Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
September 2024 - Syria Special Weapons News
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- Syrian Minister denounces Israel for its 'seven-decade-long criminal record' UN News 30 Sep 2024 -- The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Syria, Bassam Sabbagh, on Monday said the world was at a critical juncture, marked by widespread conflict, economic hardship and environmental degradation.
- U.S. Central Command Conducts Targeted Strikes Against Terrorist Groups in Syria CENTCOM 29 Sep 2024 -- U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Forces conducted two targeted strikes in Syria, killing 37 terrorist operatives, including multiple senior leaders of the terrorist organizations of ISIS and Hurras al-Din, an Al Qaeda affiliate.
- US-led airstrike kills 18 in Syria's border city of Abu Kamal IRNA 29 Sep 2024 -- US-led airstrike has left at least 18 people dead in Syria's eastern city of Abu Kamal located near the border with Iraq, news reports have said.
- US military base in Syria targeted in drone attack IRNA 29 Sep 2024 -- The US military base in Conoco, north of Deir Ezzor, Syria, has been reportedly targeted in a heavy drone attack.
- Strikes hit US-run base in eastern Syria: Reports Press TV 29 Sep 2024 -- A military facility housing US occupation forces in Syria's eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr has reportedly come under attack.
- Iraqi Drone Attacks US Airbase in Northeastern Syria - Reports Sputnik 28 Sep 2024 -- A US airbase near the Koniko gas field in Deir ez-Zor province in northeastern Syria has come under a drone attack from Iraq after a long hiatus, Iraq's Shafaq news agency reported on Saturday, citing a security source.
- Over 50,000 flee for Syria amid Israel's attacks on Beirut: UN Press TV 28 Sep 2024 -- The UN refugee chief says more than 50,000 people have fled Lebanon to Syria amid Israel's bloody massacre of people in southern Beirut.
- Five Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli aggression near Lebanon border Press TV 27 Sep 2024 -- Israel has carried out a new aerial assault on Syria, killing five soldiers and injuring another near the country's border with Lebanon.
- Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic Bassam al-Sabbagh Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27 Sep 2024
- United States Announces Additional Humanitarian Assistance for Syria US Dept. of State 26 Sep 2024 -- Today, on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya announced nearly $535 million in additional U.S. humanitarian assistance for the Syrian people.
- Joint Statement by UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, Adam Abdelmoula, and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, Ramanathan Balakrishnan on the recent influx of Syrian and Lebanese families into Syria UNOCHA 26 Sep 2024
- Lebanon escalation: UN boosts support at border with Syria UN News 25 Sep 2024 -- The serious escalation in hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel has forced "tens of thousands" of people to flee their homes in Lebanon, including Syrian refugees, leaving border routes to Syria choked with vehicles trying to get through, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Wednesday.
- People fleeing Israel's Lebanon aggression Syria's top priority: President Assad Press TV 25 Sep 2024 -- President Bashar al-Assad says the newly formed government of Syria will prioritize assistance to the people of Lebanon fleeing Israel's barbarism.
- UN Human Rights Council 57: UK Statement for the Commission of Inquiry on Syria UK FCDO 23 Sep 2024 -- Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Syria, as delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, Simon Manley.
- Humanitarian crisis in Syria threatens to spiral out of control VOA 21 Sep 2024 -- U.N. investigators are warning the humanitarian crisis in Syria threatens to spiral out of control as violence increases and the collapsing economy keeps the population mired in poverty and hopelessness 13 years after civil war erupted in the country.
- Fresh clashes reported between US-backed forces, government troops in eastern Syria VOA 20 Sep 2024 -- New clashes erupted Friday between U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces and Iran-backed Syrian government forces in the eastern province of Deir el-Zour, a war monitor and local sources reported.
- Middle East: Regional crisis risks engulfing Syria, UN envoy warns UN News 20 Sep 2024 -- The escalating regional tensions are drawing Syria deeper into conflict, the UN Special Envoy for the country warned on Tuesday, citing recent Israeli airstrikes, Hezbollah rocket fire and the widespread explosions of wireless devices in Lebanon, which included some in Syria.
- 'Piecemeal Diplomacy' Will Not End Syria Conflict, United Nations Envoy Tells Security Council UN Security Council 20 Sep 2024 -- All key stakeholders in Syria's 13-year conflict must engage with the United Nations in a single format as the country remains in "a profound state of high conflict and territorial division," the Organization's senior mediator told the Security Council today, stressing that "piecemeal diplomacy" conducted by different groups does not work.
- A political solution is urgently needed to bring stability to Syria and to the region: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 20 Sep 2024 -- Statement by Fergus Eckersley, Minister Counsellor, at the Security Council meeting on Syria.
- Pentagon Degrades ISIS, Continues Efforts for Peace in Middle East DoD News 19 Sep 2024 -- The United States military continues to degrade the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, while other defense officials work to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East.
- US base in northeastern Syria comes under rocket attack Press TV 16 Sep 2024 -- A military installation used by the occupying American forces in northeastern Syria has been reportedly targeted by a barrage of rockets.
- Turkish-backed group besieges Syrian-Kurdish village after protest VOA 16 Sep 2024 -- A village in northwestern Syria has been under siege by a Turkish-backed group of armed militants following a women-led protest against ongoing abuses carried out by the Syrian faction.
- Elections in Syria US Dept. of State 13 Sep 2024 -- "The United States assesses that the necessary conditions for convening free, fair, transparent, and inclusive elections in Syria, including in the North and East, have not been met and therefore does not support the recent announcement by the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES) calling on the High Elections Committee to begin preparations for municipal elections."
- Targeting Hizballah's Oil Smuggling Network US Dept. of State 11 Sep 2024 -- As part of the United States' efforts to disrupt Hizballah's illicit revenue generation and isolate the terrorist group's financial network, we are imposing sanctions on three individuals and five companies, as well as blocking two vessels that smuggle oil to generate funding for Hizballah.
- Treasury Targets Oil and LPG Smuggling Network That Generates Millions in Revenue for Hizballah US Treasury 11 Sep 2024 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning three individuals, five companies, and two vessels that are involved in smuggling oil and liquified petroleum gas (LPG) to generate revenue for Hizballah. The network, comprised of Lebanese businessmen and companies and overseen by a senior leader of Hizballah's finance team, has facilitated dozens of LPG shipments to the Government of Syria and channeled the profits to Hizballah. Illicit oil and LPG smuggling operations generate hundreds of millions of dollars for Hizballah and support the group's terrorist activities.
- Escalating violence in Syria raises fear of 'large-scale war' UN News 10 Sep 2024 -- Increased violence along the frontlines in Syria, with continued war crimes on all sides, is leaving civilians in the region fearful of a "large-scale war", a new report from the UN Syria Commission of Inquiry released on Tuesday warns.
- Syria warns Israel about 'unforeseeable consequences' of its atrocities Press TV 09 Sep 2024 -- Syria has warned the Israeli regime about the dire consequences of its atrocities against regional countries, reacting to earlier strikes by the regime that claimed the lives of more than a dozen people in the central part of the Arab country.
- Death toll from Israeli strikes on Syria's central Hama province soars to 14 Press TV 09 Sep 2024 -- The death toll from a series of Israeli airstrikes against multiple military installations and buildings in Syria's central province of Hama has risen to 14, as the Tel Aviv regime continues its acts of aggression on Syria concurrent with its bloody war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
- Israeli attack on Syria: Death toll rises to 14 IRNA 09 Sep 2024 -- The death toll from the latest Israeli airstrike on Syria has climbed to 14, according to Syrian media.
- Five killed in Israeli airstrikes on Syria IRNA 09 Sep 2024 -- At least five civilians are killed and 19 others injured as the Israeli regime has carried out fresh strikes on northwestern Syria using missiles and drones, media sources reported in the early hours of Monday.
- Israel Attacks Central Syria, Killing at Least 3 - Syrian Defense Ministry Sputnik 09 Sep 2024 -- Israeli fighter jets attacked a number of military positions in central Syria from northwestern Lebanon, air defense forces shot down several missiles, the Syrian Defense Ministry said in a statement to the state-run news agency SANA.
- Israel launches strikes on Syrian military sites Press TV 09 Sep 2024 -- The Israeli regime has carried out new strikes on Syria, targeting several military sites in the Arab country's northwest with missiles and drones.
- Two New Outstanding Issues with Syria's Chemical Weapon Declarations 'Extremely Worrying', United Nations Official Tells Security Council UN Security Council 05 Sep 2024 -- Insufficient information provided by Syria regarding potentially undeclared chemical-weapons activities resulted in the opening of two new outstanding issues with Syria's declaration under the Chemical Weapons Convention, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today, noting that 19 of the now 26 such matters remain unresolved.
- Sanctions against Syria: Switzerland extends humanitarian exemption indefinitely Federal Council - Swiss Government 04 Sep 2024 -- On 4 September, the Federal Council decided to extend indefinitely the humanitarian exemption to the sanctions regime against Syria. The exemption was introduced for a limited period following the earthquake that hit the country in February 2023.
- CENTCOM Forces Partner with Syrian Democratic Forces to Capture ISIS Leader and Assist in Operation to Recapture Escaped ISIS Fighters CENTCOM 02 Sep 2024 -- U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces, partnered with Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), captured an ISIS leader, who was assessed as helping ISIS fighters after escape from a Raqqah Detention Facility in Syria.
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