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Iran fires dozens of missiles into Israel as retaliation for killing of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders

by Aamer Madhani Associated Press, Julia Frankel Associated Press, and Bassem Mroue Associated PressOctober 1, 2024

JERUSALEM — Iran said it fired dozens of missiles into Israel on Tuesday, a sharp escalation of the monthslong conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed militias Hezbollah and Hamas. There were no immediate reports of casualties as Israel ordered…

Soldiers evacuate injured people after Tuesday’s massive explosion in Beirut.

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Over 25 killed, hundreds hurt in huge blast in Beirut

by Bassem Mroue Associated PressAugust 4, 2020

This frame grab from video provided by Hawar News, ANHA, the news agency for the semi-autonomous Kurdish areas in Syria, shows Kurdish fighters standing guard at the site of a suicide attack near the town of Shaddadeh, in Syria's northeastern province of Hassakeh, Syria, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. The state news agency SANA and the Kurdish Hawar news agency, said that the blast was a suicide bombing that targeted a Syrian Kurdish checkpoint. (ANHA via AP)

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Islamic State group targets US convoy in northeastern Syria

by Bassem Mroue Associated PressJanuary 21, 2019

A damaged restaurant where an explosion occurred, in Manbij, Syria, Wednesday.

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2 US service members, 2 US civilians killed in Syria blast

by Bassem Mroue Associated PressJanuary 16, 2019

In this Friday, July 20, 2018, photo, a poster of President Bashar Assad with Arabic that reads "Welcome in victorious Syria." is seen on the border between Lebanon and Syria Syria. The celebratory mood in government-controlled areas stems from successive military advances in the past year and an impression that President Bashar Assad, with massive support by unwavering allies Russia and Iran, has won the war or at least militarily defeated the opposition trying to topple him.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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In Damascus, Syrians dare to hope that war’s end may be near

by Bassem Mroue Associated PressJuly 22, 2018

Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with Alaeddin Boroujerdi, left, the head of Iran’s parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, in Damascus, Syria, on Monday, April 30. The meeting came as a missile attack targeting government outposts in Syria’s northern region killed at least 26 pro-government fighters, mostly Iranians, amid soaring Mideast tensions.

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Missile strikes in Syria kill over a dozen

by Bassem Mroue Associated Press, and Sarah El Deeb Associated PressApril 30, 2018

A woman takes a picture of her daughter in front the 7th century Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, April 12, 2018. The streets of Damascus were packed with people Thursday evening either going out to shop in one of the city's main markets to hanging out with families and friends at the capital's cafes, restaurants and sweets shops, people mostly appeared not concerned about a possible U.S. strike on the country going on with their lives as usual. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Inspectors head to site of suspected gas attack in Syria

by Bassem Mroue Associated Press, and Sarah El Deeb Associated PressApril 12, 2018

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, soldiers and residents gathering near a bus carrying civilians who were released by the Army of Islam group that had been holding them since 2013, in Damascus, Syria, early Monday, April 9, 2018. Syrian state media is reporting that dozens of civilians who had been held for years by a rebel group near the capital Damascus have been freed. (SANA via AP)

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Tensions rachet up as Israel blamed for Syria missile strike

by Zeina Karam Associated Press, and Bassem Mroue Associated PressApril 9, 2018

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, speaks with Jordan's Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein, right, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, during the opening of the High-Level Segment of the 37th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

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Still no cease-fire in Syrian enclave

by Sarah El Deeb Associated Press, and Bassem Mroue Associated PressFebruary 26, 2018

Members of the Syrian Civil Defense run to help survivors from a street that was attacked by airstrikes and shelling of the government forces in the Ghouta suburb of Damascus, Syria.

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Government bombing of Syrian suburbs kills more than 100

by Philip Issa Associated Press, and Bassem Mroue Associated PressFebruary 20, 2018