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Intelligence and Transportation Minister Israel Katz speaks during the inauguration ceremony for the new train station in the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Malachi, on September 17, 2018. (Flash90)
January 21, 2019, 9:04 am
Israel will defend Syria red lines ‘with full force,’ intelligence minister vows
Ministers warn that those who launch attacks like Sunday’s rocket strike from Syria on Israeli Hermon ‘will pay a high price’
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Flames rising after an attack in an area known to have numerous Syrian army military bases, in Kisweh, south of Damascus, released by Syria's official news agency on May 9, 2018. (SANA, via AP)
January 21, 2019, 4:53 am
Israeli strikes said to destroy Iranian, Hezbollah sites near Damascus
Bombings inflict heavy damage on weapons warehouses and military positions near airport and other areas, with casualties reported; Syria calls attack ‘heavy’
By TOI staff
A Google Earth view of a Syrian scientific facility in Jamraya, near Damascus, before it was allegedly struck by Israeli warplanes in late January 2013. (photo credit: image capture from Google Earth)
February 7, 2018, 6:18 am
Israel said to strike targets near Damascus
Syria claims to intercept all missiles, but an independent monitor says some of them hit near Jamraya, a site linked to chemical weapons production
By AFP and TOI staff
Moshe Ya'alon (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 7, 2013, 7:01 pm
Israel will act on its red lines, Ya’alon vows
After Syrian mortars land in Golan, defense minister says soldiers have orders to hit back if fired on from across border
By Adiv Sterman
A screenshot from a video purporting to show large explosions on the outskirts of Damascus early Sunday morning. (Screenshot via YouTube)
May 6, 2013, 12:48 am
Israeli airstrikes prompt threats, anger in Syria
Assad regime hints at possible retribution, though rhetoric in official statements appeares relatively muted
By Karin Laub and Josef Federman
A screenshot showing smoke and fire filling the skyline over Damascus, Syria, early Sunday. (photo credit: AP/Ugarit News)
May 5, 2013, 9:32 pm
UN expresses ‘grave’ concern over Syria airstrikes
Secretary general calls on sides to exercise restraint; US official says Washington supports reported Israeli action
By Adiv Sterman
This photo released on the official Facebook page of Syrian President Bashar Assad, shows Syrian president Bashar Assad, right, surrounded by bodyguards as young people, wave at him during the inauguration ceremony on Saturday of a statue dedicated to "martyrs" from Syrian universities who died in the country's two-year-old uprising and civil war, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, May. 4, 2013 (photo credit: AP)
May 5, 2013, 1:51 pm
Syrian violence reaches the coast
Columnists warn of Assad’s plan to ethnically cleanse Sunnis in preparation for an Alawite state
By Elhanan Miller
An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet during a training exercise (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)
May 5, 2013, 11:58 am
‘Strike in Syria sends a message to Iran,’ says former intel chief
At least some of the actors here take ‘red lines’ seriously, says Amos Yadlin, in a dig at US inaction regarding Assad; Netanyahu stresses imperative to ensure Israel’s security
By Gavriel Fiske
A screenshot from a video purporting to show large explosions on the outskirts of Damascus early Sunday morning. (Screenshot via YouTube)
May 5, 2013, 3:17 am
Syrian military site hit by fresh Israeli strike early Sunday
Israeli official says target was an Iranian missile shipment; IDF declines to comment; rocket expert says Iranian Fateh-110 missiles would be ‘game-changer’ if they reached Hezbollah
By TOI staff and AP
A Google Earth view of a Syrian scientific facility in Jamraya, near Damascus, before it was allegedly struck by Israeli warplanes in late January 2013. (photo credit: image capture from Google Earth)
February 6, 2013, 10:50 pm
Bombed Syrian site seen in satellite images
Aerial photos of Jamraya research facility outside Damascus show charred parking lot where Israeli bombs allegedly struck
By Ilan Ben Zion
January 31, 2013, 9:19 pm
US warns Damascus against transferring arms to Hezbollah
Deputy national security adviser says threats by Iran prove it’s worried about Assad’s regime falling; Syria complains to UN chief over Israeli ‘aggression’
By Ron Friedman and AP
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