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LBCI
3 days ago
- Politics
- LBCI
SANA denies reports of assassination attempt on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa
SANA, Syria's official state news agency, denied on Sunday reports circulating in several media outlets claiming that the Syrian Arab Army and Turkish intelligence had thwarted an assassination attempt targeting President Ahmed al-Sharaa during his recent visit to Daraa.
Arab News
4 days ago
- Politics
- Arab News
Syria denies reports of assassination attempt on President Al-Sharaa
DAMASCUS: Syria's Ministry of Information on Sunday denied reports that an attempt was made on the life of interim president Ahmed Al-Sharaa during a recent visit to the southern city of Daraa. A ministry source, quoted by state news agency SANA on Sunday, dismissed the claims as false, saying: 'What was circulated by several media outlets about the Syrian Arab Army and Turkish intelligence foiling an assassination attempt on President Ahmad Al-Sharaa during his visit to Daraa is untrue.' SANA did not provide further details about the reported incident or its origins. Al-Sharaa has led Syria's transitional administration since January, following the collapse of the Bashar Assad regime. Assad, who ruled Syria for nearly a quarter of a century and fled to Russia in December.
Al Bawaba
4 days ago
- Politics
- Al Bawaba
Syria refutes reports of foiling assassination plot on Ahmad al-Sharaa
Published June 29th, 2025 - 08:02 GMT ALBAWABA - Syrian authorities on Sunday denied media reports that they had foiled an assassination attempt plotted against Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. Also Read 'All ways lead to Rome': Street posters cause controversy in Syria During the past days, media reports allegedly claimed that the Syrian security forces had foiled an assassination attempt on al-Sharaa during his last visit to Daraa city in southwestern Syria. SANA news agency quoted a source in the Syrian Ministry of Information as saying, "There is no truth to what was circulated by several media outlets about the Syrian Arab Army and Turkish intelligence thwarting an assassination attempt on President Ahmad al-Sharaa during his visit to Daraa." TRT World reported earlier that a senior IS figure with alleged ties to the Lebanese group (Hezbollah) reportedly attempted to assassinate Ahmed al-Sharaa during a recent visit to Daraa city. However, the Syrian government denied the reports that talked about the assassination attempt against Ahmed al-Sharaa on Sunday in an official statement. © 2000 - 2025 Al Bawaba (
RNZ News
13-06-2025
- Politics
- RNZ News
Live: Israel-Iran tensions remain high after continuing strikes overnight
Residents check the remains of an Iranian projectile that was headed for Israel, after it fell in Syria's southwestern Daraa province on 13 June, 2025. Photo: SAM HARIRI / AFP The Israeli military says it identified missiles launched from Iran towards Israel, and says it is operating to intercept "the threat". Israel launched a huge wave of airstrikes across Iran , blasting Iran's huge underground nuclear site, wiping out its entire top echelon of military commanders and killing nuclear scientists in the biggest ever direct attack between the foes. Iran said "the gates of hell will open" in retaliation, while Israel said the strikes were only the start of its campaign. US President Donald Trump said it was not too late for Iran to halt the Israeli attacks by reaching a deal to curb its nuclear programme. As evening fell on Friday (local time), Iranian media reported a number of explosions in what appeared to be a second wave of strikes. "Moments ago, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a targeted military operation to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel's very survival," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early on Friday in a televised address that invoked the failure of the world to prevent the Holocaust in World War Two. Israel's operation "will continue for as many days as it takes to remove this threat," he said. "Generations from now, history will record our generation stood its ground, acted in time and secured our common future." Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Israel had "unleashed its wicked and bloody" hand, and would suffer "a bitter fate". Israel said that Iran had launched around 100 drones towards Israeli territory in retaliation on Friday, but Iran denied this and there were no reports of any drones reaching Israeli targets. - Reuters
Al Bawaba
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Al Bawaba
Israeli forces raid Syrian village near Damascus, kill civilian in new cross-border escalation
ALBAWABA- Syrian Interior Ministry officials have accused Israeli forces of launching a cross-border incursion into the village of Beit Jann, located in the Damascus countryside, on Thursday. Also Read Syria thwarts missile smuggling to Lebanon According to Syrian authorities, an Israeli military unit, including tanks, armored personnel carriers, and other vehicles, entered the area, carried out a series of raids, and arrested seven individuals. One civilian was reportedly killed by Israeli gunfire during the operation. The Syrian government condemned the incursion as a flagrant violation of Syrian sovereignty and international law, describing it as part of a broader pattern of Israeli military escalation inside Syrian territory. Since the collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024, Israeli forces have intensified ground operations and airstrikes across southern Syria, especially in regions beyond the occupied Golan Heights, including Jabal al-Sheikh and Daraa. Also Read Israeli FM to Macron: 'put Palestine in France' These strikes have targeted military sites, key infrastructure, and urban areas, drawing fierce criticism from Damascus and its allies. An anonymous Syrian official accused Western powers, particularly the United States, of enabling what they call Israel's 'hegemonic campaign' in the region. The mounting cross-border pressure, they warn, is pushing the Middle East further toward instability.
