Anti-aircraft missiles were reportedly launched to repel an attack targeting the Syrian capital Syrian air defenses responded to a reported missile attack targeting the capital, Damascus, early on Wednesday, as sirens sounded off in Israel. The Israeli military claimed that the alarms went off after one of the anti-aircraft missiles launched from Syria exploded. Footage […]
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British beauty queen allegedly denied US entry over Syrian background
The contestant claims her application was rejected because she was born in Damascus A 29-year-old beauty queen and NHS trainee who was set to represent the UK in the Mrs World Final has reportedly had her visa to enter the US rejected ahead of the competition due to her Syrian background. Speaking to the BBC […]
Syrian air defences respond to ‘Israeli aggression’ targeting port city – state media
Damascus says it is repelling an alleged Israeli attack targeting a major port on the Mediterranean sea Syrian air defences were activated after the country’s principal port city of Latakia came under a missile attack, which sparked a major fire resulting in significant damage to the port, Syria’s state media reported. The attack took place […]
US diplomat detained over secret meeting with Syrian national
A Lebanon-based US diplomat has been arrested by Turkish authorities on suspicion of selling a fake $10,000 passport to a Syrian national who attempted to use his new ID to board a flight to Germany. In a statement on Wednesday, the Istanbul Security Directorate confirmed the arrest of a US diplomat who works at the […]
‘Israeli airstrikes’ target Syrian port – state media
A port near the city of Latakia, Syria was targeted in an Israeli air raid, Syrian state media reported, with unconfirmed photos of the scene purporting to show a sizable fire erupting just off the Mediterranean coast. Bombs fell on the country’s chief port city, Latakia, in the early hours of Tuesday morning, according to […]
Israeli missile strikes near Damascus leave 2 soldiers wounded – Syrian media
Two soldiers were injured after Israel hit targets near the Syrian capital, Damascus, Syria’s SANA news agency has reported. The agency added that several missiles were destroyed in mid-air. Israel launched several missiles from the northern side of the West Bank at a number of targets in the Damascus countryside shortly after 11am local time […]
Syrian soldier killed, 3 wounded after ‘Israeli attack’ south of Palmyra – state media
One soldier was killed and three others injured in an Israeli strike near the central city of Palmyra, according to the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency, which noted that a communications tower was targeted. The attack near Palmyra came in the late hours of Wednesday night, killing one soldier and wounding three others, SANA reported, citing […]
Denmark charges 3 women with aiding terrorist activities after evacuating them from Syrian detention camp with their 14 children
Authorities in Denmark have arrested and preliminarily charged three women after they arrived back in the country, following a joint evacuation operation with Germany to evacuate people from the Roj detention camp in Syria. Danish officials evacuated the three women and 14 children with them from detention camps in northeastern Syria after domestic political pressure […]
‘Expel all terror planners from Germany,’ Merkel’s potential successor says, as Syrian teen is accused of plot to attack synagogue
Armin Laschet, the new head of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) & her possible successor, has said migrants must be thoroughly integrated into society while terrorists must be expelled from the country. “Whoever integrates here, should integrate, learn German and also have a job, and should be allowed to stay. But those […]