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Syrian refugees in Lebanon flee to war-torn homeland after facing new conflict

By Leila Molana-Allen, Morgan Till

A year of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has destroyed many lives and livelihoods, including those of Syrian refugees sheltering in Lebanon. That led to a steady flow of refugees trying to return to Syria. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen reports…

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Israeli airstrikes near Damascus kill 15, Syrian state media reports

By Albert Aji, Associated Press

Syria’s state news agency says Israel has carried out two airstrikes on a western neighborhood of Damascus and one of the capital’s suburbs.

Israel says it conducted a ground raid in Syria and seized a Syrian citizen connected to Iran

By Melanie Lidman, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

The Israeli military said Sunday it has carried out a ground raid into Syria, seizing a Syrian citizen involved in Iranian networks. It was the first time in the current war that Israel announced its troops operated in Syrian territory.

Turkey strikes Kurdish militant targets again after deadly attack on military company

By Suzan Fraser, Associated Press

The National Intelligence Organization targeted numerous “strategic locations” used by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party or by Syrian Kurdish militia that are affiliated with the militants, the Anadolu Agency reported.

Israeli airstrikes into southern suburbs of Beirut cut off key crossing between Lebanon and Syria

By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press

Israel has carried out a series of punishing airstrikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

Thousands flee into Syria from Lebanon as conflict worsens between Hezbollah and Israel

By Abby Sewell, Albert Aji, Associated Press

Families fleeing the escalating conflict in Lebanon poured into Syria in growing numbers on Wednesday, waiting for hours in heavy traffic to reach the relative safety of another war-torn country.

What role did a Hungarian firm play in the supply of pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria?

By Justin Spike, Associated Press

In a duplex in a quiet neighborhood of the Hungarian capital is the headquarters of a company that is linked to the manufacture of the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria as part of an apparent Israeli operation against…

What we know so far about the deadly pager explosions in Lebanon and Syria

By Associated Press

With little disclosed from investigators so far, multiple theories have emerged Tuesday around how the attack might have been carried out.

WATCH: Pentagon holds daily briefing after Hezbollah pagers explode in Lebanon and Syria

By Bassem Mroue, Abby Sewell, Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press

The mysterious explosions came amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, which have exchanged fire across the Israel-Lebanon border since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that sparked the war in Gaza.

Israeli strikes in Syria kill 14, wound 40, Syrian state media says

By Albert Aji, Associated Press

Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside government-controlled parts of war-torn Syria in recent years, but it rarely acknowledges or discusses the operations.