Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
February 2022 - Syria Special Weapons News
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- Assad's adviser: West left Russia with no choice, Russia entitled to launch deterrent military operation in Ukraine Press TV 28 Feb 2022 -- An adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has stressed that Western countries left Russia with no choice other than to launch a military operation in Ukraine as they failed to honor their commitments and the US-led NATO kept expanding eastward.
- Syria censures US-led smear campaign against Russia to maintain global hegemony Press TV 28 Feb 2022 -- Syria has strongly condemned the smear campaign of Western countries, in particular the United States, against Russia, saying they are distorting facts, exacerbating the situation, and aggravating the crisis in order to maintain their hegemony over the world.
- Ensuring the perpetrators of chemical weapons attacks in Syria are held to account UK FCDO 28 Feb 2022 -- Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council briefing on the situation in the Middle East/Syria
- Syria: Use of chemical weapons 'blight' on international community's conscience UN News 28 Feb 2022 -- Impunity for the use of chemical weapons is "intolerable," the UN disarmament chief told the Security Council meeting on Syria, held on Monday morning.
- Envoy: West hindering Syria's reconstruction, looting oil, gas, wheat Press TV 26 Feb 2022 -- Syria's permanent representative to the UN has lashed out at the United States and the European Union for hampering the government's efforts to improve humanitarian situation in the Arab country, saying the nation continues to suffer under the West's illegal measures.
- Telephone conversation with President of Syria Bashar al-Assad President of Russia 25 Feb 2022 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad, at the initiative of the Syrian side.
- Envoy: Foreign forces' presence facilitates terrorist activities in Syria Press TV 25 Feb 2022 -- Iran's permanent ambassador to the United Nations condemns continued illegal presence of foreign forces in Syria as a means of facilitation of terrorist activities across the Arab country.
- 'Hot conflict' pushes 12 million Syrians into food insecurity UN News 25 Feb 2022 -- As the Syrian war has driven poverty and hunger to levels higher than at any previous point, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen told the Security Council on Friday that he would continue to focus on engaging the parties to bring an end to the protracted conflict.
- Israeli regime attacks Syria, kills three soldiers Press TV 24 Feb 2022 -- The Israeli regime has carried out yet another attack on the Syrian capital Damascus' countryside, killing three soldiers.
- At Least 3 Syrian Soldiers Killed After Air Defenses Engage Israeli Strikes - State Media Sputnik 23 Feb 2022 -- Several explosions were reportedly heard in Damascus, Syria, early Thursday morning as air defense systems of the Syrian Arab Army forces engaged hostile targets over the capital city.
- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement and answers to media questions at a joint news conference following talks with Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Faisal Mekdad, Moscow, February 21, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Feb 2022
- Russian envoy: US occupation must leave Syria, their presence threatens stability in region Press TV 18 Feb 2022 -- Russian President's Special Representative for the Middle East and Africa has urges the United States to end its illegitimate occupation of parts of Syria, saying the American forces' presence in the Arab country poses a threat to regional stability.
- Two Servicemen Die, Two More Injured in Syrian Army Helicopter Crash Landing Sputnik 17 Feb 2022 -- The Syrian Army has said that a helicopter had to make an emergency landing after experiencing a technical issue.
- Syria repels Israeli attack on Damascus countryside Press TV 17 Feb 2022 -- Syria's air defenses repel another attack by the Israeli regime on the outskirts of the Arab country's capital Damascus.
- Presence of US, Turkish forces in Syria violates international law: FM Press TV 16 Feb 2022 -- Syria's Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad has stressed that the presence of US and Turkish forces in the Arab country constitutes a violation of international law.
- Russia's defense chief discusses military cooperation, counterterrorism with Assad Press TV 16 Feb 2022 -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has visited Syria for talks with President Bashar al-Assad about military-technical cooperation between Moscow and Damascus as well as counterterrorism measures against foreign-sponsored Takfiri militant groups.
- Israel Strikes Syria With Surface-to-Surface Missiles, Army Command Says Sputnik 16 Feb 2022 -- Syrian anti-air missiles have overshot their targets several times in recent years, winding up over Israeli-controlled territory due to the close-in nature of its engagements with Israeli aircraft launching missiles at targets in Syria.
- Syria destroys most Israeli missiles fired from occupied Golan Press TV 10 Feb 2022 -- Russia says Syria's air defense units have managed to destroy eight missiles fired by the Israeli army from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights.
- Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question about Israeli strikes on Syrian territory Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Feb 2022
- Islamic State Could be Headed for Generational Change VOA 09 Feb 2022 -- Intelligence agencies and private analysts say there is little doubt Islamic State senior leaders already have a good idea of who will be next to lead the terror group as it seeks to reestablish a physical caliphate and strike at the West.
- Islamic State Out to Prove It's More Than Its Leader VOA 09 Feb 2022 -- The Islamic State is so far showing few signs of faltering, just days after U.S. special operation forces dropped into northwest Syria and surrounded the terror group's leader, who they say then blew himself up without a fight.
- Statement by the Global Coalition on Countering Daesh/ISIS Globally US Dept. of State 09 Feb 2022 -- The Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS remains resolutely committed to achieving the enduring defeat of ISIS. Recent events in Syria underscore both the success we continue to have in degrading Daesh/ISIS leadership and the continuing threat the terrorist group poses in the region and beyond.
- Battle against Da'esh, a 'long-term game', Voronkov tells Security Council UN News 09 Feb 2022 -- The global fight against the shadowy, ever-morphing threat posed by the ISIL terrorist group - known officially as Da'esh - and its affiliates, remains a "long-term game" for which there are "no quick fixes," the UN counter-terrorism chief told the Security Council on Wednesday.
- Syria's foreign ministry condemns Israeli attacks on Damascus, warns of consequences Press TV 09 Feb 2022 -- Syria's foreign ministry has strongly condemned the latest Israeli attacks on the Syrian territories that killed and injured a number of Syrian soldiers.
- Syrian defenses confront Israeli missile attack on Damascus' countryside Press TV 09 Feb 2022 -- Syria's air defenses have intercepted and confronted an Israeli missile attack on the Arab country's capital Damascus' countryside.
- IDF Claims Damascus Airstrikes in Response to Anti-Air Missile Fired Toward Israel Sputnik 08 Feb 2022 -- A Sputnik correspondent in Damascus, Syria, reported explosions over the city early on Wednesday morning. According to Syrian state media, air defense systems were engaging incoming projectiles.
- Over $100bn in damage inflicted on Syria's oil sector by decade-long crisis: Ministry Press TV 05 Feb 2022 -- The Syrian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has enumerated the harm caused by the devastating foreign-sponsored militancy against the Arab nation, stating that the ongoing conflict has, directly or indirectly, inflicted around $100.5 billion in damage on the Arab country's energy sector.
- McKenzie Says ISIS Leader Who Died During U.S. Raid Was 'Evil' DoD News 04 Feb 2022 -- The ISIS leader who died during a U.S. Special Operations long-range helicopter raid on a mission to capture him in northwest Syria was "every bit as evil and committed to attacks on the United States and its partners as was his predecessor [Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]," said Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., commander of U.S. Central Command.
- Russian ships arrive at Syria's port of Tartus amid tensions with West Press TV 04 Feb 2022 -- Russia's Defense Ministry says a group of amphibious assault ships of its Northern and Baltic Fleets have arrived at the Syrian port of Tartus, as the Russian navy has been staging large-scale naval drills aimed to counter military threats to Russia amid heightened tensions with the West.
- Leader of ISIS Dead Following U.S. Raid in Syria DoD News 03 Feb 2022 -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said today that the United States and its citizens are safer after the death of the leader of ISIS in northwest Syria.
- Statement by President Joe Biden The White House 03 Feb 2022
- Remarks by President Biden on a Successful Counterterrorism Operation The White House 03 Feb 2022
- Background Press Call By Senior Administration Officials On U.S. Counterterrorism Operations in Syria The White House 03 Feb 2022
- Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Raid Against ISIS Amir Hajii Abdullah DoD 03 Feb 2022 -- "I am immensely proud of the U.S. forces who conducted an operation against Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the leader of ISIS. He detonated an explosive device during the operation, killing himself and members of his family."
- Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing DoD 03 Feb 2022
- DoD Statement on Feb. 2, 2022 Counterterrorism Operation in Northwest Syria DoD 03 Feb 2022
- An Important Milestone in the Campaign Against ISIS US Dept. of State 03 Feb 2022 -- The military operation authorized by President Biden and carried out by U.S. forces last night in northwest Syria has resulted in the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the leader of ISIS - a significant victory in the global fight to disrupt and dismantle ISIS.
- US Calls Death of Islamic State Leader 'Significant Blow' VOA 03 Feb 2022 -- Top U.S. officials are hopeful that a risky nighttime raid, months in the making, will deal one of the world's most resilient terror groups a long-lasting setback and blunt its efforts to strike at the United States and its Western allies.
- US Says IS Leader Killed Himself in Act of Cowardice VOA 03 Feb 2022 -- Months after U.S. intelligence operatives tracked the leader of the Islamic State terror group to a non-descript residential building in northwest Syria, Amir Muhammad Sa'id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla, detonated an explosive, killing himself and his family while U.S. forces closed in.
- Concerned over civilian deaths, UN spokesperson welcomes 'any successes' against ISIL terror group UN News 03 Feb 2022 -- Following an attack by United States Special Forces in northwestern Syria that culminated in the death of the leader of the ISIL terrorist network, the deputy UN Spokesperson on Thursday expressed concern over reported civilian casualties, but welcomed any move contributing to the group's defeat.
- Ten civilians killed in exchange of fire between Turkish forces, SDF in Syria's Aleppo Press TV 02 Feb 2022 -- Ten civilians have been killed in an exchange of fire between Turkish forces and the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the northern province of Aleppo.
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