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May 2024 - Syria Special Weapons News
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- Iran reiterates political solution to situation in Syria IRNA 31 May 2024 -- Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani has stressed that Iran remains committed to a political resolution of the situation in Syria and will continue supporting a truly Syrian-led, Syrian-owned, UN-facilitated political process.
- Ayatollah Khamenei receives Assad, hails Syria's resistance Press TV 30 May 2024 -- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has received President Bashar al-Assad who has traveled to Tehran to offer condolences over the loss of President Ebrahim Raeisi and his companions in a helicopter crash.
- The UK has committed up to $264 million in humanitarian assistance to Syria this year: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 30 May 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council meeting on Syria.
- Top UN officials urge comprehensive approach to Syria's protracted crisis UN News 30 May 2024 -- Syria remains plagued by a severe and complex security and humanitarian situation, against a backdrop of broader political impasse, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Thursday, underscoring the need for a comprehensive approach that involves all key stakeholders.
- Absent Political Progress, Ongoing Violence Putting Syria, Global Community at 'Terrible Risks', Special Envoy for Syria Warns Security Council UN Security Council 30 May 2024 -- With absent political progress, ongoing violence and a worsening humanitarian situation in Syria, terrible risks could be on the horizon for that beleaguered country and the global community, the Secretary-General's Special Envoy warned the Security Council, as he called for a de-escalation of hostilities, starting in Gaza, and a comprehensive engagement among all stakeholders to arrive at a lasting solution to the 14-year Syrian conflict.
- Child killed in Israeli airstrike in northwest Syria IRNA 29 May 2024 -- A Israeli airstrike has killed a child and injured at least ten more civilians in the city of Baniyas, northwest Syria.
- Israeli airstrikes kill 4, including child, across Syria: Reports Press TV 29 May 2024 -- Israeli airstrikes have reportedly claimed the lives of four people, including a child, targeting separate locations across Syria.
- Brussels VIII Conference renews international support for Syria and the region raising more than €7.5 billion European Commission 28 May 2024 -- On 27 May, during the eighth edition of the Brussels Conference on 'Supporting the future of Syria and the region' hosted by the European Union, the donor community pledged a total amount of €7.5 billion.
- Canada reiterates its commitment to people of Syria amid ongoing crisis Canada 27 May 2024 -- March 2024 marked 13 years of the Syrian crisis, and humanitarian needs have reached unprecedented levels. Over 16 million people, approximately 70% of the country's population, urgently require assistance. Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Türkiye collectively host more than 6.8 million Syrian refugees.
- United States Announces Additional Humanitarian Assistance for Syria US Dept. of State 27 May 2024 -- Today, U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power announced nearly $593 million in U.S. humanitarian assistance for Syria at the Brussels VIII Conference on "Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region."
- High Commissioner's statement at the Brussels Syria Conference UNHCR 27 May 2024
- Switzerland supports future of Syria and neighbouring countries with CHF 60 million Federal Council - Swiss Government 27 May 2024 -- The Syrian population is still suffering from the consequences of the ongoing conflict that began in 2011, and these are also being felt in neighbouring countries. Switzerland reaffirmed its commitment by pledging CHF 60 million at the 8th Brussels Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region on 27 May 2024.
- EU pledges €2.12 billion in support of the future of Syria and the region, during Brussels Eight Conference European Commission 27 May 2024 -- At the 8th edition of the Brussels Conference on 'Supporting the future of Syria and the region', the EU pledged €2.12 billion for 2024 and 2025. This assistance will support both Syrians inside Syria and those in neighbouring countries, as well as their host communities in Türkiye, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.
- Syria crisis demands continued attention Government of Norway 27 May 2024 -- 'The crisis in Syria must not be forgotten, even at a time of many ongoing conflicts and wars. 90 per cent of the Syrian population live in poverty, according to the World Bank. Norway will therefore provide NOK 500 million in support to the work by our partners in Syria in 2024,' said Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide.
- Saudi Arabia appoints first ambassador to Syria in over a decade Press TV 27 May 2024 -- Saudi Arabia has appointed its ambassador to Syria for the first time since the kingdom closed its embassy in Damascus in 2012, after foreign-backed terrorism and violence gripped the country.
- Israeli drone strike targets two vehicles in Syria's Qusayr near Lebanon border Press TV 25 May 2024 -- The Israeli military has reportedly carried out an aerial assault against two vehicles in Syria's central province of Homs, as the Tel Aviv regime presses ahead with its acts of aggression against the Arab nation concurrent with a genocidal war in the Gaza Strip.
- French court issues life sentences to three senior Syrian officials for war crimes VOA 24 May 2024 -- A court in the French capital on Friday ordered life sentences for three senior Syrian government officials in a landmark case.
- Iran's interim president pledges Tehran's full support for resistance axis, Syria Press TV 23 May 2024 -- Interim Iranian President Mohammad Mokhber assures the Syrian leader that Tehran will continue its full support for the resistance axis, particularly Syria.
- Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Faisal Mekdad Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 May 2024
- Syria: WHO Regional Director calls for greater investment in health sector UN News 19 May 2024 -- Failure to invest in the health of the Syrian people will only deepen instability in the war-ravaged country and pose threats to regional and global security, a senior official with the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
- Turkey sends Syrian mercenaries to Niger to secure strategic interests VOA 17 May 2024 -- Hundreds of Syrian mercenaries have been sent by Turkey to Niger in recent months to protect Ankara's economic and military interests in the West African nation, a rights group and experts said.
- Asa'ib leader: Iraqi resistance in state of war with Zionist regime Press TV 11 May 2024 -- The leader of an Iraqi resistance group has roundly denounced the recent Israeli strikes on Syria that targeted facilities belonging to the fellow Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba group, stressing that fighters from Iraq's anti-terror factions are at a state of war with the occupying Tel Aviv regime.
- US urges other countries to repatriate citizens held in Syria VOA 08 May 2024 -- The United States is urging other countries to follow its lead in repatriating their citizens from detention centers and displaced persons camps where former followers and supporters of Islamic State have been held since the collapse of the IS "caliphate" in 2019.
- Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Actions of the Government of Syria The White House 08 May 2024
- Message to the Congress on the Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Actions of the Government of Syria The White House 08 May 2024
- Canada repatriates 6 Canadian children from northeastern Syria Canada 07 May 2024
- Finland repatriates Finnish citizen deported from northeast Syria Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland 07 May 2024 -- On Monday 6 May, the autonomous administration of northeast Syria deported a Finnish citizen it had detained to Finland. The person in question is an adult man who was taken to Syria as a child in 2014. He is not suspected of criminal activity in Finland or in Syria.
- Repatriation of U.S., Canadian, Dutch and Finnish Citizens from Northeast Syria US Dept. of State 07 May 2024 -- Today the United States repatriated 11 U.S. citizens from northeast Syria, including five minors. Additionally, we resettled in the United States the nine-year-old non-U.S. citizen sibling of one of the U.S. citizen minors. This is the largest single repatriation of U.S. citizens from northeast Syria to date.
- Assad: Crackdown on pro-Palestine protests exposes West's state of panic Press TV 05 May 2024 -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the violent crackdown on pro-Palestine student demonstrations in Western universities, particularly in the United States, exposes the Western system's "state of panic."
- Hezbollah targets Israeli military command base in occupied Golan Heights Press TV 06 May 2024 -- The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has targeted an Israeli military command base in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights with dozens of Katyusha rockets.
- US military base in eastern Syria hit by missiles IRNA 03 May 2024 -- News sources reported a missile attack on the American military base in eastern Syria on Friday night.
- 8 soldiers injured in Israeli airstrike on outskirts of Syria's Damascus People's Daily 03 May 2024 -- Israel launched an aerial attack from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights on Thursday night against a military site near Syrian capital Damascus, injuring eight soldiers and causing material losses, the Syrian Defense Ministry said.
- Israeli airstrike on outskirts of Damascus leaves eight Syrian soldiers injured Press TV 03 May 2024 -- At least eight soldiers suffered injuries when Israeli military aircraft carried out a strike against a building operated by Syrian security forces on the outskirts of the capital Damascus.
- Daesh attack kills 13 Syrian army troops, allied forces: Report Press TV 03 May 2024 -- Thirteen Syrian army troops and allied forces have been reportedly killed in a Daesh terrorist attack in the Western part of Syria.
- May 3, 2023 Investigation Findings CENTCOM 02 May 2024 -- On May 3, 2023, the United States conducted a unilateral counterterrorism air strike in Northwest Syria targeting a senior Al Qaeda leader. Soon after the air strike, reports surfaced the strike may have resulted in a civilian casualty.
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