The strikes reportedly targeted multiple locations in the Mezzeh Villas neighbourhood, with speculation that a key meeting of regime and Iranian officials had been the primary target.
The fuel shortage under the regime’s government has led to a transportation crisis in major cities like Damascus, Aleppo, and Homs, Enab Baladi writes.
Faisal Mekdad was sworn in as Vice President of the Republic before President Bashar al-Assad on October 2, 2024, raising the question: does this signify a promotion or a demotion for the seasoned diplomat?
This wave of displacement coincides with significant movement towards al-Qusayr and its surrounding regions, Damas Post writes.
Eyewitnesses indicate that temporary checkpoints have been set up throughout the city, Zaman al-Wasl writes.
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On Sunday afternoon, September 29, an Israeli drone targeted an illegal Hezbollah crossing between the towns of Yafour and Kafr Fawq on the Syrian-Lebanese border, Sawt al-Asima says.
“Syria is not in a position to open a new front in the south,” a Syrian delegation told Hezbollah, according to Syria TV.
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NGOs in Damascus and its surrounding areas have mobilized to assist Lebanese citizens fleeing the violence, al-Baath writes.
During the Lebanese Civil War in the 1980s, Syria and Hezbollah found themselves on opposing sides, Syria TV writes.
Lebanese Hezbollah is not merely an Iranian-backed faction; its leader, Nasrallah, was one of the most prominent leaders among Tehran-backed groups, Syria TV says.
An official source in Quneitra governorate, who wished to remain anonymous, confirmed to Athr Press that the Israeli forces are conducting excavations along the border strip in the occupied Syrian Golan
Military and local sources in Daraa and Quneitra confirmed to Syria TV that the military situation in southern Syria and along the borders of the occupied Golan remains unchanged.
The Sayyeda Zeinab area south of Damascus also saw a significant influx of families, al-Modon writes.
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The Syrian Network for Human Rights has documented the initial toll of 36 Syrian refugees killed in Israeli shelling targeting towns in southern Lebanon during the first days of the escalation.
Lebanon’s multiple crises have often been accompanied by rising racism against Syrian refugees, Syria TV writes.
