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Iran Vows Revenge for Revolutionary Guards Killed in Israeli Strikes on Syria

Thousands of Iranians attended a funeral procession in Tehran on Tuesday for two Revolutionary Guards killed in Israeli strikes in Syria last week. Israel launched several missiles on Friday from the occupied Golan Heights against positions near Damascus, part of a series of attacks over recent days including early Tuesday.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Anti-Judicial Activists Steal Tank From The Yom Kippur War-era As A Fight Against Judicial Reform

Anti-judicial reform protesters stole a Yom Kippur War-era tank from a memorial site on the Golan Heights for use in a protest.

Zenger

Muqtada Sadr Says Siege Must Be Lifted Off Syria after Earthquake

The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, said on Saturday that any international economic sanctions against regimes and governments have not and will not help achieve the “colonial” state's desired goal. Sadr expressed his strong opposition to Western sanctions imposed on Syria, noting that the Syrian people suffer from…

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Israeli Forces Kill Syrian Man, Injure Another in Eastern Golan

The Israeli army shot dead a Syrian man and injured another for allegedly approaching the border fence in the occupied Golan Heights, according to the military on Sunday. The two men were believed to be hunters. In a statement, the Israeli army said on Sunday that surveillance cameras identified two…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Netanyahu Government: West Bank Settlements Top Priority

Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming hard-line Israeli government put West Bank settlement expansion at the top of its priority list on Wednesday, vowing to legalize dozens of illegally built outposts and annex the occupied territory as part of its coalition deal with ultranationalist allies. The coalition agreements, released a day before the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Closed’ village on Lebanese-Israeli boundary welcomes visitors after 22 years

Mindsets are changing, says resident of Ghajar, a Syrian Alawite village in occupied Golan Heights

The Guardian - UK

A Lavender Farm Turns The Golan Purple

Lavender is not only the 2023 color of the year, it’s also a flowering crop perfectly suited to the Israeli climate and palate.

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Israeli Army Detains Syrian Who Infiltrated Occupied Golan Heights

Israel detained a Syrian man who infiltrated the occupied part of the Syrian Golan Heights, the Israeli army announced on Thursday. An army spokesman said the man was detained after advancing a few dozen meters towards Jabal al-Sheikh (Mount Hermon) in the Israeli-occupied part of the area. “An army observation…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hezbollah ‘Collaborators’ Coming Under Increased Attacks in Syria’s Quneitra

Attacks against members and officers of the Syrian regime, as well as suspected collaborators with Hezbollah, have increased in the Quneitra province, near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and the southern Daraa province. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday that a new assassination took place in Daraa. Riders on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Force Penetrates Syrian Territory to Thwart ‘Bombing Operation’

Tel Aviv announced on Monday that Israeli troops had entered Syrian territory in the Golan Heights to pursue a group of four male Syrians it accuses of planning an armed attack against its patrols. In the operation, one of the Syrian suspects was seriously injured and was flown by a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Report: Assad Has Been Barring Iran from Retaliating to Israeli Raids on Syria for 3 Years

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been barring Iran for three years now from retaliating to Israeli raids on Syria to avert an escalation, reported Israel’s Haaretz. Assad reportedly made the order directly to Iran’s slain Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani and it has largely held. Soleimani was killed in a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Airstrike in Syria Kills 3 Soldiers, Wounds 7

Israel launched airstrikes targeting Syrian military positions around Damascus overnight, killing three soldiers, wounding seven others, and causing material damage, state media reported Thursday. Syrian state media quoted a military official as saying the missiles were fired from Syria's Israeli-occupied Golan Heights just past midnight, adding that the Syrian army…

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Syria’s State TV Says Israeli Missiles Targeted Syrian Army

Syria’s state television reported Tuesday that Israeli missiles targeted Syrian army positions south of the capital of Damascus, causing material damage but no casualties. The TV quoted an unnamed military official as saying that Israeli warplanes fired several missiles while flying over Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights before midnight on Monday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinians Commemorate Naksah, Asserting Right of Return

The Palestinians asserted their adherence to their land and the right of return, commemorating the 55th anniversary of the Six-Day War (Naksah), during which Israel occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Sinai, and the Golan Heights. Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said that the Palestinians are more steadfast…

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Three killed in Israeli 'aggression' targeting southern Damascus - Syrian ministry

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3 Killed in Israeli ‘Aggression’ Targeting Southern Damascus, Says Syria

An Israeli "aggression" launched from the Golan Heights and targeting southern parts of the Syrian capital Damascus killed three people and caused some material damage, the Syrian ministry of defense said on Friday. Earlier on Friday, state TV reported that Syrian air defenses shot down a number of missiles in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Patrols Comb Border Areas in Southern Syria

Russian military police on Thursday conducted patrols in the governorates of Daraa and Sweida in southern Syria, a private source told Asharq Al-Awsat. “For three consecutive days starting Tuesday, Russian forces carried out several reconnaissance tours in areas mostly bordering Daraa and Sweida, such as the Yarmuk Basin areas near…

The Independent UK

Munition found by tourists sets off panic at Israeli airport

A bomb scare set off scenes of panic at Israel’s airport after an American family showed up with an unexploded artillery shell they had found in the Golan Heights

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Panic as tourists bring unexploded shell to Israeli airport

An American family set off a bomb scare at Israel's main airport on Thursday when they showed security inspectors an unexploded shell which they found while visiting the Golan Heights and had packed for their return trip, authorities said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Draft for Syrian-Israeli Peace: Abandoning Iran and Hezbollah in Return for Golan Heights

Fredric C. Hof, the American diplomat, was "living the dream" between 2009 and 2011 of achieving peace between Syria and Israel. The idea first occurred to him when he visited Damascus as an exchange student when he was 16. Forty-five years later, he had the opportunity to turn the idea…

Al Jazeera

Three years on, US still views Syria’s Golan as Israeli territory

Despite promoting ‘territorial integrity’ in Ukraine, Biden administration refuses to reverse Trump’s Golan recognition.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Military Patrols Syria's Golan Heights

Russia media published a video of Russian military units patrolling the Syrian side of the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel since 1967. The video showed soldiers and vehicles separating the Syrian and Israeli armies and observation points on hills and high areas in the region.

The Guardian - US

The US supports illegal annexations by Israel and Morocco. Why the hypocrisy?

America must be consistent. It cannot pick and choose when to follow international law

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria Reports Israeli Missile Attack Near Golan Heights

Israel fired several surface-to-surface missiles toward Syrian military positions in the country´s south early Wednesday causing material damage, state media reported. State TV quoted an unnamed Syrian military official as saying that the missiles were fired from Syria´s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and struck areas around the nearby town of Quneitra.…

Al Jazeera

Israeli missiles strike Syrian town south of Damascus

Syrian news agency reported that Israel carried out a strike from the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.

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