“We will continue protecting our borders, we will provide humanitarian aid to the full extent possible, we will not allow entry into our territory and we will demand strict adherence to the 1974 disengagement deals with the Syrian army,” Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said said.Read More →
The southwest was an early hotbed of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad and defeat there would leave rebels with just one remaining stronghold — the area around Idlib province bordering Turkey in the northwest.Read More →
“Our air defense is much stronger than before, thanks to the Russian support, and the recent attacks by the Israelis and by the Americans and British and French proved that we are in a better situation,” Bashar Assad said. “The only option is to improve our air defense, this is the only thing we can do, and we are doing that.”Read More →
In a statement released Friday, the U.S. State Department said it was concerned by reports that Assad’s forces were preparing for an operation in southwestern Syria. It warned the government against “any actions that risk broadening the conflict.”Read More →
Syrian troops and their allies are expected to turn their attention to opposition-held parts of southern Syria, including Daraa province, in a push that could bring allied Iranian forces even closer to the increasingly tense frontier with Israel.Read More →
“It is no honor for President Assad to wear a decoration attributed by a slave country and follower of the United States that supports terrorists,” Syrian President Assad said.Read More →
The OPCW declared that the Syrian government’s chemical weapons stockpile had been removed in 2014, only to confirm later that sarin was used in a 2017 attack in the northern town of Khan Sheikhun.Read More →
An already difficult battle plan – which required hitting Assad without provoking Russian reprisals or injecting the US further into Syria’s seven-year civil war – was getting harder.Read More →
Ministers agreed that Theresa May should continue to work with the United States and France to come up with the right response. The statement made no specific reference to military action.Read More →
“With every victory achieved on the field, the voices of some Western states are raised and actions are intensified in an attempt by them to change the course of events,” Syrian state TV quoted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as saying.Read More →