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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 569

Idlib

Vast crowds of Syrians gather during a celebratory demonstration following the first Friday prayers since Bashar Assad's ouster, in Damascus's central square, Syria, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
December 13, 2024, 5:01 pm
Thousands celebrate in Damascus after first Friday prayers since fall of Assad regime
Insurgency leader Ahmad al-Shara calls on Syrians to ‘show happiness without shooting bullets and scaring people’; US seeks interim government that’s ‘inclusive and non-sectarian’
By Albert Aji and Matthew Lee
Anti-government fighters ride military vehicles as they drive along a road in the eastern part of Aleppo province on December 1, 2024. (Aref TAMMAWI / AFP)
December 2, 2024, 2:28 pm
Syria rebels appear to credit Israeli strikes on Hezbollah with aiding shock advance
Opposition figures speaking to Israeli TV say they love Jewish state and want to forge friendship; report indicates Hezbollah may be sending forces to Syria as Assad looks for help
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Anti-regime fighters drive along the Aleppo-Damascus M5 highway in the newly captured northwestern area of Khan al-Assal, as smoke rises in the distance on November 29, 2024 (Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
November 29, 2024, 7:17 pm
Netanyahu holds assessment on Syria as jihadists enter Aleppo in lightning assault
Alliance led by Al-Qaeda’s former Syria branch takes control of some 50 towns and villages, in Assad regime’s biggest loss of territory in years
By AFP
Fighters from the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), headed by ex-members of Syria's former Al-Qaeda franchise, stand to attention during a military training graduation ceremony in the country's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on August 16, 2023. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
August 27, 2023, 6:50 am
Jihadists kill 11 Syria soldiers in tunnel attack, says war monitor
Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says assault in Idlib province carried out by al-Qaeda affiliate and group made up of members of China’s Uighur Muslim minority
By Agencies
Trucks loaded with United Nations humanitarian aid for Syria following a devastating earthquake are parked at Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in Syria's Idlib province, on February 10, 2023. (Ghaith Alsayed/AP)
August 9, 2023, 8:00 am
UN says deal reached with Syria to reopen main border crossing from Turkey
Bab al-Hawa gateway used for 85% of deliveries to rebel-held northwest Idlib region; agreement comes after dispute over terms for sending supplies to area
By Edith M. Lederer
Border customs officials inspect a truck loaded with United Nations humanitarian aid for Syria at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in Syria's Idlib province, following a devastating earthquake, on February 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)
July 11, 2023, 11:57 pm
UN ends aid to northwest Syria from Turkey over disagreement at Security Council
Russia vetoes resolution to extend aid delivery through Bab al-Hawa crossing; alternative Russian proposal favorable to Syrian regime rejected by Western powers
By Edith M. Lederer
Earthquake victims receive treatment at the al-Rahma Hospital in the town of Darkush, Idlib province, northern Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
February 6, 2023, 3:15 pm
Misery of war-weary Syrians exacerbated by deadly earthquake
Powerful 7.8-magnitude tremor devastates already ravaged areas where millions of displaced Syrians live in housing wrecked by years of fighting and bombardment
By GHAITH ALSAYED and ABBY SEWELL
Doctors treat a child wounded in shelling at a hospital in the town of Idlib, Syria, Nov. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
November 6, 2022, 2:42 pm
6 killed in Syrian shelling of tent encampment, say first responders
Rebel factions reportedly respond by targeting government positions with artillery and missiles; two children among the dead
By AP
In this September 10, 2018 file photo, members of a Turkish pro-government aid group, wait for the departure of trucks carrying humanitarian aid destined for Idlib, Syria, in Istanbul. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
July 8, 2022, 7:53 am
After impasse, UN Security Council extends talks on cross-border aid to Syria
Thursday vote scrapped amid disagreement between Moscow and West over ongoing humanitarian deliveries via Turkey
By Philippe RATER
Illustrative: Reported footage from the scene of an alleged US drone strike in eastern Syria, on July 18, 2021. (Screenshot/Twitter)
June 28, 2022, 9:56 am
Drone strike targets leader of al-Qaeda-linked group in Syria, US says
US military ‘highly confident’ it killed insurgent, who was hit while alone on motorcycle, in second operation this month against senior terror figures in Syria
By AFP
ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi (US Justice Department)
February 4, 2022, 8:24 am
Thought he was a cab driver: Syrians shocked to find Islamic State head was neighbor
After US raid kills terror chief, one of world’s most wanted men, residents of his town say he lived modestly and pretended to be a taxi driver
By Abdelaziz Ketaz
This image from video provided by the Department of Defense and released on February 3, 2022 shows the compound before a raid where Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, leader of the Islamic State Group, died in Syria's northwestern Idlib province. (US Department of Defense via AP)
February 3, 2022, 11:35 pm
Biden okayed riskier op to kill IS head in order to limit civilian harm
Women and children still killed in raid, when al-Qurayshi detonated a suicide vest
By Ellen Knickmeyer and CHRIS MEGERIAN
People check a destroyed house after an operation by the US military in the Syrian village of Atmeh, in Idlib province, Syria, on Thursday, February 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
February 3, 2022, 10:49 pm
US reportedly notified Israel ahead of raid that killed Islamic State leader
Bennett and Defense Minister Gantz hail killing of terror chief in Syria: ‘The world is now a safer place’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Main photo: People inspect a destroyed house following an operation by the US military in the Syrian village of Atmeh, in Idlib province, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed); Inset: The second leader of Islamic State, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi (Courtesy)
February 3, 2022, 4:45 pm
Biden: Islamic State’s global leader killed in overnight special forces op in Syria
US president says terror chief al-Qurayshi detonated bomb that killed himself, wife and kids ‘in act of cowardice,’ as special forces surrounded their Idlib province home
By Agencies and ToI Staff
People examine a destroyed house after an operation by the US military in the Syrian village of Atmeh, in Idlib province, Syria, Feb. 3, 2022. (Ghaith Alsayed/AP)
February 3, 2022, 12:37 pm
US special forces carry out raid in Syria; women, children among 13 said killed
Pentagon says mission was successful; monitor group reports civilian casualties in village of Atmeh near Turkish border; target not immediately clear
By GHAITH ALSAYED, Lolita C. Baldor and Bassam Mroue
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