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- Israel vows ‘harsh response’ if Syrian troops enter demilitarized zone on Golan Heights
Israel will issue a “harsh response” if the Syrian Army enters the buffer zone near the Golan Heights, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said. Tel Aviv bolstered its troops in the region amid Syrian advances against militants.World News - Israeli forces strike Syrian Army outpost in response to cross-border shelling
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have attacked an outpost of the Syrian Army near the occupied Golan Heights after shells flew across the border.World News - Sen. Lindsey Graham courts Kurds in Syria, contradicting both Trump & intl law
Lindsey Graham's incursion into the Syrian city of Manbij, where he tried to secure a jackpot by playing the Kurdish card, highlights America's confusing Mideast policy, but it also brings more trouble to the Syrian stalemate.US News - US tells rebels not to count on its help as Syrian army advances into country’s southwest – report
The US military has reportedly warned the rebels it backs in Syria that it will not help them thwart a large-scale offensive of the Syrian Army, which is rapidly gaining ground in the southwest of the country.World News - Syrian Army & rebels join forces to repel terrorist attack in Syria’s southwest – Russian MoDSyrian troops came under massive attack in the southwest of the country overnight, the Russian Reconciliation Center said on Saturday. Around 1,000 terrorists from Al-Nusra Front (currently known as Jabhat Fateh al-Sham) attacked positions of the...Newsline
- ‘Man-made earthquake’: Russian documentary shares untold stories of 4yr Aleppo siege
Aleppo, once Syria’s thriving industrial hub, is now trying to rebuild itself from rubble. How did it happen, and why? A Russian documentary seeks answers to those questions, and tells stories of life during the siege.World News
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