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Former Syrian President Basher al-Assad and his family arrived in Moscow following the Kremlin’s offer of asylum, Tass reported on December 8. Al-Assad and his family departed by private jet from Damascus and arrived in Abu Dhabi on late December 7, as rebels were closing in on Damascus. It is …

The army command issued the statement early on Sunday following reports of the terrorists’ entrance in Damascus and Assad’s departure from the city. Reuters, citing two army officers, said that Assad had earlier on Sunday flown out of Damascus for an unknown destination before the groups reached the city. Meanwhile, …

Today’s news round on Syria highlights the rapid escalation of conflict and its far-reaching implications. Rebel forces, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Turkish-backed factions, have seized Aleppo in a major offensive, marking the most significant challenge to President Bashar al-Assad in years. The fighting has spread to key …

As the opposition finds itself only 26 kilometres south of Damascus, diplomatic sources told Syria TV that Arab and Gulf states have offered Assad an opportunity to leave the country. The military and political pressures on Syrian regime leader Bashar al-Assad are escalating, amid declining public support from his traditional …

The surprise offensive by Jihadist-led rebels into Aleppo reignited the Syrian civil war after four years of relative quiet and put the United States in an unenviable position. Hayat Tahrir al Sham, recognized as a terrorist group by the United States, and allied militias have continued their offensive, battling the …

Israel threatened on Tuesday to return to war in Lebanon if its truce with Hezbollah collapses, and said this time its attacks would go deeper and target the Lebanese state itself, after the deadliest day since the ceasefire was agreed last week. In its strongest threat since the truce was …

Putin confronts potential loss of key maritime assets in Syria, Black Sea, and Baltic regions. Retired US Army Europe Commander Mark Hertling said that Russian President Vladimir Putin faces simultaneous threats to his military maritime assets in the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and Baltic regions. Russia’s naval assets in these regions …

Russian forces are conducting up to 25 daily assaults to breach the border between Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts. Russian forces have intensified offensive operations near Velyka Novosilka, making strategic advances that could potentially reshape the conflict dynamics in the border region between Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, the Institute for …

3 December 2024 – The ongoing escalation of violence in northwest Syria linked to the wider conflict in Gaza and Lebanon has left civilians dead and injured, hospitals “overwhelmed” with healthcare attacks on the rise, the UN warned on Tuesday. Renewed fighting last week led by the terrorist group Hay’at …

Palestinian officials said Tuesday that Fatah and the militant group Hamas were close to an agreement on a plan for administering postwar Gaza. The plan would see Fatah, which governs part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and Hamas, which has controlled Gaza since 2007, jointly appointing a committee of up …