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After being found in Syria, an American citizen is now with the U.S. forces
Pete Timmerman, a 27-year-old Missouri man who was released from a prison in Syria this month, said he was detained in Damascus in April after crossing into the country on foot from Lebanon. Timmerman’s mother Stacey Collins Gardiner said she hasn’t spoken to her son or anyone from the government about his apparent discovery in…
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Putin just suffered a huge defeat
The road to Syria’s capital Damascus has been littered with abandoned Syrian military tanks after the rebels took the city from President Bashar al-Assad. A few of al-Assad’s posters sat on the billboards, but most had been torn down and destroyed. There were also signs of the lawlessness that many fear could seize the country.
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The Syrian rebels are to be applauded for their stunning takeover of the city of Aleppo
The US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford has said that the rebel attacks in Syria show that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government is weak. He added that the rebels’ attacks are part of a plot by the US and Iran to take over Syria. This comes after rebels launched an attack on Syria’s capital Damascus…
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There are risks to Israel’s choices on response to Iran
Iran fired a volley of missiles at Israeli targets on Sunday as aresult of an attack on Iran’s embassy complex in Damascus that killed several commanders in Iran’s armed forces. Iran said the attack was in response to an airstrike from earlier this month that hit Iran’s consulate in Syria’s Damascus. Iranian officials said the…
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Israel faced an attack from Iran
Israel has launched airstrikes on Iran’s military sites in the Gaza Strip and in response to its attack on an Israeli consulate in Damascus, Syria. The airstrikes come after Iran launched at least 10 missiles into Israel on Saturday, including two missiles capable of carrying up to 150 kg of explosives, according to a report…
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More than 20,000 people have been killed in a major earthquake in Turkey and Syria
The death toll from the earthquake in Syria and Turkey has risen to over 21,000, Turkish Health Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoan said. At least 1,200 people have died in Syria’s Hama and Idlib province, the Syrian Health Ministry said on Thursday. The US Geological Survey said that the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Damascus on…