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24 January

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SDF closes on last ISIS redoubt in Syria as YPG set for Damascus talks “within days”

The US-led Coalition-backed SDF closes in on the last pocket of ISIS territory in eastern Syria, as the YPG commander says talks with the regime on northern Syria are imminent

23 January

Syrian air defense systems during an Israeli airstrike

Joanne Stocker

Russia calls on Israel to stop ‘arbitrary’ Syria airstrikes

Russia's foreign ministry called for an end to Israeli airstrikes in Syria, saying they were "arbitrary" and must be "ruled out"

22 January

The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) completed the second successful flyout test of the Arrow-3 interceptor in 2014

Staff Writer With AFP

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Israel and US test Arrow 3 ballistic missile interceptors

The Israeli and US defense ministries they had successfully tested Arrow 3 ballistic missile interceptors deployed at Israeli airbases

21 January

Aftermath of a vehicle bomb at an SDF checkpoint in Shaddadi in Syria's Hasakah governorate

Joanne Stocker

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ISIS targets Coalition-SDF convoy in Hasakah suicide attack

US-led Coalition and SDF personnel were reported to be killed and injured in a suicide attack on a convoy in northeastern Syria's Hasakah governorate

21 January

Joanne Stocker

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Israel fighter jets strike Iranian targets in Syria

Israel carried out airstrikes on Iranian targets inside Syria, the Israeli Defense Forces and Syrian state news agency said

19 January

Anna Varfolomeeva

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Last battlefield: The future of Syria’s Idlib after HTS militant takeover

After Syria's Idlib province was taken over by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham alliance of jihadist groups, residents fear the possibility of a regime offensive

17 January