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The Latest Breaking News from Damascus

Iran accuses Israel of killing Revolutionary Guards spy chief in Damascus

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has lost four members in strike on Syrian capital

The Guardian - UK

Iran Blames Israel, Vows Revenge After Guards Die In Syria Strike

Iran on Saturday accused Israel of a strike in Damascus that killed five Revolutionary Guards members, and vowed to avenge the latest attack on the Islamic republic's personnel abroad.

International Business Times

Deadly missile strike in Damascus kills Iranian military advisers

Learn about the recent missile strike in Damascus, which reportedly targeted a building and resulted in casualties, including Iranian military advisors. Fi...

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Israeli missiles hit sites near Damascus, says Syria – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Further Israel-Hamas truce talks ‘reach dead end’ – as it happened

A team from Israel’s Mossad intelligence services has been ordered home after talks in Qatar about another pause in fighting in Gaza reach a ‘dead end’

The Guardian - AU

Live updates | With communications down, UNRWA warns there will be no aid deliveries across Rafah

Despite the dire need for humanitarian aid in Gaza, there would be no deliveries across the Rafah border crossing from Egypt on Friday, according to the communications director for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees

The Independent UK

France issues arrest warrants for Syrian president, 3 generals alleging involvement in war crimes

French judicial authorities have issued international arrest warrants for Syrian President Bashar Assad, his brother Maher, and two army generals alleging their involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity, including in chemical attacks in 2013 on rebel-held Damascus suburbs, lawyers for Syrian victims said

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Al Jazeera

‘Two sides of the same coin’: Activists decry Assad’s criticism of Israel

Activists say the Syrian leader’s denunciation of Israel’s actions is hypocritical — and those actions mirror his own.

The Hindu

Half a century later, an Indian family relives the personal tragedy of the 1973 Yom Kippur War

The ongoing violence between Israel and Palestine has triggered a surge of memories for a Delhi family; half a century ago, their lives had been permanently changed by the 1973 Yom Kippur War

The Guardian - UK

Little Palestine: Diary of a Siege review – daily horror of Damascus refugee camp holds warning

This harrowing documentary follows life among starving Palestinians in the Yarmouk camp as Syria’s civil war raged about them

Al Jazeera

Syria says Israel hit Damascus, Aleppo airports again amid Gaza bombing

This is the second time since the start of the Israel-Hamas war that airports in Syria are hit simultaneously.

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Dynamite News

Israel bombs hit Damascus, Aleppo airports, says Syria

Israeli forces have carried out "air aggression" on runways on Syria's two main international airports of Damascus and Aleppo, putting them out of action, Syrian state media said on Friday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Al Jazeera

Israel cripples Syria’s two main airports in strikes: Syrian state media

Damascus and Aleppo airports knocked out of service in Israeli attacks, state news agency SANA says.

The Independent UK

Canada and the Netherlands take Syria to top UN court. They accuse Damascus of widespread torture

The Netherlands and Canada are taking Syria's government to the United Nations’ highest court, accusing Damascus of massive human rights violations against its own people

The Conversation

What the new Assassin's Creed game tells us about ninth-century Baghdad – from the art historian who worked on the game

Gamers the world over will be familiar with the incredibly detailed historic cityscapes the Assassin’s Creed franchise has produced so far. Following earlier forays into ancient Damascus and Athens, the forthcoming instalment, Mirage, takes players into ninth-century Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid caliphate.

The Independent UK

Fighting between rival US-backed groups in Syria could undermine war against the Islamic State group

The weeklong clashes between rival U.S.-backed militias in eastern Syria point to dangerous seams in the coalition that has kept a lid on the defeated Islamic State group for years

France 24

Syria protests spurred by economic misery stir memories of 2011 uprising

Anti-government protests in southern Syria have stretched into a second week, with demonstrators waving the colorful flag of the minority Druze community, burning banners of President Bashar Assad's government and at one point raiding several offices of his ruling party.

Al Jazeera

Why are Syrians protesting in Sweida?

Anti-government protests continue for a second week in government-controlled Sweida.

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