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![]() by AFP Staff Writers Damascus (AFP) April 14, 2022
Israel late Thursday carried out air strikes on government positions near the capital Damascus, the state news agency SANA said, without reporting any casualties. "An Israeli air raid targeted certain positions near Damascus," it said, adding that many explosions were heard in the area. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Israelis attacked military positions south west of the capital. Since civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes inside the country, targeting government positions as well as allied Iran-backed forces and fighters of Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah. While Israel rarely comments on individual strikes, it has acknowledged mounting hundreds since 2011. The conflict in Syria has claimed around 500,000 lives, ravaged infrastructure and displaced millions.
![]() ![]() New US military aid for Ukraine includes helicopters, howitzers Washington (AFP) April 13, 2022 The United States on Wednesday unveiled a new $800 million military aid package for Ukraine, including heavier equipment such as helicopters, howitzers and armored personnel carriers. President Joe Biden spoke to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky for about an hour earlier in the day as Russia refocuses its efforts eastward, the new frontline of the nearly seven-week-old war. "The Ukrainian military has used the weapons we are providing to devastating effect," Biden said. "As Russi ... read more
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