Syria
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Israel's war against the Lebanese "Hezbollah" gives rise to views about the possibility that Syria will soon be drawn into this conflict. Its geographical proximity to Lebanon may cause the US-backed Jewish state to launch a stronger attack on the Levant.
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In Syria's oil-rich Deir ez-Zor region, local tribes united with Bashar Assad's forces to drive out the Kurds under US protection. Deir ez-Zor is the only oil and gas-producing region in Syria that has been controlled by Kurdish groups for nearly 10 years and is home to more than 20 US military bases.
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Israeli warplanes fired a missile at the Iranian consulate building in the Syrian capital. As a result, five people - diplomats and military advisers, including the general of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Mohammad Reza Zahidi, were killed. The building was completely destroyed.
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A 24-year-old Uzbek man, who was seriously injured fighting with terrorists in Syria, was deported to Uzbekistan in February. He was tried and imprisoned for 6 years.
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It has been 13 years since the start of the civil war in Syria. During this period, more than 306 thousand Syrians died, more than 5 million people sought refuge in neighboring countries, and 7 million people became internal refugees. Currently, 16.7 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance.
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In response to the attack on its base, the US launched airstrikes against targets in Iraq and Syria belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and its affiliated paramilitary groups.
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On Friday morning, an Israeli airstrike south of Damascus killed three people, including Iranian Revolutionary Guard adviser Saeed Alidadi.
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US bases in Syria have been attacked at least 83 times in the past month. Konico gas plant and Umar oil field in Deir ez-Zor, Seddadi, Hima and Harab Jir bases in Hasaka, as well as At-Tanf base in Homs became targets of attacks.
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