - In the aftermath of Israel’s recent airstrikes on Syria, targeting areas near Damascus and the southern regions under the pretext of protecting minorities, analysts are probing the deeper strategic objectives behind Tel Aviv’s escalating military posture across the region.
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2025-07-20 20:17
By Shahrokh Saei
Israeli occupation and aggression stir Syrian popular resistance
TEHRAN — A tentative ceasefire appears to be holding in southern Syria after a brutal week marked by deadly clashes and escalating tensions. Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the truce on Saturday, yet the underlying realities on the ground reveal a much deeper and more troubling story.
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2025-07-20 20:16
National unity is Iran’s strongest shield against enemy’s aggression: Parliament speaker
Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has emphasized the critical role of national unity in safeguarding Iran against future acts of aggression, particularly in light of the recent joint Israeli-American assault on the country.