Heavy clashes grip southern Syria’s Deraa province, monitor says
Al Jazeera
Fighting started when government forces fired artillery shells towards Deraa al-Balad in tandem with a ground push.
Fighting between Syrian government forces and rebels has intensified near Deraa city, in what has been described as the heaviest clashes since the southern eponymous province came under government control. Russian-backed government troops and allied forces recaptured Deraa from rebels in 2018, a symbolic blow to the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad that was born there in 2011. State institutions have since returned, but the army has still not deployed across the whole province. Tit-for-tat bombings and assassinations between former opposition figures and government forces have since become routine.
Syrian fighters torch Hafez al-Assad’s tomb as new leaders promise to secure chemical weapons sites with global help.
Rights advocates decry the nomination of the Florida Republican, who has compared Palestinian civilians to Nazis.
Trump has regularly criticised Wray for role in probes into former president and was widely expected to fire him.
Attacks on several towns come as officials from countries including the US, France meet with Lebanon official in Beirut.
Kyiv has long called for unity among its allies on isolating Putin and said discussions on the war must include Ukraine.
Month-long search for Ryan Borgwardt after faked death in Wisconsin cost $35,000, law enforcement officials say.
FIFA Congress confirms the Middle East nation’s bid for 2034 – with Morocco, Spain and Portugal to co-host 2030 edition.
Bank of Canada governor also said potential tariffs by Trump posed a ‘major new uncertainty’.
The coalition will potentially endorse a single candidate in new presidential election.
Rights groups say the killings specifically targeted elderly people and Vodou practitioners.