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Following the onset of the Northwestern Syria offensive, Syrian rebel forces in the south of the nation released a public announcement attributed to the "Revolutionaries and Free Men of the Eastern Region of Hauran", declaring plans to coordinate military activities with northern opposition groups.
Syria, [g] officially the Syrian Arab Republic, [h] [16] is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest.
The 2018 Southern Syria offensive, code-named Operation Basalt (Arabic: عملية البازلت), was a military operation launched by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies against the rebels and ISIL in Southern Syria.
Syria responded using its air defense systems, and its state media aired a video purporting to show a successful missile interception. [72] The Syrian state news agency SANA and Colonel-General Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian military said Syria used Russian and Soviet air defense systems Pantsir-S1, S-125, S-200, Buk, and Kvadrat. [54] [73] [74]
The Islamic Resistance of Iraq has claimed responsibility for multiple drone strikes on US bases in eastern Syria, notably al-Omar oil field in Deir ez-Zor Governorate and al-Shaddadi in the Al-Hasakah Governorate on 24 October 2023, [49] Tal Baidar base in November 2023, [50] and Hemo base in northern Hasakah province on 10 January 2024. As a ...
Syria, [a] also known as Greater Syria or Syria-Palestine, [2] is a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in West Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant. [3] The region boundaries have changed throughout history. However, in modern times, the term "Syria" alone is used to refer to the Syrian Arab Republic.
The Military Intelligence Directorate (MID; Arabic: شعبة المخابرات العسكرية, romanized: Shu'bat al-Mukhabarat al-'Askariyya) was the military intelligence service of Ba'athist Syria until 2024. [2] Although its roots go back to the French mandate period, its current organization was established in 1969.
One of the most significant aspects of Argentina–Syria relations is the cultural and social connection facilitated by the Syrian diaspora in Argentina. The Syrian-Lebanese community in Argentina is one of the largest in Latin America , with over 3.5 million people of Syrian or Lebanese descent.