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Israel says it has launched greater than 350 airstrikes towards army amenities throughout Syria, destroying the Syrian navy and concentrating on weapons stockpiles and strategic infrastructure.
The Israeli army stated they carried out the strikes during the last 48 hours, hitting weapons manufacturing websites within the cities of Damascus, Homs, Tartus, Latakia and Palmyra. The targets additionally included airfields, anti-aircraft batteries, drones, plane and tanks.
The replace from Israel got here as a US official stated American troops will stay in Syria to tackle Isis militants regardless of the continued disaster following the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad.
US troops “have been there now for the higher a part of a decade or extra to combat Isis… we’re nonetheless dedicated to that mission,” stated US deputy nationwide safety adviser Jon Finer.
In the meantime, Mohammed al-Bashir – a determine little recognized throughout most of Syria who beforehand ran an administration in a small pocket of the northwest managed by rebels – has been appointed interim prime minister. In a quick deal with on state tv, he stated he would lead Syria’s interim authority till 1 March, with the backing of the insurgent coalition that toppled president Bashar al-Assad three days in the past.
Grief turns to fury as horror of Assad’s ‘slaughterhouse’ jail uncovered
Tom Watling11 December 2024 07:00
Syrian insurgent chief guarantees stability regardless of considerations of additional violence
Tom Watling11 December 2024 06:30
Israel’s warplanes pound Syria because it destroys Assad’s naval fleet
Tom Watling11 December 2024 06:00
US troops to remain in Syria regardless of Assad’s exit
American troops will stay in Syria regardless of the ouster of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad as a part of a counter-terrorism mission targeted on destroying Isis militants, a White Home official stated.
“These troops are there for a really particular and essential motive, not as some kind of bargaining chip,” US deputy nationwide safety adviser Jon Finer stated.
US troops “have been there now for the higher a part of a decade or extra to combat Isis… we’re nonetheless dedicated to that mission”.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar11 December 2024 05:30
Syrian rebels take Deir Ezzor from Kurdish forces
Syrian armed rebels say they’ve wrested management of the jap metropolis of Deir Ezzor following intense battle with the US-backed Kurdish alliance.
“We announce the town of Deir Ezzor and its army airport as utterly liberated,” senior commander Hassan Abdul Ghani stated.
A member of the Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham stated in a recorded video that the group will quickly conduct a radical sweep of the town’s neighbourhoods to safe the realm.
“We are going to advance towards Raqqa and Hasakah and different areas in jap Syria,” the fighters stated.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar11 December 2024 05:19
Netanyahu makes it clear: Biden is not in cost
Tom Watling11 December 2024 05:00
Qatar and Turkey be part of Egypt in condemning Israel’s land seize in buffer zone
Qatar, Turkey and Egypt have now all accused Israel of exploiting the disaster in Syria to grab positions in a demilitarised buffer zone between the 2 nations following the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Sunday he had ordered his floor forces to take management of the buffer zone, established by a 1947 ceasefire settlement with Syria, after armed insurgent teams pushed out Mr Assad from Damascus and took energy.
Qatar’s international ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari instructed reporters in Doha that it was unacceptable for Israel to “exploit” the present state of affairs in Syria and violate its sovereignty.
Turkey’s international ministry echoed Qatar’s sentiment and reiterated its assist for Syria’s “territorial integrity”.
“On this delicate interval, when the opportunity of reaching the peace and stability that the Syrian folks have desired for a few years has emerged, Israel is as soon as once more displaying its occupying mentality,” the ministry stated.
Egypt earlier stated it condemned Israel’s “additional occupation of Syrian lands”.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar11 December 2024 04:19
Who’s Mohammed al-Bashir? Syria’s new interim PM who has connections to each Assad and the rebels
Tom Watling11 December 2024 04:00
Rights group says Syrian refugees shouldn’t be forcefullly despatched again
Human Rights Watch stated no authorities ought to ship Syrian refugees again there forcefully following the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad.
The assertion comes after a number of Western nations, together with the UK and Germany, this week introduced plans to pause asylum purposes for Syrian residents.
Austria stated it was getting ready a “repatriation and deportation” programme because it opinions earlier circumstances of asylum granted to refugees.
“Each citizen has the proper to return to their house nation, protected or not. However as a result of one refugee chooses to repatriate isn’t any justification to forcibly return one other who stays fearful, as many Syrian refugees do, particularly given the nation’s unstable and presumably harmful situations,” the group stated.
“This strategy carries actual dangers, particularly given how eager some European states are to declare Syria protected and start returns,” it stated, including that Syria stays “inherently unstable”.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar11 December 2024 03:15
Assad’s devices of torture: Inside Saydnaya jail’s horrors
Execution ropes and soiled cells: Assad’s devices of torture at Saydnaya jail
Bashar al-Assad’s prisons in Syria have been infamous for his or her harsh situations. Human rights organisations have lengthy reported torture, extreme power, hunger, and illness inside Saydnaya jail — one thing the regime at all times denied. Now, after rebels toppled the Assad regime, cameras have been in a position to doc the surprising setting through which prisoners have been held. Footage exhibits execution ropes and a inexperienced piece of equipment, the aim for which has not been verified, inside Saydnaya after its gates have been flung open by rebels.
Tom Watling11 December 2024 03:00
