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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 374

US strike on Syria

Pentagon spokesman Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, February 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
February 6, 2024, 8:21 am
Pentagon: Initial indications say no Iranians killed in recent US strikes in Mideast
Senior US Air Force officer says other casualties were likely in last week’s airstrikes on Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria, without giving details
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a military base known as Tower 22 in northeastern Jordan on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. The damage caused by the drone strike can be seen in the center-left of the photo. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
February 3, 2024, 11:04 pm
After US strikes, Iranian proxy says it doesn’t seek further conflict with US
Spokesperson for Iran-backed militia in Iraq says targeted sites were largely ‘devoid of fighters and military personnel’ but other sources reported casualties
By AP and ToI Staff
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
This photo, released on Monday, March 27, 2017 by the official Twitter account of Operation Inherent Resolve, shows the Tabqa Dam, in Raqqa, Syria. (Operation Inherent Resolve via AP)
January 21, 2022, 6:17 pm
Risking thousands, US targeted massive Syria dam it claimed was on ‘no strike’ list
Commander of US offensive insisted at time that dam wasn’t targeted, but Central Command now confirms military dropped 3 2,000 pound bombs on ‘towers attached’
By ToI Staff
In this July 26, 2017, file photo, Syrians look at a US armored vehicle convoy on a road that leads to Raqqa, northeast Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
December 12, 2021, 6:52 pm
Covert US army unit tasked with fighting IS repeatedly killed civilians – NYT
Current and former officials say deaths caused by Talon Anvil were collateral damage, but other sources say unit ‘circumvented rules imposed to protect noncombatants’
By ToI Staff
In this file photo taken on March 3, 2019, smoke and fire billow after shelling on the Islamic State group's last holdout of Baghouz, in the eastern Syrian Deir Ezzor province. (Photo by Delil souleiman / AFP)
November 15, 2021, 10:49 am
US defends Syria airstrike investigated by NY Times as ‘legitimate’
CENTCOM says 2019 strike carried out in Baghouz despite presence of civilians — previously flagged as a ‘possible war crime’ — was ‘self-defense’ and ‘proportional’
By AFP
Smoke rises from buildings following an airstrike on the rebel-held besieged town of Arbin, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on January 2, 2018. (AFP / ABDULMONAM EASSA)
November 14, 2021, 5:36 am
US military hushed up Syria strike that killed dozens of civilians — NY Times
Investigation indicates army personnel actively suppressed probe of 2019 bombing that hit women and children in country’s east
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Reported footage from the scene of an alleged US drone strike in eastern Syria, on July 18, 2021. (Screenshot/Twitter)
July 18, 2021, 4:06 pm
US drone strikes truck in Syria used by Iran-backed militia
Officials say no injuries caused after missile hits vehicle belonging to Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada; Syrian state media claims truck was carrying food
By AP and ToI Staff
This image provided by the Department of Defense was presented as part of a briefing slide at the Pentagon briefing on Saturday, April 14, 2018, and shows a photo of a preliminary damage assessment from the Him Shinshar Chemical Weapons Bunker in Syria that was struck by missiles from the U.S.-led coalition in response to Syria's use of chemical weapons on April 7. (Department of Defense via AP)
April 19, 2018, 11:53 pm
Assad still has ‘limited’ chemical capability, Pentagon says
After strikes, Syrian government forces contemplating using chemical weapons again ‘have to look over their shoulder and be worried that we are looking at them’
By AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks before the European Parliament on April 17, 2018, in the eastern French city of Strasbourg. (AFP PHOTO / Frederick FLORIN)
April 17, 2018, 4:49 pm
Macron: Syria strikes were ‘for honor of international community’
In address to European Parliament, French leader warns divisions between democracy and authoritarianism in EU are like a ‘civil war’
By Jérôme RIVET, Cedric Simon and Danny Kemp
Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem in an interview with Lebanese Al Mayadeen TV on April 16, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
April 17, 2018, 1:01 am
Hezbollah deputy says Israel won’t be allowed to set the ‘rules of the conflict’
Naim Qasem predicts Iranian response to last week’s attack on base in Syria in which 7 Iranians were killed
By ToI Staff
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May during a press conference in 10 Downing Street, London, Saturday, April 14, 2018. (Simon Dawson/Pool Photo via AP)
April 16, 2018, 7:02 pm
UK’s May to face angry lawmakers over Syria airstrikes
PM to tell emergency House of Commons debate that military action was ‘in Britain’s national interest’
By Jill Lawless and Raf Casert
US President Donald Trump is introduced to speak to US military troops at Naval Air Station Sigonella, May 27, 2017, in Sigonella, Italy. (AP/Evan Vucci)
April 16, 2018, 5:12 am
White House insists Trump still planning to pull US troops out of Syria
Statement comes after French President Macron says he convinced his US counterpart to stay engaged in Syria ‘for the long term’
By Agencies
France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) talks with US President Donald Trump on the first day of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
April 16, 2018, 1:42 am
France convinced Trump to stay in Syria ‘for the long term,’ says Macron
French president also says he persuaded his US counterpart to limit air strikes to chemical weapons sites
By Katy Lee
Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah speaks via video at an election rally on April 15, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
April 15, 2018, 11:57 pm
Hezbollah chief claims US-led strike on Syria was driven by ‘Zionist lobby’
In bellicose tirade, Hassan Nasrallah assets Western military action should encourage ‘confidence in our strength, presence, ability’
By ToI Staff
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