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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 573

Maaret al-Numan

Civilians ride in a truck as they flee Maaret al-Numan, Syria, ahead of a government offensive, December 23, 2019. (Ghaith al-Sayed/AP)
December 24, 2019, 10:47 am
Residents of northwest Syria flee new government offensive
As Syrian troops push toward rebel-held town Maaret al-Numan and strategic road it controls, civilians escape toward Turkish border; UN warns of looming humanitarian crisis
By Bassam Mroue
Syrian soldiers at a Syrian army post as seen from the Lebanese border village of al-Qasr, Lebanon, Friday, April 12, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Bilal Hussein)
April 14, 2013, 2:22 am
Airstrike in north Syria kills 20, activists say
Three children said to be among dead in Idlib province; nearby, Assad loyalists kill at least 21 opposition fighters in ambush
By RYAN LUCAS
Syrian soldiers at a Syrian army post as seen from the Lebanese border village of al-Qasr, Lebanon, Friday, April 12, 2013. Syrian warplanes and troops battled rebels near the border with Lebanon as part of a widening government counteroffensive to recapture territory along strategic border areas and near the capital Damascus. Written on the army post are the words 'only God, Syria and Bashar' and 'God is protecting Syria.' (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
April 13, 2013, 3:35 pm
Syrian troops kill at least 12 rebels in ambush
Forces loyal to Assad surprise opposition fighters on outskirts of village in Idlib province
By RYAN LUCAS
In this Tuesday February 26, 2013 file photo, Free Syrian Army fighters take their positions as they observe the Syrian army forces base of Wadi al-Deif, at the front line of Maaret al-Numan town, in Idlib province, Syria. (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla, File)
March 5, 2013, 9:47 pm
Syrian rebels’ northern advance slows
Around 3,000 of Maaret al-Numan’s estimated 85,000 inhabitants remain in captured city
By Steve Negus
A Free Syrian Army fighter walks past destroyed shops in Aleppo, Syria, on Friday, February 8, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Abdullah Al-Yassin)
February 18, 2013, 9:29 pm
Syrian rebels gain ground near key airport
Aleppo field is country’s second largest, and valued as strategic target; military base, fuel station now in rebel hands
The former head of Syria's military police Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Jassem al-Shallal announcing his defection to the rebels last December (photo credit: screen capture/Al-Arabiya)
December 26, 2012, 1:39 pm
Top Syrian general switches sides, says he has joined ‘the people’s revolution’
Rights group says government shelling in northern province killed 20, including 8 children and 3 women
Free Syrian Army fighters walk amid the ruins of a village situated a short distance from an area where fighting between rebels and government forces continues, Saturday, December 22, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Virginie Nguyen Hoang)
December 25, 2012, 4:56 pm
Syrian rebels fully capture town near Turkey
Pope Benedict XVI, in Christmas address, decries slaughter of ‘defenseless’ in Syria
October 31, 2012, 11:58 am
Syria activists say warplanes continue to hit Damascus area
Five airstrikes reported on rebel-held suburb near the capital
A rebel fighter fires a gun at an army jet flying a bombing run on nearby rebel positions in the district of Aleppo Jedida, Syria, on Monday, October 29, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
October 30, 2012, 4:37 pm
Syrian fighting intensifies around strategic northern city
Government airstrikes target rebel-held Maaret al-Numan, along the highway between Aleppo and Damascus
By Bassam Mroue
Syrians walk past the scene of an explosion in Aleppo, Syria, October 3, 2012 (photo credit: AP/SANA
October 16, 2012, 1:48 pm
90 dead in Assad regime airstrikes in northern Syria, activists say
Border areas with Turkey bombarded by military aircraft and artillery
People gather atop the aircraft steps alongside a Syrian passenger plane that was forced by Turkish jets to land at Esenboga airport in Ankara, Turkey, October 10, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Burhan Ozbilici)
October 11, 2012, 7:38 pm
Turkey: Intercepted Syrian plane was carrying ammunition
Cargo was being sent from a ‘Russian agency’ to the Syrian Defense Ministry, Turkish prime minister charges
By Suzan Fraser
This image, taken from an amateur video, shows the bodies of dozens of victims killed in Tremseh, Syria (some nine miles from Hama) on Thursday. Rebels said the government rained shells on farmers in what they called one of the worst days of bloodshed since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began. (photo credit: Hama Revolution 2011 via AP video)
July 14, 2012, 4:56 am
UN blames regime forces for Syria massacre; opposition says death toll in Tremseh up to 300
As international community singles out government forces for blame, activists protest under the banner ‘Remove Kofi Annan, the servant of Assad and Iran’
By AP and Michal Shmulovich
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