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After deadly strikes on Iranian targets in Syria, Israeli defense minister threatens Tehran leaders

November 20, 2019 MEO Staff

Tel Aviv said it carried out dozens of strikes against the Iranian elite Quds’ Force and the Syrian military near Damascus, allegedly in response to four rockets fired at Israel on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Israeli defense [ More … ]

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Syria’s Eastern Ghouta: Choice between getting underground or dying in the street

February 24, 2018 MEO Staff

Syrian civilians are forced into makeshift underground shelters under the streets of Douma – above them is only death The mothers soothe their children as they huddle together in a dark, airless hole in the [ More … ]

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Tunisian parliamentary delegation visits Syria, meets Bashar Al-Assad

August 9, 2017 MEO Staff

A Tunisian parliamentary delegation embarked on a nine-day visit to the Syrian capital of Damascus on 4 August, for meeting with Syrian senior officials, according to Tunisia news website. A delegation of Tunisian MPs Friday [ More … ]

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Deadly Syrian regime’s airstrikes on Ghouta break ceasefire agreement

July 26, 2017 MEO Staff

Syrian regime airstrikes on an opposition-held area east of Damascus killed eight people overnight, despite a truce that was supposed to have taken effect at the weekend. Syrian regime airstrikes on an opposition-held area east [ More … ]

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Assad media say shells hit Russian embassy compound

July 17, 2017 MEO Staff

Syrian state media say shells have hit the Russian embassy in Damascus causing material damage. Syrian state media say shells have hit the Russian embassy in Damascus causing material damage. State news agency SANA said [ More … ]

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Suicide bombing rocks eastern Damascus killing nine

July 3, 2017 MEO Staff

Nine people have been reported dead and 15 others wounded after a suicide bombing hit Tahrir Square in Damascus on Sunday. At least nine people were killed and 15 others wounded on Sunday when a [ More … ]

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Syria: How life goes on in besieged ‘Erbin’

May 26, 2017 MEO Staff

Civilians in Erbin, one of Eastern Ghouta’s besieged communities, live with no water, electricity or public services. Eastern Ghouta, in northern Damascus suburbs, has been partially besieged by the Syrian government since 2013. It has [ More … ]

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Syria regime ‘burns thousands of bodies’ to hide mass-killings

May 16, 2017 MEO Staff

The Syrian regime is engaging in industrial-scale killing and burning victims’ bodies in a purpose-build crematorium near Damascus, according to the US government. Syria regime is engaging in industrial-scale killing of detainees, while disposing tens [ More … ]

Syria: How Assad regime used the crisis to change Demographic strucutre
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Syria: How Assad regime used the crisis to change Demographic strucutre

April 22, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

With the first phase of the new four-towns evacuation deal in Syria finally over, Assad regime was able one more time to use the Syrians’ dreams and struggle for freedom against them to fulfill its [ More … ]

Syria: Rebels launched the second Damascus attack in three days
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Syria: Rebels launched the second Damascus attack in three days

March 22, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Syrian rebels renewed their attack on a regime-held area in Damascus for the second time in three days, sources on both sides said, in the first large-scale operation be the rebels in Syria’s capital in [ More … ]

Syria: Heavy Airstrikes in response to surprise Damascus attack, rebels retreat
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Syria: Heavy Airstrikes in response to surprise Damascus attack, rebels retreat

March 20, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Assad regime responded to the surprise attack by rebels alliance on Syria’s capital of Damascus by heavy airstrikes on the battles frontlines and the rebel-held areas, forcing the rebels to retreat from most of the [ More … ]

Syria: What aims have the rebels' new escalation in Damascus?
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Syria: What aims have the rebels’ new escalation in Damascus?

March 19, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

A surprise attack by rebel alliance on the Assad regime position in Syria’s capital of Damascus led to heavy clashes and rocket shelling, raising many questions about the real cause and motive of this escalation. [ More … ]

Syria: Surprise rebel attack in Damascus, Heaviest clashes in years
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Syria: Surprise rebel attack in Damascus, Heaviest clashes in years

March 19, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

A surprise attack by rebel alliance on the Assad regime position in Syria’s capital of Damascus led to heavy clashes and rocket shelling, which were described as the most fierce in years. The escalation, reported [ More … ]

Syria: Twin suicide attacks in Damascus on Uprising Anniversary
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Syria: Twin suicide attacks in Damascus on Uprising Anniversary

March 15, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

On the anniversary of the Syrian uprising, two suicide bomb attacks killed dozens of people in Damascus on Wednesday, state media reported,  in the second such spate of bombings in the Syrian capital in five [ More … ]

Syria: Tahrir al-Sham adopts Damascus twin bombings
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Syria: Tahrir al-Sham adopts Damascus twin bombings

March 13, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

An alliance of militias in Syria known as Tahrir al-Sham has claimed responsibility for twin bombings attacking Shia pilgrims in the center of Damascus that killed at least 40 people. The group, a large portion of which [ More … ]

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