Middle East latest: Israel bombs Yemen's main airport and key ...
6 hours ago · The coffins of two of six Kurdish fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) killed in ongoing clashes with Turkish-backed militias in northern Syria are carried during their funeral in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. ... a militant group allied with Hamas, whose Oct. 7, 2023, attack into southern Israel ignited the ...
Middle East latest: Israeli's defense minister acknowledges it killed ...
3 days ago · In a speech Monday, Katz said the Houthis would meet a similar fate as the other members of an Iranian-led alliance in the region, including Haniyeh. He also noted that Israel has killed other leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah, helped topple Syria’s Bashar Assad and destroyed Iran’s anti-aircraft systems.
Syria’s new leaders dissolve rebel factions, merge them under …
2 days ago · Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria’s de facto leader, said he wants post-Assad Syria to be “united.” Gaza’s Health Ministry said Israeli forces targeted three hospitals.
Middle Eastern powers begin outreach to Syria’s new leaders
3 days ago · The new realities in Syria underscore the dramatic changes wrought across the region in the wake of Hamas militants’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, which unleashed punishing wars in the Gaza ...
Middle East latest: Assad says he wanted to stay in Syria but …
Dec 16, 2024 · Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him after their base in western Syria came under attack.
What role does Syria play in the Hamas-Israel conflict?
Nov 15, 2023 · Syrian activists who took part in anti-government demonstrations in their own country were horrified to see Syrian President Bashar Assad show up in the Saudi capital last weekend for a special...
Hamas congratulates Syrians on ending Assad's rule | Reuters
Dec 9, 2024 · Hamas said it hoped that post-Assad Syria would continue "its historical and pivotal role in supporting the Palestinian people". In a separate statement,, Ziad al-Nakhala, head of the Islamic ...
Is Syria’s al-Assad supporting Hamas for political gain or optics?
Dec 10, 2023 · As Syria slowly reentered the Arab fold, it mended relations with Hamas, but that doesn’t necessarily mean much. The regional fallout from Israel’s war on Gaza has drawn renewed attention to the...
Syrian rebel leader says rebel factions will be dissolved
Dec 17, 2024 · The leader of Syrian rebel group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, Ahmed al-Sharaa, at Damascus's Umayyad Mosque on Dec. 8. ... Israel estimates that about 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 ...
Who are the rebels battering Syria's regime, and do they pose a …
Dec 2, 2024 · In an address from October 18, 2023, a few days after Hamas’s devastating attack on southern Israel, al-Julani said that the “people of Gaza humiliated the pride of the occupying Zionists ...