Damascus

Israeli forces have carried out "air aggression" on runways on Syria's two main international airports of Damascus and Aleppo.

Israel allegedly struck targets in the city of Damascus on Monday morning, killing four Syrian soldiers and wounded an additional four

Syria denied it is holding U.S. journalist Austin Tice or other Americans after President Joe Biden accused the Syrian government of detaining him.

Two civilians were wounded at dawn Saturday by an Israeli strike targeting areas in the northwestern province of Tartous, a military statement said.

The ministry said the attack on the suburbs of Damascus caused material damage, but gave no further details.

Israel has staged hundreds of strikes on targets in Syria over the years but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations.

Israel fired several missiles toward Syrian military positions near the capital Damascus Monday, killing two civilians and causing material damage, Syria’s defense ministry said.

Israeli missiles struck the Syrian port of Latakia early Tuesday, igniting a fire in the container terminal, Syrian state media reported, in the second such attack on the vital facility this month.

Israeli strikes targeting areas in central and southern Syria overnight killed 11 military personnel, a war monitor reported Wednesday.

The lines stretch for miles outside gas stations in Syrian cities, with an average wait of five hours to fill up a tank. At bakeries, people push and shove during long, chaotic waits for their turn to collect the quota of two bread packs a day per family.