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Middle East and Africa 1 year ago
Netanyahu eyes Iran after triumphs over Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria
The veteran Israeli leader is set to cement his strategic goals: tightening his military control over Gaza, thwarting Iran's nuclear ambitions and capitalising on the dismantling of Tehran's allies -- Palestinian Hamas, Lebanon's Hezbollah and the removal of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
Middle East and Africa 1 year ago
US doubled troops in Syria earlier this year: Pentagon
Washington has for years said it has some 900 military personnel in Syria as part of international efforts against the jihadist group, which seized swathes of territory there and in neighboring Iraq before being defeated by local forces backed by a US-led air campaign.
Middle East and Africa 1 year ago
Netanyahu holds security briefing atop strategic Syrian peak
Netanyahu, Defence Minister Israel Katz and the heads of the armed forces and the domestic security agency visited "outposts at the summit of Mount Hermon for the first time since they were seized by the military", Katz's office said.
Middle East and Africa 1 year ago
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Second group of Indonesian evacuees arrive home from Syria
A second group of Indonesian evacuees landed safely in Jakarta on Sunday after a three-day journey that saw them travel overland from Damascus to Beirut and then on an hours-long flight to Soekarno-Hatta, after rebel forces ousted the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
Middle East and Africa 1 year ago
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Indonesia to evacuate more citizens from Syria
Indonesia stands ready to evacuate an additional 97 of its citizens from Damascus following the arrival of 37 returnees in Jakarta on Thursday, the Foreign Ministry has said, adding that the government continues to communicate intensively with various stakeholders as Syria faces uncertain days ahead.
Middle East and Africa 1 year ago
US says Israel is acting in Syria for its own defence
Since the shock collapse of Assad's government over the weekend, Israel has moved troops into the buffer zone on the Syrian side of the dividing line with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and has conducted hundreds of airstrikes to destroy Syrian army weapons and equipment.
Middle East and Africa 1 year ago
Pentagon chief urges 'close consultation' between Israel and US on Syria
Austin told Katz that Washington was monitoring developments in Syria and that it backed a peaceful, inclusive political transition, according to the Pentagon. He added that the US would continue its mission to prevent the Islamic State militant group from re-establishing a safe haven in Syria.
