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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 570

Syrian government

Syrian interim President Ahmed Sharaa speaks in Damascus, Syria, March 29, 2025. (Syrian Presidency/AFP)
March 30, 2025, 5:19 am
Syria swears in new transitional government four months after ousting Assad
Members of minority groups including a Christian woman, a Kurd, and and an Alawite given cabinet positions as Damascus aims to convince West to lift crippling sanctions
By GHAITH ALSAYED and BASSEM MROUE
Syrian Tourism Minister Mohammed Rami Martini speaks during a press conference in Damascus on November 24, 2021 (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
November 26, 2021, 5:16 am
Syria hopes for return of European tourists
Minister says arrival numbers are rising again after period of relative calm following decade of civil war
By AFP
A civil defense worker inspects a destroyed building after shelling hit the town of Ibleen, a village in southern Idlib province, Syria, July 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
July 3, 2021, 4:26 pm
Syrian regime shelling kills 8, mostly children, in last rebel enclave
Rescue group says artillery fire struck several families’ homes in Idlib; civil defense center, water station hit in airstrikes
By AP
Trucks laden with aid for displaced Syrians wait to cross from Jordan to the Syrian side of the border, in Jabir As Sirhan, Jordan, July 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Omar Akour)
June 28, 2019, 12:26 pm
Rights group says Syria co-opting aid ‘to fund its atrocities’
Human Rights Watch calls on donors to ensure their contributions are used to benefit Syrian people, not the Assad regime
By Bassam Mroue
Illustrative: An Israeli Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighter jet takes part in a graduation ceremony for IAF pilots at the Hatzerim base in Israel's Negev desert, on December 26, 2018. (Jack Guez/ AFP/ File)
December 26, 2018, 8:55 pm
Lebanon to file UN complaint on Israeli overflights during alleged Syria strikes
Damascus tells Security Council attacks wouldn’t have been launched if not for Washington’s ‘unlimited’ support of Israel
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this photo, members of the Syrian Civil Defense group, known as the White Helmets, inspect cluster bombs in the Khan Sheikhoun neighborhood of Idlib, Syria, September 29, 2016. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)
November 30, 2017, 2:48 pm
Syrian military used banned cluster bombs in besieged area — Amnesty
Regime forces committing war crimes on ‘epic scale,’ says human rights body
By AP
UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura arrives for a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister in Moscow on November 24, 2017. (AFP Photo/Alexander Nemenov)
November 27, 2017, 7:40 pm
Syrian government won’t attend start of peace talks, UN envoy says
Despite Syria’s absence, Staffan de Mistura expresses optimism over potential to reach political solution to civil war
By AFP
From left: Turkish Foreign Ministry Deputy Undersecretary Sedat Onal, Russia's special envoy on Syria Alexander Lavrentiev, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov, UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura and Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaber Ansari pose after the announcement of a final statement following Syria peace talks in Astana on January 24, 2017. (AFP Photo/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
January 24, 2017, 6:09 pm
Russia, Iran, Turkey agree on ‘mechanism’ to ensure Syria truce
Compliance with fragile ceasefire to be jointly monitored by sponsors of peace talks between rebels and Damascus
By AFP
Syrians keep warm next to a fire in Aleppo's Fardos neighborhood, after fleeing violence in the restive Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood, on December 13, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/STRINGER)
December 13, 2016, 5:42 pm
Fleeing civilians ‘killed on spot’ as Assad forces advance in Aleppo
While rebels mount last stand, French FM cites reports of ‘summary executions’ and ‘people burned alive in their homes’
By Maya Gebeily
Syrian rebel fighters and their families arrive on the outskirts of Idlib, bordering the Hama province, following their evacuation from Qudssaya and al-Hamah, rebel-held neighbourhoods of the Syrian capital, on October 14, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / OMAR HAJ KADOUR)
October 19, 2016, 4:59 pm
620 Syrian rebels quit besieged town near Damascus
After 3 years of devastating regime blockade, fighters and families evacuate Moadamiyat al-Sham under deal with Assad government
By AFP
File: Syrian President Bashar Assad listening to a question during an interview with AFP in the capital Damascus, February 11, 2016. (AFP/JOSEPH EID)
June 7, 2016, 5:21 pm
Syria’s Assad hardens position in address to parliament
President says he will not agree to any topic outside statement presented to UN, which nixes transitional power
By AFP
A man drives his motorbike past damaged apartment buildings on February 10, 2016 in Harasta, east of the Syrian capital Damascus (AFP / ABDULMONAM EASSA)
February 11, 2016, 1:59 am
Russia offers March 1 ceasefire in Syria, US wants it now
Washington concerned Moscow seeking more time to help Assad hit moderate rebels hard
By Matthew Lee and Bradley Klapper
Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi arrives to attend the 136th ordinary meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), on September 15, 2015, in the Saudi capital Riyadh. (AFP Photo/Fayez Nureldine/File)
October 26, 2015, 6:12 pm
Oman’s top diplomat meets Assad in rare Syria visit
Foreign Minister Yussef bin Alawi says Muscat eager to preserve ‘unity and stability’ in the war-torn country
By AFP
A picture taken on October 17, 2015 shows smoke billowing as a Syrian opposition fighter fires a weapon in the Mount Azzan area, 24 kms from the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, during reported fighting against forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad. (AFP PHOTO/THAER MOHAMMED)
October 20, 2015, 6:13 pm
Tens of thousands flee Syria regime offensive in Aleppo
UN says 35,000 displaced as Assad government launches fresh, Russian-backed airstrikes on opposition rebels
By AFP
Syrian President Bashar Assad gives an interview to Foreign Affairs magazine in Damascus, January 26, 2015. (AFP)
August 11, 2015, 4:59 am
Assad cousin arrested over ‘road rage’ killing
Suleiman Assad allegedly shot a military officer dead over a traffic dispute
By AFP
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