Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
January 2022 - Syria Special Weapons News
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- Syrian air defenses intercept Israeli missile barrage targeting Damascus Press TV 31 Jan 2022 -- Syrian air defense units have managed to intercept and bring down a barrage of missiles launched by the Israeli military at various targets in the vicinity of the Arab country's capital city of Damascus.
- The Foiled Attack on Syrian Detention Facility US Dept. of State 31 Jan 2022 -- "The United States commends the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) for their heroic and effective response to the sustained ISIS attack on the Hasakah detention center and the surrounding area."
- US-Backed Forces in Syria Raise Alarm Over Islamic State Resurgence VOA 31 Jan 2022 -- U.S.-backed forces in northeastern Syria are warning the latest attempt by the Islamic State terror group to break thousands of its followers out of prison was part of a bigger plot designed to take and hold territory - a capability most Western counterterrorism officials have assessed to be beyond the group's current reach.
- Kurdish Forces Clear Northeast Syria Prison of IS Fighters VOA 30 Jan 2022 -- U.S.-backed Kurdish forces Sunday announced the end of their mop-up operations in a major prison in northeast Syria, days after recapturing the facility from militants affiliated with the Islamic State terror group.
- Statement by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Syrian Democratic Forces Re-Taking Full Control of the Hasakah Prison in Syria The White House 30 Jan 2022
- US warplanes carry out airstrikes in Syria's Hasakah, hit residential buildings Press TV 29 Jan 2022 -- US warplanes have bombed a residential neighborhood in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah, a week after remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group launched an armed attack on a detention center run by the Kurdish-led militants from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
- Iran, Russia call for complete pullout of foreign occupation forces from Syria Press TV 28 Jan 2022 -- Iran and Russia have demanded complete withdrawal of foreign forces from Syria, arguing that the latest spate of deadly violence in the Arab country's northeastern province of Hasakah is the upshot of illegal presence of occupation troops, particularly Americans.
- China's 'Belt and Road' Risk in Syria May Reap Big Rewards VOA 27 Jan 2022 -- Syria, a country torn by civil war, recently joined China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a move analysts say reflects China's growing interest in the Middle East.
- Griffiths to Security Council: 'Your responsibility is not over' to Syrian people UN News 27 Jan 2022 -- The UN and its partners need to reach more Syrians with immediate life-saving aid, the UN relief chief warned the Security Council on Thursday, calling for expanded access and more funds to sustain humanitarian operations, as the country struggles with an uptick in violence, deepening economic crisis, and a winter storm that has left a 'trail of destruction' in its wake.
- UNICEF providing aid for children caught up in Syria prison siege UN News 27 Jan 2022 -- Boys and girls caught up in intense fighting which raged for six days around a besieged prison in northeast Syria, need protection and assistance, the UN children's agency, UNICEF, said on Thursday.
- Responding to emerging challenges in North East Syria UK FCDO 27 Jan 2022 -- Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the Security Council briefing on North East Syria
- The humanitarian cost of 12 years of conflict in Syria UK FCDO 27 Jan 2022 -- Statement by Fergus Eckersley UK Political Coordinator at the UN, at Security Council meetings on the humanitarian situation in Syria
- Ongoing efforts to facilitate a sustainable resolution to the conflict in Syria UK FCDO 27 Jan 2022 -- StatementStatement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the Security Council briefing on the political situation in Syria
- Kurdish militants fully recapture Daesh-held prison in Syria's Hasakah province Press TV 26 Jan 2022 -- Members of the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have managed to fully recapture a prison in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakah, days after it fell to remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.
- US-Backed SDF Retakes Key Prison in Battle with Islamic State VOA 26 Jan 2022 -- A massive and well-planned operation by the Islamic State to free thousands of the terror group's fighters from a prison in northeastern Syria is over, more than six days after the attack plunged the facility and surrounding neighborhoods into chaos.
- Syria: 700 child detainees held in prison under siege UN News 25 Jan 2022 -- Four days after ISIL terrorists launched apparently coordinated attacks on a large prison in northeast Syria in a bid to free fighters detained there, the UN Human Rights Office, OHCHR, described the still unfolding situation on Tuesday as "deeply troubling".
- SDF Cordons Off Major Islamic State Prison with US Help VOA 25 Jan 2022 -- Time may finally be running out for followers of Islamic State hoping to break free from a massive make-shift prison in northeastern Syria, where they and thousands of others have been held following the collapse of the terror group's self-declared caliphate.
- IS Attack on Syrian Prison Exposes Squalid Conditions for Detainees VOA 25 Jan 2022 -- A coordinated attack by Islamic State on a Kurdish-run prison in the northern Syrian city of Al-Hasakah last week has exposed the squalid conditions for detainees and put thousands of civilians at risk.
- Senior humanitarian describes 'horror scenes' in Syria camps UN News 24 Jan 2022 -- Well below zero temperatures hitting Syria this week have turned camps for internally displaced people into disaster zones, the UN Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator warned on Monday.
- US-Backed Forces Making Final Push to Quash IS Prison Break VOA 24 Jan 2022 -- Residents of Hasakah in northeastern Syria endured a fifth night of gunfire and explosions as fighting between the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces and fighters with the Islamic State terror group there raged into a sixth day.
- Kurdish-led SDF conduct search for Daesh militants in Hasakah: Report Press TV 24 Jan 2022 -- The so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have reportedly searched for Daesh (ISIS) suspects in Syria's northern city of Hasakah after members of the terrorist group took over a prison in the city to free their comrades.
- Over 3,000 People Flee Syria's Al Hasakah SFD-IS Amid Clashes, Authorities Say Sputnik 24 Jan 2022 -- More than 3,000 people have fled to a state-controlled enclave in the city of Al Hasakah, where heavy fighting has been ongoing for several days between the Arab-Kurdish formations of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by the United States, and militants of Daesh*, said Hasan Khalil, Governor of of Al-Hasakah province.
- Syrian, Russian fighter jets stage joint air patrol mission over occupied Golan Heights Press TV 24 Jan 2022 -- Russia's Defense Ministry says Russian and Syrian fighter jets have conducted a joint air patrol mission in the airspace along the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and the Euphrates River.
- US-Backed Kurdish Forces, IS Militants Continue to Clash Over Syrian Prison VOA 23 Jan 2022 -- Syrian Kurdish troops say they are tightening their siege on a huge prison in Hasaka, northeastern Syria, that houses thousands of alleged Islamic State members.
- US warplanes bomb Syrian city in purported bid to repel Daesh attack Press TV 23 Jan 2022 -- US warplanes have bombed the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah in a purported bid to support US-backed Kurdish militants, so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), to repel a major attack by alleged Daesh terrorists on a prison holding thousands of their companions.
- ISIS Attacks in Syria US Dept. of State 22 Jan 2022 -- The United States condemns Thursday's ISIS attack on the Hasakah Provincial Internal Security Forces detention center in northeast Syria, which was an attempt to free detained ISIS fighters.
- US-backed Forces Continue Battling Islamic State Over Syrian Prison VOA 22 Jan 2022 -- Kurdish militiamen allied with the U.S. continue to battle Islamic State militants Saturday for control of a prison and surrounding areas of the northeastern Syrian town of Hasakah. Arab media reports that U.S. tanks and helicopters have arrived in the area to help Kurdish forces after IS took control of the prison and several adjacent neighborhoods Thursday. Dozens of Islamic State militants and Kurdish militiamen have been killed in the fighting.
- Islamic State Operatives, US-Backed Forces Clash in Syria VOA 21 Jan 2022 -- Fighting raged for a second day in northeastern Syria, following what authorities described as a foiled plot by Islamic State terror group sleeper cells to break their captured comrades out of prison.
- Syria reiterates its right to fully take back occupied Golan Heights from Israel Press TV 20 Jan 2022 -- Syria has reiterated its right to fully take back the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights through all possible means guaranteed by international law, emphasizing that all measures taken by the occupying Tel Aviv regime to change the legal status of the Syrian territory are null and void and have no legal effect under UN resolutions.
- Conviction of top Syrian intelligence official 'a landmark leap forward' UN News 13 Jan 2022 -- UN human rights officials have welcomed the "historic" conviction on Thursday by a German court of a former senior Syrian intelligence officer, for crimes against humanity.
- German Court Convicts Former Syrian Intelligence Officer of Crimes Against Humanity VOA 13 Jan 2022 -- In a landmark ruling, a German Court Thursday convicted a former Syrian intelligence officer of crimes against humanity for his role in state-sponsored torture and murder under Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government.
- Syria joins BRI amid extensive China-Mideast exchanges Global Times 13 Jan 2022 -- Syria on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as the country is seeking post-war reconstruction, showing its high political trust in China, experts noted. The move came two days before the scheduled visit of the Iranian foreign minister to China - as part of the intensive visits to China of Mideast senior officials this week.
- Syria joins BRI to rebuild amid wars, Western sanctions, pandemic via cooperation with China Global Times 13 Jan 2022 -- Syria on Wednesday joined China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which experts said is a great achievement of the BRI as it now has connected with the whole Middle East, demonstrating its influence and appeal.
- US military boosts forces at Syria oil fields in wake of rocket attacks Press TV 09 Jan 2022 -- The US military has reportedly deployed reinforcements to the bases its has occupied near the oil fields in Eastern Syria, days after they again came under rocket attacks, local sources said.
- Syrian army forces block US occupation troops in Hasakah, force them to turn back Press TV 09 Jan 2022 -- Syrian government troops have intercepted a US military convoy in the country's northeastern province of Hasakah as the occupation forces were attempting to pass through a community in the energy-rich region.
- US military boosts forces at Syria oil fields in wake of rocket attacks Press TV 09 Jan 2022 -- The US military has reportedly deployed reinforcements to the bases its has occupied near the oil fields in Eastern Syria, days after they again came under rocket attacks, local sources said.
- Syrian envoy to UN says Western states fabricate lies on Syria's cooperation with OPCW Press TV 06 Jan 2022 -- Syria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Bassam Sabbagh has affirmed Damascus' condemnation of the use of chemical weapons, anywhere, anytime by anyone and under any circumstances, saying Western states fabricate lies on his country's cooperation with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
- US-Led Coalition Responds to New Round of Attacks in Syria, Iraq VOA 05 Jan 2022 -- U.S. and coalition forces are striking back following a series of rocket and drone attacks on bases in Syria and Iraq by militias linked to Iran.
- Report: Base housing US occupation troops in eastern Syria comes under rocket attack Press TV 05 Jan 2022 -- A military facility housing US occupation forces in Syria's eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr has come under attack with rockets fired from nearby areas.
- Israeli Army Tanks Shell Syrian Province of Quneitra - Reports Sputnik 05 Jan 2022 -- Israeli army tanks shelled the Syrian province of Quneitra, Syrian news agency SANA reported.
- Uniting to stop the proliferation of chemical weapons in Syria UK FCDO 05 Jan 2022 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the Security Council briefing on chemical weapons in Syria
- UN disarmament chief urges Syria to come clean on chemical weapons UN News 05 Jan 2022 -- Syria's declaration of its chemical weapons programme cannot be considered accurate due to gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs told the Security Council on Wednesday.
- UNICEF: Grim start to new year as 2 children are killed, 5 injured, in Syria UN News 04 Jan 2022 -- Warring parties should never attack children or the services they rely on, a senior official with the UN children's agency, UNICEF, said on Tuesday, following recent violence and disruption in Syria.
- Analysts: Islamic State Poised for More Attacks in Syria in 2022 VOA 04 Jan 2022 -- Experts say that militants linked to the Islamic State terror group appear to be planning more deadly attacks in Syria this year.
- 5 Syrian army personnel killed, 20 injured in Daesh attack in eastern Syria Press TV 03 Jan 2022 -- At least five Syrian army personnel have been killed and 20 others injured after a military bus they were travelling in came under a missile attack of the Daesh terrorists, according to Syrian media.
- At Least Five Syrian Soldiers Killed, 20 Injured After Daesh Attack on Military Vehicle - SANA Sputnik 03 Jan 2022 -- On 1 January, Syrian state television reported that a US military base in the northeastern Syrian province of Al-Hasakah had come under mortar fire.
- Russian Jets Knock Out Water Supply In Syria's Idlib RFE/RL 02 Jan 2022 -- Russian warplanes have bombed a pumping station that provides water to rebel-controlled Idlib city in northwestern Syria, potentially depriving hundreds of thousands of people in the overcrowded city of water, according to witnesses and a monitoring group.
- Bases housing US occupation troops in northern Syria come under rocket attacks Press TV 01 Jan 2022 -- Several Katyusha rockets have separately hit military facilities housing US occupation forces in Syria's oil-producing northern provinces of Dayr al-Zawr and Hasakah.
- Four Suspects Captured After Attack on Shaddadi CENTCOM 01 Jan 2022 -- Officials from Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve announced last night that Coalition forces were targeted by indirect fire in areas of northeast Syria. According to the Coalition, rounds did not damage any Coalition areas, but impacted civilian areas near Al Shaddadi.
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