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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 566

Hama

File: Seized Syrian Air Force planes are seen in the aftermath of the opposition's takeover of the Hama military airport on December 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
April 3, 2025, 1:32 am
IDF strikes hit ‘remaining military capacities’ at Syrian airbases
Israeli jets target runways, fuel depots and radars at Hama military airport and T-4 airbase, are said to also strike scientific research center linked to chemical weapons
By Emanuel Fabian and Stav Levaton
Anti-government fighters stand in front of a defaced portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as they patrol a street in the Syrian southern city of Daraa on December 7, 2024. (Photo by Sam HARIRI / AFP)
December 7, 2024, 10:37 pm
Syria rebels say they’re encircling Damascus; West thinks Assad regime may fall in days
Rebel offensive makes big gains, pushing on regime forces from north, south and east; HTS-led troops enter Homs on road to capital, seize areas near Israel border
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Residents take to the streets of Hama, to welcome anti government fighters after they took control of Syria's west-central city on December 5, 2024. (Photo by Bakr Alkasem / AFP)
December 6, 2024, 12:40 pm
Thousands flee as Syrian rebels advance on crossroads city of Homs
Leader of Islamist rebel group says he wants to ‘build Syria,’ bring refugees home from Lebanon and Europe, as insurgents press offensive toward key city linking Damascus to coast
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Anti-government fighters pose for a "selfie" picture on a Syrian regime military aircraft at the Kweyris military airfield in the eastern part of Aleppo province on December 3, 2024. (Rami al Sayed/AFP)
December 5, 2024, 3:25 pm
Syrian rebels oust regime forces from key central city of Hama, on route to Damascus
Assad’s troops retreat from strategic city, which had remained in government hands throughout entire civil war, less than a week after Islamist forces took Aleppo
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi
Anti-government fighters ride in the back of a truck in the town of Suran, between Aleppo and Hama, on December 3, 2024. (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)
December 4, 2024, 3:49 am
Syrian rebel forces push toward Hama, intensifying pressure on Assad and his allies
Iranian FM says Tehran will consider sending troops if Damascus asks; Israel said to fear chemical weapons could fall into wrong hands during takeover of regime military facilities
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A fire sparked by an alleged Israeli strike in the Masyaf area of central Syria, late September 8, 2024. (SANA)
September 9, 2024, 4:53 am
Israel allegedly strikes Syria area believed to house Iran forces; 14 killed, 43 hurt
Series of attacks spark fires, damage highway in Masyaf area near Hama, where Tehran is thought to be helping manufacture precision missiles, chemical weapons; no comment from IDF
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of Eshel Prison, undated. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
March 16, 2024, 2:04 pm
Bedouin Israeli said to have joined Hamas in Gaza dies after found unconscious in cell
Prison Service says Juma Ibrahim Abu Ghanima was discovered March 12 and taken to hospital; he had been detained when trying to return to Israel after sneaking into enclave in 2016
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: An explosion seen at the Syrian port of Latakia on December 28, 2021, after an alleged Israeli strike. (Screen capture/Twitter)
April 15, 2022, 12:35 am
Israeli strikes launched at targets near Damascus for 2nd time this week, Syria says
Attacks attributed to Israel in Russia-dominated airspace continue amid Putin’s Ukraine war; no reports of casualties
By ToI Staff
A cloud of smoke rises after an alleged airstrike near the Syrian city of Masyaf, on April 9, 2022. (Screenshot/Twitter)
April 9, 2022, 10:38 pm
Syria accuses Israel of conducting rare daylight strike near Masyaf
Citing military source, state media claims some of Israeli missiles intercepted by air defenses; footage shows large clouds of smoke in area
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Syrian Air defenses respond to alleged Israeli missiles targeting south of the capital Damascus, on July 20, 2020. (AFP)
January 22, 2021, 5:16 am
Syrian media reports Israeli airstrikes near western city of Hama
Family of four said killed during the attack, homes damaged in the area, but more likely from Syrian air defenses than Israeli munitions; fifth alleged strike in the past month
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
Illustrative. This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows missiles flying into the sky near the international airport in Damascus, Syria, January 21, 2019. (SANA via AP)
December 23, 2019, 12:39 am
Syria says air defenses fire on ‘hostile missiles’ from Israel
Residents of Damascus report explosions near capital; rights group says attack targets ‘Syrian regime and Iranian positions’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Satellite photos released by ImageSat International shows the aftermath of an airstrikes attributed to Israel that targeted a Syrian military base in Masyaf in the Hama province on April 12, 2019. (ImageSat International)
April 14, 2019, 7:20 pm
Satellite firm releases pics of Syria site bombed in strike attributed to Israel
Buildings destroyed by jets late Friday reportedly housed missile production facility; several Iranian and pro-Iranian militants said killed, 17 injured
By Judah Ari Gross
A screengrab circulating on social media purporting to show an alleged Israeli airstrike targeting Iranian assets in the Syrian city of Masyaf on April 13, 2019. (Screengrab/Twitter)
April 13, 2019, 9:54 am
Iranian forces said killed in reported Israel airstrike on Syria missile factory
London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 17 people injured in raid near city of Masyaf as jets target missile development center, training camp
By ToI Staff and AFP
This screenshot from a video released by Syria's official news agency SANA allegedly shows Syrian air defenses firing on Israeli missiles in the province of Hama, April 13, 2019. (YouTube screenshot)
April 13, 2019, 4:40 am
Syria says Israeli strike targets ‘military position’ in western Hama province
State media claims some missiles intercepted by air defenses; several buildings destroyed and three ‘fighters’ injured in area believed to house Iranian, Hezbollah forces
By ToI Staff
Aziz Azbar (via Facebook)
August 5, 2018, 6:50 am
Head of Syrian chemical arms research center said assassinated
Aziz Azbar, whose CERS center is thought to be linked to gas attacks and Iranian missile development, reportedly killed in car bombing
By ToI Staff
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