Russia Says It Struck Two Syrian Militant Sites

File photo: A Syrian army soldier stands next to a Syrian flag in Umm al-Mayazen, in the countryside of Daraa, Syria, July 10, 2018. (Reuters)
File photo: A Syrian army soldier stands next to a Syrian flag in Umm al-Mayazen, in the countryside of Daraa, Syria, July 10, 2018. (Reuters)
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Russia Says It Struck Two Syrian Militant Sites

File photo: A Syrian army soldier stands next to a Syrian flag in Umm al-Mayazen, in the countryside of Daraa, Syria, July 10, 2018. (Reuters)
File photo: A Syrian army soldier stands next to a Syrian flag in Umm al-Mayazen, in the countryside of Daraa, Syria, July 10, 2018. (Reuters)

Russia's air force carried out strikes on two militant sites in Syria outside the area of al-Tanf, Russia's RIA state news agency reported on Sunday, referring to the region of a US military base.
Citing Captain Oleg Ignasyuk, the report did not specify the location but said the militants had recently left the al-Tanf area, which borders Jordan, according to Reuters.
"Russian Aerospace Forces have struck two identified sites of militants who left the al-Tanf zone," RIA quoted Ignasyuk, who is also deputy head of the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria, as telling a briefing.



Biden and Harris Condemn Hamas on Attack Anniversary, Call for Ceasefire

US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One as he departs for South Bend, Indiana from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, October 5, 2024. (Reuters)
US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One as he departs for South Bend, Indiana from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, October 5, 2024. (Reuters)
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Biden and Harris Condemn Hamas on Attack Anniversary, Call for Ceasefire

US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One as he departs for South Bend, Indiana from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, October 5, 2024. (Reuters)
US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One as he departs for South Bend, Indiana from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, October 5, 2024. (Reuters)

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris condemned Hamas on the anniversary of the armed group’s attack on Israel, while reiterating their administration’s commitment to cementing ceasefire deals to end fighting in Gaza and Lebanon.

“On this solemn anniversary, let us bear witness to the unspeakable brutality of the October 7th attacks but also to the beauty of the lives that were stolen that day,” Biden said in a statement.

The president said that he thinks every day of the more than 100 hostages still in captivity and their families. He vowed that his administration “will never give up until we bring all of the remaining hostages home safely.”

Biden added that “history will also remember October 7th as a dark day for the Palestinian people because of the conflict that Hamas unleashed that day.”

Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed in the territory since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack triggered the Israel-Hamas war. The ministry does not differentiate between fighters and civilians in its count but says a little over half of those killed were women and children.

“It is far past time for a hostage and ceasefire deal to end the suffering of innocent people,” Harris said. “And I will always fight for the Palestinian people to be able to realize their right to dignity, freedom, security, and self-determination.”