0 Comments Syria accuses Israel of targeting Damascus military outposts with missiles BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Syria's military has accused Israel of launching missiles at its outposts near Damascus in a wave of three pre-dawn attacks, and claimed the Syrian air force hit one of the Israeli jets and shot down several missiles. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/syria-accuses-israel-of-targeting-damascus-military-outposts-with-missiles-36472011.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article36472010.ece/8d334/AUTOCROP/h342/PANews%20BT_P-daea03a3-d488-4143-8e5e-4bc05b916b68_I1.jpg Email Syria's military has accused Israel of launching missiles at its outposts near Damascus in a wave of three pre-dawn attacks, and claimed the Syrian air force hit one of the Israeli jets and shot down several missiles. The army said the Syrian air defence confronted the attacks on military outposts in the area of Qutayfeh in the Damascus countryside. Several missiles … [Read more...] about Syria accuses Israel of targeting Damascus military outposts with missiles
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Body of Gosport man who died in Syria now due to be repatriated tomorrow
0 Have your say THE body of a man killed after going to fight Islamic State in Syria is due to be repatriated tomorrow. Family of Ollie Hall were due to meet the 24-year-old Gosport man’s body as he was returned today. But they are now expecting this to take place tomorrow.His mother Jane Lyndon, 53, of Lee-on-the-Solent, has paid tribute to him and clarified he died after going to check a refugee’s home, not while clearing mines.She said she is ‘proud of Ollie and he is our hero’ but would not want a family to go through the same. … [Read more...] about Body of Gosport man who died in Syria now due to be repatriated tomorrow
Proud mum speaks of pride in her ‘hero’ Gosport son who died fighting Islamic State in Syria
0 Have your say THE mother of a son killed fighting Islamists in Syria has said: ‘He is our hero. Jane Lyndon, 53, has spoken out after her son Ollie Hall, 24, died fighting while serving for Kurdish force the YPG in Raqqa, Syria, against Islamic State fighters.New information from his mum Jane, of Lee-on-the-Solent, reveals Ollie did not die while clearing mines as previously thought and reported, but checking to see if the home of a refugee and his infant daughter was safe from bombs.It was while Ollie, a former student of Bay House School, checked for any threats that he was killed in an explosion.He is due to be repatriated at Heathrow Airport today at 3pm.Jane said Ollie’s actions saved multiple lives and he risked his life to help strangers.‘I have been told that Ollie undoubtedly saved three families’ lives and the rest of his colleagues that were there that day,’ she said.‘His actions over the months he worked there would have saved … [Read more...] about Proud mum speaks of pride in her ‘hero’ Gosport son who died fighting Islamic State in Syria
Syria regime reclaims key town for securing route to Aleppo
Syrian regime forces seized a strategic town on Sunday, removing a key obstacle as they moved towards a jihadi-held airbase in an offensive to reclaim ground in northwestern Idlib province, a monitor said. Idlib is the largest remaining rebel-held territory in Syria's north. Troops captured Sinjar, the "biggest town in southeast Idlib," from Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate, putting them within 14 kilometres (9 miles) of the Abu al-Duhur military base, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Read more: Turkey advances into Syria's Idlib in major offensive against jihadi Government forces backed up by Russian air power are in the midst of conducting an operation to gain a foothold in the southeast of the province. It was the last province that remained completely beyond regime control. Idlib province is a stronghold of rebels in Syria and is situated on the border with Turkey, one of the main supporters of rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad. The … [Read more...] about Syria regime reclaims key town for securing route to Aleppo
At least 17 civilians killed in Syria airstrikes, says monitor
Airstrikes on the last major rebel enclave near Damascus have left at least 17 civilians dead, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Footage uploaded to social media purports to show the aftermath of air raids in besieged Eastern Ghouta on Saturday, in which the UK-based monitor reports children were among those killed. Backed by Russian strikes, government forces have intensified military operations there, tightening a siege that residents and aid workers say uses starvation as a weapon of war, something the regime denies. Russia rejects claims its jets have killed thousands of civilians since its major intervention two years ago turned the tide in Syria's civil war in favour of President Assad. Moscow says it only attacks hardline Islamists. The civil defence rescue service known as the White Helmets, which operates in rebel territory, posted images on Twitter that it said showed the evacuation of civilians after airstrikes in the Eastern Ghouta town of Misraba. … [Read more...] about At least 17 civilians killed in Syria airstrikes, says monitor