Syrian Army Confronts Attack by SDF in Deir Ezzor, State News Agency Says

An aerial picture shows displaced Syrian Kurds driving vehicles loaded with belongings on the Aleppo-Raqqa highway to flee areas on the outskirts of the northern city of Aleppo which were formerly controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), after they were seized by opposition groups on December 2, 2024. (AFP)
An aerial picture shows displaced Syrian Kurds driving vehicles loaded with belongings on the Aleppo-Raqqa highway to flee areas on the outskirts of the northern city of Aleppo which were formerly controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), after they were seized by opposition groups on December 2, 2024. (AFP)
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Syrian Army Confronts Attack by SDF in Deir Ezzor, State News Agency Says

An aerial picture shows displaced Syrian Kurds driving vehicles loaded with belongings on the Aleppo-Raqqa highway to flee areas on the outskirts of the northern city of Aleppo which were formerly controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), after they were seized by opposition groups on December 2, 2024. (AFP)
An aerial picture shows displaced Syrian Kurds driving vehicles loaded with belongings on the Aleppo-Raqqa highway to flee areas on the outskirts of the northern city of Aleppo which were formerly controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), after they were seized by opposition groups on December 2, 2024. (AFP)

The Syrian army and allied forces confronted an attack launched by forces affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces alliance on villages in the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor province on Tuesday, state news agency (SANA) reported.

The SDF is a Kurdish-led alliance in north and east Syria which worked with the US-led coalition against the ISIS.

Spearheaded by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and including Arab fighters, it holds a quarter of Syria, including oil fields and areas where some 900 US troops are deployed.

Türkiye, Syria's northern neighbor, considers the YPG and the SDF by extension to be "terrorist" groups.



Israeli Strike Hits Vehicle at Beirut Southern Entrance, State Media Reports

File photo of Lebanon's Khaldeh area, Lebanon August 1, 2021. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah
File photo of Lebanon's Khaldeh area, Lebanon August 1, 2021. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah
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Israeli Strike Hits Vehicle at Beirut Southern Entrance, State Media Reports

File photo of Lebanon's Khaldeh area, Lebanon August 1, 2021. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah
File photo of Lebanon's Khaldeh area, Lebanon August 1, 2021. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported an Israeli strike on a vehicle on Beirut's southern entrance, as the Israeli army said it hit a "terrorist" working for Iran.

According to the NNA, "an enemy drone targeted a car on the Khalde highway" south of Beirut, AFP reported.

The Israeli army said it "eliminated a terrorist responsible for smuggling weapons and advancing terror attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops, on behalf of the Iranian Quds Force", the foreign operations arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.