Syria
Updated 2024-01-07
2023-12-09 Israeli strike kills son of Hezbollah’s Golan border terror chief – report The son of the head of Hezbollah’s terrorist operations near the Syrian-Israeli border was eliminated in an alleged Israeli drone strike in western Syria on Friday, according to Syrian reports. On Friday afternoon, Syrian media reported that four people were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike targeting a vehicle in Madinat al-Baath in the Quneit.
A few hours later, Hezbollah announced that three of its members, Ali Idris Salman “Abbas,” Hussein Issam Taha “Abu Turab,” and Hassan Ali Daqduq “Jawad” were killed “on the road to Jerusalem,” although the announcement did not say where or in what circumstances.
The Syrian Capital Voice news site reported that the three were killed in the drone strike in western Syria alongside Muhammad Anas al-Tamer, one of the commanders of the Arab Nationalist Guard, a pan-Arab militia aligned with the Assad regime. Tamer was one of the founders of the Arab Nationalist Guard, but had since become a central part of Hezbollah’s Golan File (Unit 142), according to the Syrian Ain al-Sham news account.
A little less than a week ago, two members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes which targeted sites near Damascus early Saturday morning, according to the IRGC.
The two were identified as Mohammad Ali Ataee Shoorche and Panah Taqizadeh, with the IRGC saying they were carrying out an “advisory mission” in Syria. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israeli-drone-kills-son-of-hezbollah-s-golan-heights-terror-chief/ar-AA1lePXF
2023-10-27 US Bombs Syria Amid Growing Fears of Wider Regional War The U.S. military early Friday carried out airstrikes on two sites in eastern Syria that the Pentagon claims are used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and allied groups, a move that came amid mounting fears that Israel’s ongoing, U.S.-backed assault on Gaza could spark a broader regional war in the Middle East. The strikes were carried out at the direction of U.S. President Joe Biden—but without congressional authorization—in the wake of recent drone and rocket attacks on American forces stationed in Iraq and Syria.
U.S. officials have blamed Iran for the attacks, even while conceding they don’t have evidence that Iran ordered them. The attacks left more than 20 U.S. personnel with minor injuries. The Pentagon said one U.S. contractor “died from a cardiac incident while sheltering in place” during a drone attack. The U.S. has around 900 troops in Syria and thousands in Iraq.
Earlier this year, the House of Representatives voted down a bipartisan resolution that would have required the president to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria within six months. Far from withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria and Iraq, the Biden administration is preparing to send hundreds more to the Middle East as Israel prepares to invade the Gaza Strip. https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-bombs-syria
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