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This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows missiles flying into the sky near international airport, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. In a very unusual move, the Israeli military has issued a statement saying it is attacking Iranian military targets in Syria. It is also warning Syrian authorities not to retaliate against Israel. (SANA via AP)
January 21, 2019 - 9:22 am

Israel says its jets struck Iranian military sites in Syria

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said its jets struck Iranian military targets in Syria early Monday, an announcement that marked a rare departure from Israel's yearslong policy of ambiguity regarding activities in neighboring Syria. The military said the targets included munition storage...
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January 20, 2019 - 7:23 pm

The Latest: Israel announces attacks on Iran forces in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local): 2:20 a.m. In a very unusual move, the Israeli military has issued a statement saying it is attacking Iranian military targets in Syria. It is also warning Syrian authorities not to retaliate against Israel. The army issued...
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January 20, 2019 - 10:39 am

Syria says it repelled Israeli air raid near Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media say air defenses repelled an Israeli air raid near the international airport south of Damascus on Sunday. Syrian state TV said the air defenses "prevented" the attack from achieving its goals. It said Israel fired six missiles on an area near Damascus...
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President Donald Trump speaks about American missile defense doctrine, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
January 19, 2019 - 9:35 am

Trump paying tribute to Americans killed in Syrian attack

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump was paying tribute Saturday to the four Americans killed in a suicide bomb attack in Syria this week as he set off to Dover Air Force Base for the return of their remains. The trip was not listed on the president's public schedule that was...
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January 16, 2019 - 12:29 pm

The Latest: Erdogan: Attack could be to deter US withdrawal

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local) 7:25 p.m. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that an explosion that killed American service members in Syria may have been an act aimed to deter the United States from withdrawing troops. Erdogan said, however, that U.S...
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Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot, center, ‏arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, Pool)
January 13, 2019 - 6:31 am

Israel confirms Syria strike, ends mission on Lebanon border

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday confirmed that Israel has struck hundreds of Iranian and Hezbollah targets in Syria, including a weapons facility in a weekend airstrike, as the military announced the discovery of a sixth and final tunnel dug by the Lebanese militant...
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January 12, 2019 - 11:25 am

Syrian army shells areas held by insurgents in northwest

BEIRUT (AP) — Artillery shelling by government forces pounded parts of the northwestern Idlib province on Saturday, thwarting an infiltration attempt by militants as tension rises in the region following victories by al-Qaida-linked militants against Turkey-backed opposition fighters, Syria's state...
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Map shows Al Anad Air Base, Yemen, where rebel airstrike hits base; 1c x 2 1/2 inches; 46.5 mm x 63 mm;
January 10, 2019 - 12:34 pm

Bomb-laden rebel drone kills 6 at Yemen military parade

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A bomb-laden drone launched by Yemen's Shiite rebels exploded over a military parade Thursday for the Saudi-led coalition, killing at least six people in a brazen attack threatening an uneasy U.N.-brokered peace in the Arab world's poorest nation. The attack at the Al-Anad Air...
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With US leaving, rival powers seek to move into Syria's east.
January 07, 2019 - 10:33 am

The Latest: Islamic State fighters hit US-aided Syrian force

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the war in Syria (all times local): 5:30 p.m. The main U.S.-backed Syrian faction fighting the Islamic State group says members of the extremist group have attacked one of its positions, killing a civilian and wounding several other fighters in the northern city of Raqqa...
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With US leaving, rival powers seek to move into Syria's east.
January 06, 2019 - 11:54 am

Reports: 2 British soldiers wounded in IS attack in Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — A missile attack by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria killed at least one Kurdish fighter and wounded two British soldiers embedded with them, according to reports Sunday, amid fierce fighting in the strategic area near the Iraqi border. A Kurdish-led force announced, meanwhile...
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