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- Several blasts heard near Syria’s Damascus airport – state media
Explosions have reportedly been heard in the vicinity of Damascus International Airport in the Syrian capital, SANA state news agency reported on Tuesday. Israel said earlier it “intercepted” four missiles from Syria.Nov 19, 2019 03:32World News - Multiple casualties in blast near Lebanese embassy as Syrian air defenses engage ‘hostile targets’ in Damascus skies (PHOTOS)At least two people have been killed and six other wounded after a blast rocked the Mazzeh district of Damascus just as the military’s air defense engaged a “hostile target” over the nearby suburb of Daraya, SANA reports.Nov 12, 2019 04:03World News
- Western sanctions on Syria only hurt the people in order to push regime change agenda – Assad to RTThe sanctions the US and Europe placed on Damascus serve a single goal: to pit people against the government and make them uphold the West’s agenda, Syrian President Bashar Assad told RT in an exclusive interview.Nov 10, 2019 14:52World News
- US smuggles crude worth $30mn per month from occupied Syrian oil fields, violating its own sanctions – Russian Foreign MinistryA supposed champion of the rule of law, the US is violating its own anti-Syrian sanctions by smuggling crude from oil fields it seized from Damascus, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has said.Nov 1, 2019 14:00World News
- Assad visits frontline in Idlib, vows to retake all of Syrian land (PHOTOS)Syrian President Bashar Assad has visited the frontline in the Idlib province – the last major stronghold of the militants. He then sent a clear message to Ankara that the Damascus intends to regain all of its land.Oct 23, 2019 00:36World News
- Kurds ‘no angels and know how to fight,’ Syria conflict between Ankara and Damascus – TrumpThere are no more American troops in northern Syria and the conflict there is between Ankara and Damascus now, US President Donald Trump said, adding that Washington’s Kurdish allies are “no angels” and know how to fight.Oct 16, 2019 17:08World News
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