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An Israeli military patrol passed through Abedin village in the western countryside of Daraa before soldiers spotted a Daraa 24 correspondent and others ... Show more
Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani has said that Jordan’s leadership had expressed dissatisfaction over the deaths of civilians in a recent ... Show more
🔴 Jordan has expressed regret over civilian casualties in the airstrikes on Daraa, Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani says while offering condolences ... Show more
Syria summons Jordanian ambassador over deadly airstrikes in Daraa
👉 Syria summons Jordanian ambassador over deadly airstrikes in Daraa
OpinionJordan, Syria seek to reduce tensions following strike with joint security committee - analysis
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Jordan strikes militant groups in Syria after church attack: The Jordanian military said it had struck "terrorist organisations" in neighbouring Syria on Monday ...
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Syria says Jordanian airstrikes killed civilians, denies strikes were coordinated
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jordannews.jo Oct 27
🚨 Syria condemns Jordanian strikes in Daraa, reports casualties
Syria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned reported Jordanian airstrikes on ... Show more
Protests spread across Syria after disabled man dies in Israeli raid on village: Israel says its military operations in Syria, which intensified after the fall ...
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Daily Sabah Oct 22
Israeli troops kill disabled civilian, abduct youth in S. Syria: Israeli forces killed a disabled civilian in Daraa province and abducted a young man while ...
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Israel steps up incursions into southern Syria, detains four in Quneitra: Israel steps up incursions into southern Syria, detains four in Quneitra
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Daraa reports 33,400 homes destroyed by deposed regime: Daraa reports 33,400 homes destroyed by deposed regime
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Israeli forces opened fire on farmers’ vehicles near Damascus after troops killed a man in southern Syria. Checkpoints, raids and arrests have also increased ... Show more
Syrian forces seize explosives and weapons tied to deadly ambush in Daraa: Syrian forces seize explosives and weapons tied to deadly ambush in Daraa
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Israeli forces shell southern Syria, open fire on residential areas: Israeli occupation forces shell the outskirts of Abidin village in Daraa and open fire ...
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Israeli forces detain Syrian resident in overnight Daraa raid : Israeli forces detain Syrian resident in overnight Daraa raid
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Yeni Safak English Sep 30
Syria dismantles Hezbollah cell in Daraa province: Syrian security forces arrested three suspects linked to Hezbollah in southern Daraa ...
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Syrian Internal Security Forces take out cell of Hezbollah terrorists planning sabotage, ISF says
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🔴 BREAKING: Syria’s interior ministry says it thwarted a sabotage plot planned by a cell affiliated with Lebanon’s Hezbollah in the Yarmouk Basin in the ... Show more
Israeli forces have pushed further into Syria's southern areas of Quneitra and Daraa. Farmers say it’s becoming harder to access their fields — and ... Show more
Syria arrests Assad-era general over alleged role in 2011 Saida Housing massacre: Syria arrests Assad-era general over alleged role in 2011 Saida Housing ...
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🔴 BREAKING: One person was killed and four others were injured in an explosion in the town of Nawa in Syria’s governorate of Daraa ... Show more
Israeli military activity in southern Syria is continuing to reshape life in communities such as Daraa and Quneitra. Residents say repeated incursions are ... Show more
The Israeli occupation army shelled areas in western Daraa province in southern Syria early on Monday, firing several artillery rounds and machine-gun fire ... Show more
Israel shells Syria's Daraa countryside with artillery and gunfire - Region - World
Israel shells Syria's Daraa countryside with artillery and gunfire - Region - World
Syria arrests cell leader over security force deaths: Syrian authorities have arrested a leader involved in the deaths of three security force members during an ...
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Yeni Safak English Sep 17
Three Syrian security forces killed in Daraa operation: Three Syrian security personnel were killed Thursday during an arrest operation in Al-Sanamayn ...
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🔴 Three Syrian internal security forces members have been killed in clashes with wanted men in al-Sanamayn, in rural Daraa ... Show more
In Syria's Daraa, water is life - and today the land is parched: Abdul-Munaf al-Masri stands before a vast, cracked expanse of land in southern Syria ...
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Once abundant with water, Syria’s southern province of Daraa is facing a deepening water crisis.
Lake al-Muzayrib, once a lifeline for fishermen ... Show more
newlinesmag Aug 26
Assad's Poisoning Campaign: After Syria’s Daraa fell to regime forces in 2018, former rebel commanders, civilians and two children started to display the ...
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For war crimes: Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia: A Syrian court handed down death sentences to Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher ...
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Key FactsSyrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia
Aug 11, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: bbc.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: bbc.com
- After his regime was overthrown in December 2024, Assad fled Damascus for Moscow with his family.
- In the same case, Atef Najib, Assad’s cousin and former head of political security in Deraa province, also received a death sentence and appeared in a courtroom cage.
- Najib was convicted of offences including murder, the intentional killing of children under 15, and torture resulting in death.
- It remains unclear whether Syria’s new authorities can secure Assad’s extradition from Moscow; an arrest warrant for murder and torture was already issued against him in December 2025.
They want to see these people that tortured their children, displaced them from their homes and destroyed their communities be held to account for these crimes.— Obaida Hitto, Al Jazeera journalist in Damascus, describing the ruling
Daily Sabah Aug 24
Israel launches new S. Syria incursion day after de-escalation talks: The Israeli military carried out a new raid in the countryside of southern Syria's ...
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newlinesmag Aug 18
How the Assad Regime Poisoned Former Rebels in Southern Syria: After Daraa fell in 2018, at least 24 people, including children, suffered symptoms linked to ...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/how-the-assad-regime-poisoned-former-rebels-in-southern-syria/
Atef Najib led political security in Daraa in 2011, when he catalysed a flashpoint of the Syrian civil war with the abduction and torture of 15 schoolboys ... Show more
newlinesmag Aug 18
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Fifteen years after he was arrested and tortured for writing “Your turn has come, doctor” on a wall in Daraa ... Show more
newlinesmag Aug 18
“Targeted killings in Daraa claimed 1,422 lives between 2018 and 2024. … These operations left a deep wound in the local social fabric ... Show more
Israeli army opens fire on civilian areas in Syria's Daraa: state media: The incident comes amid months of recurring Israeli incursions and attacks in southern ...
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KSrelief signs program to rehabilitate educational and community buildings in Syria
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Syrians have celebrated the death sentence handed to ousted leader Bashar al Assad in absentia. A court in Daraa convicted him of war crimes and crimes against ... Show more
"Atef Najib gave the order to use LIVE AMMUNITION against PROTESTERS."
Arab Center Researcher Nawar Shaban explains the charges against former ... Show more
Israel detains young Syrian man during Daraa province raid: Israeli army raided Maariya village in Daraa countryside before withdrawing toward Jazira barracks ...
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What 3 girls’ deaths reveal about Syria’s child protection gap: LONDON: In an orchard behind her family’s home in Syria’s eastern province of Deir Ezzor ...
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Daily Sabah Aug 05
Israel launches incursions into southern Syria: Israeli forces carried out separate incursions into Syria's southern provinces of Daraa and Quneitra on ...
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Israeli forces mount new incursion into Syria's Quneitra province: state media: The latest incursion followed an Israeli raid on a house in Wadi al-Ruqqad in the ...
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Yeni Safak English Aug 01
Israeli forces raid house in southern Syria: Israeli troops raided a residence in Syria's southern Daraa province on Saturday, marking the latest incursion since ...
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Syrian lawyer Nouha al-Masri is seeking justice for her brother, who died in the 2011 Daraa crackdown that sparked Syria’s uprising ... Show more
Israeli troops make new incursion into Syria’s Daraa countryside: LONDON: Israeli troops advanced into the Daraa countryside of the Syrian Arab Republic on ...
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A video posted on social media reportedly shows the moment Israeli forces opened fire to intimidate Syrian children who had used stones to block the road and ... Show more
Syria arrests senior ISIS leader, exposes criminal financing network: According to Syria's Interior Ministry, an investigation found that the ISIS cell financed ...
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Kuwait Times Jun 29
Kuwait strongly condemns the continued Israeli occupation forces’ violations inside Syrian territory, including recent incursions into Quneitra and Daraa and ... Show more
Yeni Safak English Jul 03
Syria begins restoration of historic Omari Mosque after ICESCO listing: Syrian authorities have launched restoration of the Omari Mosque in Daraa after its ...
en.yenisafak.com/world/syria-begins-restoration-of-historic-omari-mosque-after-icesco-listing-3720359
🔴 Israeli occupation forces launched another ground incursion into southern Syria late Sunday, prompting residents of Abidin village in western Daraa ... Show more
Lebanon Death Toll Tops 2,700 amid Continued Israeli Ceasefire Violations
Lebanon Death Toll Tops 2,700 amid Continued Israeli Ceasefire Violations
Israeli settler group calls for seizing crops in occupied Syrian land: An Israeli settler group has called for the cultivation and sale of crops from occupied ...
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Hundreds of Syrian families have fled their village of Abdin in Daraa province after Israel launched an illegal ground raid backed with air strikes ... Show more
Israeli soldiers opened fire toward a Syrian television news crew as they reported on an Israeli forces incursion into the village of Abdin ... Show more
🔴 BREAKING: Saudi foreign ministry says we stress the importance of ending Israeli violations of Syria’s sovereignty
🔴 The Saudi foreign ministry said it ... Show more
Israeli occupation forces carried out six ground incursions into southern Syria's Daraa and Quneitra provinces on Friday ... Show more
Israeli occupation forces conduct ground incursions, raid homes in southern Syria - Region - World
Israeli occupation forces conduct ground incursions, raid homes in southern Syria - Region - World
Syrian ‘open-air museum’ returns to global heritage map: DAMASCUS: Stretching between the southern Syrian provinces of Daraa and Sweida, Al-Lajat emerges as a ...
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Live Updates: War returns to Iran with Israel, US strikes: Live Updates: The US and Israel on Feb 28 launched what they described as a “pre-emptive” joint strike ...
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Yeni Safak English Jun 04
Israeli forces shell southern Syria, push into Daraa countryside: Israeli forces conducted artillery strikes in southern Syria and advanced into the western ...
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Israeli forces set up temporary checkpoints in southern Syrian towns: LONDON: Israeli forces set up temporary checkpoints where they stopped and searched ...
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Israel shells southern Syria farmland near Daraa amid escalating raids: The artillery shelling struck wooded and agricultural areas in the Yarmouk Basin ...
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Israeli shelling targets outskirts of Jamla town in western Daraa: DARAA: Israeli forces shelled the outskirts of Jamla town in the Yarmouk Basin area of western ...
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Reconciliation in Syria?: Former Assad Officer on Trial for “Mass Murder”: The Assad regime marks a dark era in Syria. Now, a member of the top leadership is ...
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Israeli forces detain young man, raid homes in southern Syria: Israeli troops raid two villages in Quneitra and Daraa in the latest violation of Syria's ...
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Syria court charges former security official with acts amounting to ‘war crimes’: DAMASCUS: Syria’s judiciary brought charges on Sunday against former security ...
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More than a decade after the Syrian revolution began, a former Assad-era official is facing a historic trial over allegations of torture, killings ... Show more
newlinesmag Apr 27
Assad’s Cousin Stands Trial in Damascus for Crackdown That Sparked Syria’s Uprising
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/assads-cousin-stands-trial-in-damascus-for-crackdown-that-sparked-syrias-uprising/
Atef Najib, cousin of Syria’s ousted regime leader Bashar al Assad, appeared in a Damascus criminal court, becoming the first high-ranking regime official to ... Show more
jordannews.jo Apr 11
Israeli Occupation Forces Incursion into Yarmouk Basin in Western Daraa Countryside - Jordan News | Latest News from Jordan, MENA
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Yeni Safak English Apr 11
Israeli tanks shell Syria’s Daraa province, local TV reports: Israeli tanks shelled the outskirts of Jamla town in Daraa province, southern Syria, on Friday ...
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Yeni Safak English Apr 04
🇸🇾🌼🌺💐 In Daraa, where the Syrian revolution began, the arrival of spring has created scenes that inspire deep reverence for the Creator.
In May 2011 ... Show more
Yeni Safak English Apr 01
🇸🇾🤝🇵🇸 Large-scale demonstrations were held across multiple Syrian cities on Tuesday night, with significant gatherings reported in the southern city of Daraa ... Show more
