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Air attack also wounded four other Syrian soldiers and caused some material damage, state media say. Published On 7 Aug 20237 Aug 2023 An Israeli missile attack near Syria’s capital Damascus has killed at least four Syrian soldiers and wounded four others, according to the official SANA news agency. Citing…

Four other Syrian soldiers were also wounded in the attack. By TZVI JOFFRE, JERUSALEM POST STAFF AUGUST 7, 2023 02:45 Updated: AUGUST 7, 2023 08:09 A streak of light is seen in the night sky in the vicinity of the Syrian capital Damascus during what Syrian authorities said was an…

In the most recent of several near encounters between Russian and American military aircraft in the area, the U.S. military reported that a MQ-9 drone over Syria was 'severely' damaged when it was struck by a flare from a Russian fighter jet earlier this week FP Staff Last Updated:July 29,…

Author of the article: The Associated Press Hogir Al Abdo And Salar Salim Published Jul 28, 2023  •  1 minute read BAGHDAD (AP) — Kurdish-led armed groups in Iraq and Syria alleged that Turkish airstrikes killed a total of eight of their fighters Friday. The counterterrorism service of the regional…

A bomb killed six people and wounded scores on Thursday when it exploded near the Sayeda Zeinab mausoleum in Damascus, Syria's most visited Shiite pilgrimage site, the authorities said. The deadly blast south of the capital came ahead of the annual commemoration of Ashura, when Shiites remember the death of…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Russian fighter jet fired flares and struck another U.S. drone over Syrian airspace on Wednesday, the White House said, in a continued string of harassing maneuvers that have ratcheted up tensions between the global powers. It’s the sixth reported incident this month, and the second in…

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The U.S. military has released footage showing a Russian fighter jet damaging an American drone in Syria after flying "dangerously close" to it. The Russian jet was "harassing" the drone and "deploying flares from a position directly overhead," the U.S. Air Forces Central said in a statement on Tuesday, leaving…

In this image from video released by the U.S. Air Force, a Russian fighter jet flies close to a U.S. drone over Syria, July 23, 2023. A Russian fighter jet flew within a few meters of a U.S. drone over Syria and fired flares at it, striking the American aircraft…