Northern Raqqa has experience a surge in violence, with the Syrian Democratic Forces targeting Turkish-backed groups and regime forces being hit by Turkish drone fire reports The Levant News.

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb announces its new leader Yazid Mubarak, aka Abu Ubaida Yusuf al-Annabi, after his predecessor Abu Musab al-Wadud was killed killed in June 2020 in northern Mali by French forces, in this screenshot taken the SITE jihadist monitoring group. Photo by SITE. Abu Obaida Yusuf al-Annabi …

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Faisal bin Farhan, said no meeting between Saudi Arabia and Israeli officials took place. Saudi Arabia is denying reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Gulf kingdom on Sunday.