Recent Incidents Related to Syria

Recent Incidents Related to Syria
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Unexploded Ordnance Detonates on Lebanon-Syria Border
An unexploded rocket detonated in the Jusiya region on the border between Lebanon and Syria, resulting in the death of one Syrian public security officer and the injury of two others.

According to Reuters, the explosion occurred near a school, raising renewed concerns about the dangers posed by unexploded ordnance left over from past conflicts. Syrian security forces immediately sealed off the area and launched a formal investigation to determine the exact cause and circumstances of the blast.

Report Claims Bashar al-Assad Was ‘Poisoned’ in Moscow
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Wednesday, October 1st, that former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was poisoned while in Moscow.

Citing an unnamed source, the non-governmental organization stated that al-Assad was discharged from a hospital on the outskirts of Moscow on Monday and is now in “stable” condition. The same source informed SOHR that al-Assad was the target of an assassination attempt. The party seeking to poison him, the source claimed, was attempting to “discredit the Russian government and accuse it of murdering Bashar al-Assad.”