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8 December

Kashmiri demonstrators hold up a flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during a demonstration against Israeli military operations in Gaza, in downtown Srinagar on July 18, 2014. TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/AFP/Getty Images

White House on Guard Against Islamic State Resurgence in Syria

The White House said that US priorities in Syria now are to ensure the country's conflict does not encourage a resurgence of the Islamic State militant group or lead to a "humanitarian catastrophe."

8 December

Middle East

Anti-government fighters pose for a "selfie" picture on a Syrian regime military aircraft at the Kweyris military airfield in the eastern part of Aleppo province on December 3, 2024. (Rami al Sayed/AFP)

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Rebels Declare End of Assad Rule in Syria

Islamist-led rebels declared that they have taken Damascus in a lightning offensive on Sunday, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria.

7 December

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Members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah take part in Ashura commemorations in a southern Beirut suburb

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Source Close to Hezbollah Says Group Sent 2,000 Fighters to Syria

A source close to Lebanon's Hezbollah said the group sent 2,000 fighters into Syria near the border, as its ally Damascus reels from a rebel offensive that has seized major cities in recent days.

7 December

Middle East

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Syria Govt Troops Withdraw From Areas It Held in Deir Ezzor Province: Monitor

Syria's army said it was redeploying in two southern provinces on Saturday, after a war monitor reported government forces had lost control of most of Daraa province, the cradle of the country's 2011 uprising.

6 December

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Residents take to the streets of Hama, to welcome anti government fighters after they took control of Syria's west-central city. Photo: AFP

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Syria Monitor Says Rebels Close In on Homs City

Islamist-led rebels were within striking distance of Syria's third city Homs on Friday after seizing control of two strategic towns in a lightning sweep, a war monitor said.

6 December

Middle East

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Israel Says Struck Hezbollah ‘Smuggling Routes’ on Syria-Lebanon Border

Israel said it carried out strikes overnight targeting Hezbollah "weapon-smuggling routes" on the Syria-Lebanon border, just over a week into a fragile ceasefire in its war with the Lebanese group.

5 December

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Kuwairis military airport and the air force academy, which include fighter jets, helicopters, and military vehicles, fell into the hands o rebels after they took control of them in Aleppo countryside, Syria, on December 3, 2024

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Islamist-Led Rebels Capture Key Syrian City of Hama

Islamist-led rebels captured the central Syrian city of Hama in a new blow to President Bashar al-Assad's forces days after they lost Aleppo.

5 December

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Rebels in northwest Syria seized military vehicles belonging to the regime along the route toward Kweris airport in the eastern countryside of Aleppo

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Syria Govt Forces Battling to Stop Rebel Advance on Hama: Monitor

Syrian government forces were locked in heavy fighting around the central city of Hama, trying to halt an advance of Islamist-led rebels, a war monitor said.

4 December

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Tsirkon hypersonic missile fired from ship

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Russia Says Test Fired Missiles in Eastern Mediterranean Drills

Russia's army said Tuesday it had fired hypersonic missiles during naval and air force drills in the eastern Mediterranean that come as its ally Syria loses ground to Islamist rebels.

3 December

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