Tom Barrack to Sky News Arabia: Syrians are making good progress in an extremely difficult situation
Tom Barrack told Sky News Arabia: Part of the solution to the Syrian crisis lies in an agreement with Israel.
Reuters report: General Kamal Hassan and Bashar al-Assad's cousin Rami Makhlouf finance more than 50,000 fighters
1 day agoThe Anti-Narcotics Department arrested 2 traffickers in Damascus countryside and seized 165,000 Captagon pills which were concealed in car batteries. The shipment was intended for smuggling abroad
Night protests erupted in Palmyra (E. Homs) after a resident known for years of extortion - including forced expropriations carried out using his ties with Assad's Intelligence - was released shortly after his arrest
Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA): Israeli drone strikes target the vicinity of Beit Jinn in western rural Damascus
2 day agoThe Anti-Narcotics Department in Aleppo province confiscated 31,000 Captagon pills. Packs feature 3 different brands:- the camel (usually for Iraq)- Lexus (historic logo)- Lamborghini (logo introduced in 2022)
2 day agoSecurity forces conducted an anti-ISIS raid in Kanaker, S. of Damascus. 3 fighters were arrested after clashes. Truck full of weapons and ammunition was seized, including TNT, IEDs and silencers (suggesting this cell was involved in assassinations)
Field sources told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that two airstrikes targeted the Mansoura and Badia Ratla areas in the countryside of Raqqa Governorate, northeastern Syria.
A brutal crackdown is currently ongoing in the southern city of Suwayda. At least two Druze clerics, Raed al-Matni and Maher Falhout, were kidnapped by the National Guard, the militia of warlord Hikmat al-Hijri. The bodies of both men were dumped outside the hospital days later.
Netanyahu: We expect Syria to establish a demilitarized zone from Damascus to the buffer zone, especially Mount Hermon. Netanyahu: In good spirits and with an understanding of our principles — it’s possible to reach an agreement with the Syrians
4 day agoThe Kremlin: No information can be shared regarding Assad's whereabouts in Russia.
Syrian security forces target ISIS cells in the Dana area of Idlib.
The Security forces, working with Intelligence services, dismantled 2 ISIS cells in overnight raids in Idlib province (area of Dana & W. of Idlib). 2 members who refused to surrender were killed; others were arrested. Weapons, explosives and suicide belts were seized
4 day agoUS announced that, in collaboration with Damascus forces, it destroyed over 15 ISIS weapons caches in Damascus province a few days ago through airstrikes and controlled ground detonations. Syria: intense US monitoring operations over the Western Deir ez-Zur desert (area of Bishri Mount) today, tracking ISIS activity.
5 day agoThe Jordanian army announces the thwarting of an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of narcotics loaded with balloons guided by rudimentary devices across the border with Syria.
5 day agoThe city of As-Suwayda witnessed gunfire fired into the air for about five minutes, following reports of a drone breaching the airspace
Rural Damascus: Israeli army helicopters fly over the town of Beit Jinn in rural Damascus.
Israel is considering the option of "air assassinations" in Syria following the Beit Jann operation.
6 day agoSyrian Information Minister Hamza al-Mustafa, speaking from Beit Jann, stated: "Israel targeted the military capabilities of the Syrian state. Israel launched more than 500 ground incursions and 1,000 airstrikes on Syria. Israel miscalculates and believes it is imposing its will on the ground. I will not agree to any security arrangement with Israel before its withdrawal from all our territories."
6 day agoSources told Al-Akhbar that the Syrian government has recently intensified the transfer of military equipment via helicopters landing in Suwaida, exchanged intelligence on the movements of forces loyal to the interim government with factions in Suwaida, and conducted air sorties aimed at bolstering the latter's capabilities, without any official comment from the government.
Popular protests in Latakia reaffirm commitment to Syrian unity against sectarianism
1 week agoScenes from Homs: Thousands of Syrians demonstrate on the first anniversary of Operation "Deterring Aggression"
1 week agoPopular crowds in Al-Assi Square in Hama commemorate the anniversary of the launch of Operation Deterrence of Aggression
1 week agoAfter West Homs, #ISIS also claimed responsibility for the assassination of a Doctor, formerly affiliated with the Baath Party, in the city of #Hama. The statement also mentions a (likely) security member who was wounded in a second attack - though this incident is not documented.
Syrian interior minister Anas Khattab visits Homs, Hama, Latakia after protests and sectarian unrest
Syrian Observatory: US air reinforcements. Two cargo planes land in al-Shaddadi and Kharab al-Jir amid heavy helicopter activity in the Hasakah countryside
Syrian Civil Defense: We were able to enter the town of Beit Jinn in the Damascus countryside to rescue the injured.
1 week agoIsraeli broadcasts footage of its airstrikes on sites in the town of Beit Jinn in the Damascus countryside
1 week agoDamage caused by the bombing of the Syrian town of Beit Jinn, including damage to a mosque's minaret.
