The General Civil Aviation and Air Transport Authority announces the commencement of regular flights between Aleppo and Moscow, effective November 18th. This move is part of efforts to strengthen air links between Syria and Russia, and to provide additional travel options for passengers, which will contribute to expanding the network of destinations.

Add ToI as a Preferred Source on Google The Jbessa gas export pipeline in northeastern Syria was targeted in the al-Arabidi area, causing a fire, state news agency SANA reports, citing the director of the Syrian Petroleum Company’s media office

Syrian Foreign Minister arrives in Riyadh. Visit by Sharaa to Riyadh took place several days ago.

Russia has ruled out extraditing former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who was sentenced to death in absentia by a Syrian court in August for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Borisenko said Moscow's decision to grant Assad asylum is final.

SANA: An explosion heard in parts of the Damascus countryside was caused by military exercises.

Large explosion heard in Mezze area, Damascus.

Military court in Hama: Death sentences issued for two defendants in the Syrian coastal events.

Syrian Presidential Advisor @MazloumAbdi: we are entering a new agreement. We need to struggle for the constitution. Syrian Presidential Advisor @MazloumAbdi: we did not compromise on language. We insisted on language aspect to be included in the agreement. We agreed on this to be solved

Syrian Presidential Advisor @MazloumAbdi: it's nine months that the implementation of the agreement started. A great part of the integration is passed already Syrian Presidential Advisor : if you want to build a new Syria, you have to integrate these institutions (military, administrative) x.com/vvanwilgenburg

Iraqi National Security Advisor: 400 Syrians transferred to Iraq with detainees, whose guilt has not been proven, and 50 have been returned to their country. The remaining detainees will be handed over to Syria in batches.

Around 380 displaced families return to their home areas in SereKaniye (Ras al-Ain) countryside, northeastern Syria, as part of the fifth phase of a return program

Israeli forces penetrate Wadi al-Raqad area in Daraa province, fire at agricultural lands before withdrawing from the area.

Shaibani and Saddam Haftar met in Benghazi

Head of International Relations and Cooperation at the Syrian Customs and Ports Authority, Mazen Aloush, told SANA: Two customs officers were injured after being shot by unknown individuals near the Izraa bridge while escorting a transit convoy on the Damascus-Deraa highway

The Syrian News Agency: Israeli forces conduct raids and searches in the village of al-Hadidat in the south of Quneitra.

The Israeli army struck a Syrian operative who it says planned attacks against Israeli civilians and Israeli army troops operating in southern Syria, under the direction of the Iranian regime. The operative was identified as Yusuf Ali Al-Hassoun and he was struck on the Syria-Lebanon border area

Tensions between Kurdish protesters and government forces in Hasakah

Security forces launched a large operation in an area rarely targeted since Assad's fall: Masyaf - a former pro-Government stronghold - and the South countryside

Israeli tanks and vehicles enter the Damascus Road route in the Quneitra countryside, south of Syria.

UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa discussed in a phone call the latest developments in the Middle East and their implications for the region's future, security and stability. The phone call comes a day after al-Sharaa met with Saudi Crown Prince MbS who reportedly asked Syria to send forces to Yemen to fight alongside Saudi-backed forces

Syria officially denies reports of sending troops to Yemen. Presidential media adviser Ahmed Muwaffaq Zeidan called the reports "lies with no truth" while affirming Syria stands with Saudi Arabia's security. Syria's Information Ministry issued a separate statement saying Damascus's priority is "rebuilding the country and its institutions," not "opening new fronts." This directly contradicts today's Axios and Reuters reports saying Damascus was seriously considering Saudi Arabia's request to deploy 10,000-20,000 troops. The official statement says any military cooperation happens "only through official channels and existing bilateral frameworks." No Saudi confirmation or denial of the request has been issued

An Israeli military patrol penetrated the village of Ein Zaywan in the southern Quneitra sector. Artillery fire was directed at the eastern outskirts of the village of Samdaniyah.

Saudi Arabia and Syria are discussing the possibility of sending Syrian soldiers to Yemen to join the battles against the Houthis, three senior U.S. officials told. Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa is seriously considering this but has not yet made a final decision

Syrian Defense Ministry: One smuggler arrested after exchange of fire with army forces, others escape to Lebanon

Syrian Defense Ministry: Attempt to smuggle thwarted on border with Lebanon in the "Yabroud" area in the Damascus countryside

Syria is carefully considering providing military assistance to key ally Saudi Arabia amid an escalating war against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, a US official and a Syrian military official briefed on the matter said. Options being considered include defensive aid to protect the kingdom from attacks, or deployment of forces in an offensive capacity to help Saudi-backed Yemeni troops fight the Houthis, the sources said

Turkish and Syrian diplomats preparing for the expected visit of the Turkish President to Syria

Security tensions in the western district of #Al-Sanmān in the Daraa governorate, coinciding with search and raid operations and arrests, while a video circulating online shows women throwing stones at buildings belonging to the General Security

Hezbollah: The group's military strength has significantly decreased, especially after the disruption of supplies through Syria. Hezbollah must act rationally and respond to the initiative of the President and the Government, offering positive proposals for the disarmament file and increasingly engaging with the State, obeying its orders and the State controlling everything.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa ​arrived in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Tuesday on an official visit to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman