Iraq’s anti-terror Kata’ib Hezbollah group, a faction of the country’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) or Hashd al-Sha’abi, warned that a “tougher and stronger” confrontation awaits US forces should they defy a timetable set for their withdrawal from the Arab country.

Russian fighter jets are still flying over Jabal Al-Zawiyah in southern Idlib, executing further airstrikes on the region, bringing the number of airstrikes since morning to 13. The airstrikes hit positions in Shenan, Freka, Sarja, Ihsim, and Bayanin, but no casualties have been reported so far.

The Turkish and Russian forces on Thursday conducted a joint military patrol in Syria’s Hasakah province while reports claimed that Ankara was establishing a military base in northern Raqqa. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) cited sources as reporting that four Turkish vehicles and four Russian ones “set off …