Anonymous669 (2023-07-07). Suspected U.S. Drone Strike Kills Man, Wounds Another In Northern Syria. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | On July 6 afternoon, a man was killed in the northern region of Syria as a result of a suspected United States drone strike. | Syrian opposition activists said that the man, who was identified some as Hammam Abu Anas al-Shami, was traveling on a motorcycle on a road between the town of al-Bab and the nearby village of Bza'a in the Turkish-occupied part of the northern Aleppo countryside when he was targeted by a combat drone. The man was…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-07). Syrian Army Halts Security Operation In Daraa After Plea From Local Tribe (Videos). southfront.org FILE IMAGE: Sputnik/ Iliya Pitalev. | The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) halted on July 6 a security operation in the town of Tafas in the western Daraa countryside after a plea from the local Al-Zoubi tribe. | The operation started three days earlier, on July 3, with the aim of neutralizing ISIS cells in Tafas and nearby areas. The SAA surrounded the town and clashed with terrorists taking shelter there. Heavy weapons, including mortars and main battle tanks, were also used against the terrorists' hideouts.

Anonymous669 (2023-07-07). Syrian Army Repels Attack In Northern Lattakia, Kills HTS Commander. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On July 6, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) repelled an attack that was launched by al-Qaed-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | The attack targeted military positions located in the direction of Kabani town in the northern Latakia countryside, the Syrian Ministry of Defense said in a statement, adding that several militants were killed or wounded by the army. | SAA troops were able to capture the body of one of the milita…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-07). U.S. Claims Its Drones Were Harassed Again Over Syria, Russia Warns Of Flight Violations (Video). southfront.org A MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle prepares to land after a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson) | The United States Air Force has accused the Russian military of harassing its drones over Syria for the second time in two days. | Lieutenant General Alex Grynkewich, the U.S. commander responsible for air operations in the Middle East, said that on July 6 a MQ-9 combat drone was conducting a mission against ISIS targets in nort…

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-06). CENTCOM Says It Conducted 37 Operations Against ISIS in Iraq and Syria in June. news.antiwar.com US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a press release on Thursday that it was involved in 37 operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria during the month of June. The command said all of the operations were conducted with US partners, the Kurdish-led SDF in Syria, and the Baghdad-based government in Iraq. CENTCOM claimed 13 …

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teleSUR (2023-07-07). Cubans Discuss the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, an international seminar on the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was held to mark the 10th anniversary of the mutually beneficial and cooperative initiative. | RELATED: | "China will continue to promote world peace and progress with its own stability and development and work together with all parties to achieve win-win cooperation," Ma Hui, Chinese Ambassador to Cuba, said, adding that there…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-07). Israeli Army Says Anti-Tank Guided Missile, Not Rocket, Was Fired From Lebanon. southfront.org Illustrative image. | The projectile fired from Lebanon's South governorate on Part of the missile was found in Israeli territory, while another part landed in Lebanon. The IDF said that it was still lookin…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-07). Lebanon asked the UN to stop Israeli violations. plenglish.com Beirut, Jul 7 (Prensa Latina) Najib Mikati, interim Prime Minister of Lebanon, called on the United Nations (UN) to work to stop Israeli violations, due to the continuous infringements to its sovereignty.

Staff (2023-07-07). Headlines for July 7, 2023. democracynow.org Earth's Average Temperature Hits All-Time High for Third Consecutive Day, Climate Protesters Disrupt Wimbledon Tennis Matches, Shut Down Welsh Coal Mine, Biden Administration Will Arm Ukraine with Banned Cluster Munitions, NBC News: Former U.S. Officials Hold Secret Talks with Russians over Ukraine War, Rocket Fire from Southern Lebanon Prompts Cross-Border Shelling by Israel, "An Honest Mistake": Israeli Police Officer Acquitted of Killing Autistic Palestinian, U.N. Secretary-General Condemns Deadly Israeli Assault on Palestinians in Jenin, U.N. Pushes for International Security Force in Haiti…

teleSUR (2023-07-07). Lebanon Condemns Israeli Attack on Its Territory. telesurenglish.net On Thusday, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry condemned the Israeli attack on villages in southern Lebanon. | RELATED: | Over 15 rockets have been fired toward the border villages of Kfarchouba and Mazraat Halta by Israeli forces on Thursday morning, to retaliate against the firing of two rockets from southern Lebanon by unidentified individuals. | The exchange of fire happened after Israel seized the Lebanese part…

Staff (2023-07-06). Syria's Missing: New U.N. Body Will Investigate Disappearance of 130,000 People in 12-Year Civil War. democracynow.org The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution to establish an independent body to investigate what happened to more than 130,000 people who went missing during the conflict in Syria over the last 12 years. The Syrian government opposed the resolution, along with Russia, China, Belarus, North Korea, Cuba and Iran. "This is one of the most painful chapters in the Syrian crisis," says Dr. Zaher Sahloul, president and CEO of the medical nonprofit MedGlobal, as well as a former medical school classmate of President Bashar al-Assad.

Staff (2023-07-06). How Syria Profits from Trafficking Captagon, Highly Addictive Amphetamine Propping Up Assad Regime. democracynow.org We speak with BBC Arabic correspondent Rasha Qandeel, whose new documentary investigates Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's role in producing the highly addictive amphetamine known as Captagon and how this is impacting his relations with other states in the region. "This is going to be a main factor in a lot of changes in the Middle East," says Qandeel, who notes that curbing the drug trade has already played a role in recent moves by Arab states to normalize relations with Syria.

Amy Goodman (2023-07-06). New UN Body Will Investigate Disappearances During Syria's 12-Year Civil War. truthout.org The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution to establish an independent body to investigate what happened to more than 130,000 people who went missing during the conflict in Syria over the last 12 years. The Syrian government opposed the resolution, along with Russia, China, Belarus, North Korea, Cuba and Iran. "This is one of the most painful chapters in the Syrian crisis… |

Anonymous103 (2023-07-06). Military Situation In Syria On July 6, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On July 6, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On July 6, five militia members were killed in clashes between Turkish-backed forces in Ras al-Ain; | On July 5, three Russian warplanes intercepted three US drones in northeastern Syria, according to the US Air Forces Central Command; | On July 5, clashes between the SAA and gunmen from the town of Tafas resulted in the death of a gu…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-06). Israel Attacked Targets Near Syria's Damascus Overnight — Report. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Air Force. | A series of Israeli airstrikes hit targets near the Syrian capital, Damascus, late on July 5, according to the Ynet news website. | Syrian media didn't report any attacks or explosions near Damascus. Yent said that the Syrian military did not use air defenses against the airstrikes as it normally does. According to the Hebrew news website, the alleged airstrikes targeted warehouses storing "advanced Iranian weapons." | I…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-06). U.S. Drones Violated Russian-Syrian Drills Area, Almost Got Shot Down (Video). southfront.org A fully armed MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle taxis down the runway at an air base in Afghanistan on its way to another wartime mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson). | The United States has claimed that Russian fighter jets harassed its drones over Syria, while Russia said that the drones were flying in an area where joint drills with the Syrian military are taking place. | Russian fighter jets harassed American combat drones on an anti-ISIS mission over Syria, the U.S. military said late…

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Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-06). Syrian and Russian armies carry out joint maneuvers. plenglish.com Damascus, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian Arab Army and the Russian Armed Forces began today joint military maneuvers, the first of their kind this year, and will last six days, in the east of the northern Syrian province of Aleppo.

_____ (2023-07-06). Mongolia and India — an unusual but ambitious partnership. journal-neo.org Mongolia is currently putting the finishing touches to its preparations for a visit by the Speaker of the House of the People, the lower house of India's Parliament, which will take place from July 6-9 this year. The visit was announced in a meeting between India's ambassador to Mongolia and the speaker of the State […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Anonymous669 (2023-07-06). Israeli Army Shells South Lebanon After Rare Rocket Attack (Video). southfront.org An Israeli artillery unit on the Gaza border during Operation Breaking Dawn, in an image published by the military on August 9, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces) | On July 6, a rocket launched from Lebanon's South governorate, the heartland of Hezbollah, at the Israeli-occupied village of Ghajar. | The Israel Defense Forces said it was in response carrying out artillery strikes against the area where the rocket was launched. According to Lebanon's Al-Manar TV, linked to Hezbollah, at l…