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Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Walid Moallem speaks during a news conference with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Vladimir Makei in Damascus on February 9, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/LOUAI BESHARA)
February 6, 2016, 2:09 pm
Syrian FM: Foreign troops who come here will go home ‘in coffins’
Threat comes after Saudi army spokesman says his country is willing to send soldiers to war-torn region
By AP
Illustrative photo of a car bombing in Homs province, central Syria (photo credit: AP/SANA)
January 31, 2016, 3:57 pm
Bombs said to kill dozens, wound over 100 near Syria Shiite shrine
Islamic State claims attack on holy site reportedly guarded by Hezbollah fighters, leaving at least 45 dead
By AFP and AP
Zahran Allouch, deceased head of the Jaish al-Islam (Islam Army) Syrian rebel group on July 21, 2015 (Amer Almohibany/AFP)
December 27, 2015, 12:19 am
Top rebel’s death in Syria reshuffles deck ahead of talks
Assassination of Army of Islam leader Zahran Allouch may also delay pullout of militants from Damascus neighborhoods
By Zeina Karam
Zahran Allouch, deceased head of the Jaish al-Islam (Islam Army) Syrian rebel group on July 21, 2015 (Amer Almohibany/AFP)
December 26, 2015, 11:55 am
Syrian rebels name successor to slain commander
Essam al-Buwaydhani will succeed leader Zahran Allouch, who was killed by airstrike near Damascus on Friday
By Agencies
A file picture taken June 25, 2014 shows Zahran Allouch, the leader of Jaish al-Islam (Islam Army), speaking during a press conference in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region outside the capital Damascus. (Abd Doumany/AFP)
December 25, 2015, 7:52 pm
Top Syrian rebel killed in airstrike near Damascus
Jaish al-Islam chief Zahran Allouch reportedly killed by Russian airstrike during a meeting to reconcile feuding groups
By Agencies
Palestinians chant slogans against Israel during a demonstration in support of late Lebanese militant Samir Kantar (portrait) in the West Bank city of Nablus on December 21, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH)
December 21, 2015, 7:46 pm
Kuntar killed by smart bombs fired from Israel, Syrian paper claims
Assad mouthpiece says rescue services recovered fragments of four IDF missiles used in Saturday night's airstrike
By Judah Ari Gross
A general view taken on December 20, 2015, shows Syrians gathering at the site of a reported Israeli air raid that killed Samir Kuntar, in Jaramana, southeast of the Syrian capital Damascus. (AFP/LOUAI BESHARA)
December 21, 2015, 12:12 pm
Syrian rebels claim they killed arch-terrorist Kuntar
Hezbollah allegation that Israel assassinated Lebanese-Druze operative 'makes light of our achievements,' Free Syrian Army says
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of a woman waiting at a bus stop near a public bomb shelter, on July 6, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 20, 2015, 11:28 pm
Bracing for further attacks, mayors in northern Israel open bomb shelters
UNIFIL steps up patrols along Israel-Lebanon border after rocket salvo, which followed alleged Israeli killing of Hezbollah terrorist
By Adiv Sterman and Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative photo of Israeli artillery on the Lebanese border, January 28, 2015. (IDF Spokesperson)
December 20, 2015, 7:33 pm
IDF shells South Lebanon after rocket fire on Western Galilee
Israel says it holds Lebanese Army responsible for any cross-border activity aimed at harming its citizens
By Adiv Sterman and Judah Ari Gross
The northern coastal town of Nahariya (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons Public Domain)
December 20, 2015, 6:16 pm
Rockets hit northern Israel, hours after Hezbollah terrorist killed
No injuries or damage reported as at least 3 projectiles land in open areas near Nahariya
By Adiv Sterman, Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff
Lebanese Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, right, speaking next to freed convicted terrorist Samir Kantar at a stadium in Beirut's southern suburbs, July 16, 2008. (AFP/MUSSA AL-HUSSEINI)
December 20, 2015, 1:34 pm
Hamas condemns ‘heinous’ killing of Hezbollah terrorist
Gaza-based group urges international community to take action against Israel in wake of alleged airstrike in Syria
By TOI staff
File: Samir Kuntar. (Mardetanha/Wikipedia)
December 20, 2015, 5:55 am
Terror chief Samir Kuntar killed in reported Israeli strike in Syria
Hezbollah-affiliated terrorist, who murdered 4 Israelis in 1979, dead after reported IAF attack near Damascus, along with 8 fighters
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of an IAF F-15 fighter jet flying over Israel during the 'Blue Flag' exercise at Ovda Airfield near Eilat on October 21, 2015. (Israeli Air Force)
December 4, 2015, 6:01 am
Israeli jets carry out strikes north of Damascus — reports
Raids said to target four trucks loaded with ballistic missiles; no immediate reports of casualties
By TOI staff and Judah Ari Gross
An Israeli F-16 during an exercise on November 25, 2013. (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)
November 24, 2015, 7:33 pm
Report: Israel strikes Hezbollah positions in Syria, killing 13
According to unconfirmed reports, eight fighters, five Syrian soldiers die in four IAF raids Monday; 'dozens' said injured
By TOI staff
An Israeli F-16 during an exercise on November 25, 2013. (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)
November 11, 2015, 9:19 pm
Syria says Israeli airstrikes hit near Damascus airport
According to unconfirmed reports by opposition groups, target was a weapons shipment intended for Hezbollah
By TOI staff
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