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13 January

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Israel has struck targets in Syria hundreds of times, Netanyahu says

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel had at the weekend carried out an airstrike in Syria, a rare public confirmation of such attacks

12 January

Staff Writer With AFP

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Syria air defenses shoot down Israeli missiles near Damascus

Syrian air defenses shot down Israeli missiles near Damascus, the official SANA news agency reported, citing a military source

11 January

Rojda Felat surveys a flank of Tal al-Samam with other SDF commanders

Polat Can

The duties of comrades-in-arms

It is the responsibility of the world to repay the Kurdish people and the rest of the peoples of the region for their sacrifice in the fight against ISIS, Polat Can argues

11 January

Joanne Stocker

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US begins Syria withdrawal

The US-led military coalition in Syria has begun pulling out, a spokesperson said without elaborating on locations or timetables

10 January

Houthi leader Saleh Alsmad unveils a Qasef-1 drone in Yemen

Staff Writer With AFP

Houthi drone kills troops loyal to Yemen government at Al-Anad airbase in Lahij

A Houthi rebel drone attack on Al-Anad, Yemen's largest airbase, killed several loyalist soldiers in Lahij province

9 January

The YPG announced that it captured eight ISIS foreign fighters

Joanne Stocker

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YPG and SDF capture 13 ISIS foreign fighters in one week

The YPG said it captured eight foreign ISIS fighters during the battle to recapture the Syrian town of Hajin in the eastern Deir Ezzor province from the group

9 January