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Successive Israeli raids on Aqraba Airport on the road to Damascus International Airport

Today, Dec. 9, USCENTCOM Commander Gen. Kurilla met with Maj. Gen. Yousef Al-H'naity, Chairman of the Jordanian Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Amman, Jordan, and discussed efforts to enhance regional cooperation and security, strengthening U.S.-Jordanian military cooperation, as well as the rapidly changing situation on the ground in Syria. Jordan has long served as a reliable strategic partner for peace and stability in the region, and Gen. Kurilla reiterated the U.S. commitment to supporting Jordan should any threats arise from Syria during the current period of transition.

UN: Israel violated 1974 agreement by controlling buffer zone in Golan

A Syrian opposition source has told Reuters that the US and Turkiye have reached a deal for the US-backed Kurdish forces, otherwise known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), to withdraw from the besieged town of Manbij

The opposition officially controls Yarmouk camp. The Asasd regime changed the name of the camp to a street in an attempt to end the Palestinian presence in southern Damascus in general and in Yarmouk camp in particular

Israeli raids target military sites in Latakia city, coinciding with the Military Operations Administration's control of the city

Reporters from Anadolu, following Syrian White Helmet rescue teams, found rooms filled with hundreds of discarded shoes and other items of clothing in Assad’s Sednaya prison

Iraqi Foreign Ministry: Israel's seizure of buffer zone in Syria constitutes a violation of international law

The Military Operations Department announces a general amnesty for all military personnel conscripted under compulsory service. Their lives are safe and no assault on them is permitted

Turkish President Erdoğan on return of Syrian refugees: We are opening the Yayladağı Border Gate to crossings in order to prevent congestion and ease traffic

President of Turkiye Erdoğan: "As Syria gains stability, voluntary, safe, honorable and regular returns of refugees will also increase"

Turkish President Erdoğan: "We welcome the clearing of militants from Tel Rifaat and Manbij, which have been under occupation of the separatist organization for years despite the promises made."

Rebels are in the center of Tartous now.

Israeli Army Radio: The Air Force launched more than 150 raids inside Syrian territory today

SDF special forces is carrying raids in Deir ez-zor city

South Syria: at least 2 people were killed in the Israeli airstrikes in Suwayda province. Among them a local sheikh killed inside Khalkhalah Airbase. He was apparently in the aircraft shelter blasted

French Interior Ministry: We are working to suspend asylum applications submitted by Syrians after the fall of Assad

US sanctions Assad's London-based father-in-law Fawaz al-Akhra

Israeli raid targets Al-Tall area in the Damascus countryside

Opposition leaders (SNA) meeting with Christian leaders in Mahrada and Suqalibya - two Christian towns in Hama Countryside

Violent clashes in Deir Ezzor between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and demonstrators, amid rising tensions in the region, and the situation is becoming increasingly complicated

New airstrike on military sites around Sednaya Prison

The young man Hamza Anwar Al-Jassem was killed by SDF bullets in the town of Tal Al-Karamah, east of Raqqa, bringing the death toll of those killed by SDF bullets in the town of Tal Al-Karamah to 4 people.

Israeli raids on weapons storage camps in Tal Mneen in the Damascus countryside

Rebels took control of Kabajib, south of Deir Ezzor, and heads towards Shula

Israeli raid on the headquarters of the 55th Air Defense Brigade in the Damascus countryside

Israeli airstrikes on 112th Brigade east of Nawa in Daraa

A graphic video of Soluiman Al Assad, Bashar’s cousin, being hanged in a public square in Latakia is circulating on Syrian WhatsApp

On the day the Assad regime fell, news circulated about a group of detainees being taken from Sednaya to an unknown destination. Today, a group of rebels discovered a secret room in Harsta Hospital, located in the Damascus suburbs, where they found the bodies of these detainees, each with name tags on them

South Syria: heavy Israeli airstrikes against the 121st Brigade in Kanaker, South-West Damascus

Both "Hani Saleh Makhlouf" and "Saleh Ahmed Makhlouf" were killed, and "Ahmed Saleh Makhlouf" was injured with third-degree burns, as a result of the Israeli raids that targeted the 12th Brigade in the vicinity of the city of Izraa in the middle countryside of Daraa Governorate, where they were present. They are civilians and come from Izraa. Daraa Izraa

Israel launched raids on ammunition depots in Tartus and Latakia

New Israeli raid in the vicinity of Sednaya prison, Syria

A large number of displaced Syrians at the Masnaa border crossing with Lebanon

Fighters from Turkish-backed factions have reached Qarah Qawzak bridge area

Rebels have released prisonesr from Jorin camp

Israel launches raids on border crossings between Lebanon and Syria, claiming to target "weapons smuggling tunnels"

Israeli army: Paratroopers enter buffer zone in Syria

Military Operations Administration convoys enter the city of #Al-Mayadeen in #Deir_Ezzor Governorate amidst a great reception from the city's residents

The Syrian opposition assigns the Prime Minister of the Salvation Government, Mohamed Al-Bashir, to form a transitional government

Deir Ezzor: Protesters chant against SDF: The people want the FSA to enter

The Israeli army releases new footage showing the Paratroopers Brigade being deployed to the buffer zone on the border between Israel and Syria.Yesterday, the Israeli army's 210th "Bashan" Regional Division, which is tasked with the Golan Heights area, began to deploy forces to the buffer zone inside Syrian territory, including atop the Syrian side of Mount Hermon

Egyptian Foreign Ministry: We condemn Israel's continued occupation of Syrian territories

Germany is halting decisions on asylum applications from Syrian citizens after Syria's former ruler Bashar al-Assad fled the country, a spokesman for the Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) tells dpa

Israeli raids target sites north of Qara city in Qalamoun, Damascus countryside

Israeli raids target weapons depots in Ain Mneen village, Al-Tall area, north of Damascus

Turkish Armed Forces UAVs hit SDF targets in Kobane countryside

An air strike on the air defense battalion in the Maaloula area in the Damascus countryside

Clashes in the city of Maskanah, east of Aleppo with SDF

Israeli raid in the vicinity of Saidaniya

Combing Rabia and Masyaf, and continuing the process of liberating the Latakia Mountains, reaching Qardaha and the grave of the Hafez al-Assad

Damascus Transport Department Official: Damascus and Aleppo International Airports Will Be Operating for Domestic Flights Within Days

Pro-Assad soldiers in the Ayn Issa region laid down their weapons and marched towards Raqqa in civilian clothes.

German Foreign Ministry: HTS's treatment of minorities in Syria will determine our position on it

South Syria: Israeli troops advanced this morning in Quneitra province, reaching the outskirts of the town of Hader (~2 km from the border fence) .Israeli army also carried out new waves of airstrikes in Daraa, Damascus and Suwayda provinces

Israeli raid a short while ago on a military area near Sednaya prison

Israeli raids on military warehouses in the vicinity of the town of Muhajja in the northern countryside of Daraa. Daraa

Israeli tanks penetrate Syrian territory in Quneitra, two and a half to three kilometers deep.

Israeli airstrikes resume on the 15th Brigade east of Inkhil city and other military barracks in the western countryside of Daraa

Axios: Washington working with allies to secure or destroy chemical weapons in Syria

A checkpoint affiliated with the "SDF" blocks the path of a Russian convoy and forces it to return to the Sarrin base in the countryside of Ain Issa, north of Raqqa

HTS has prohibited its members from interfering in women’s outfits and looks “including asking them to cover up”. nhe statement also confirms that personal freedom is a guaranteed right

Residents of Maskanah city in the eastern countryside of Aleppo held a protest demonstration against the SDF militia, where they burned tires and blocked roads to express their anger.

Vedeng Agency: During last night and until dawn today, the Manbij Military Council forces were able to regain control of the Al-Jazeera Road and cleanse it from Turkish-backed forces. Violent clashes are still ongoing inside the city of Manbij, specifically in the northern and western outskirts

Syria @sednayamissing the association of detainees and the missing in in Sednaya prison that consist of former detainees issued this statement: Please be aware of circulating old and out-of-context footage and rumours. No prisoners left inside Sednaya

Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz announced on Monday that he had directed the army to establish a "safe zone" on the Syrian side, free of weapons and "terrorist" infrastructure, as he put it. Katz's statements came hours after the army launched airstrikes on various sites inside Syria, in addition to issuing warnings

Russian military armored vehicles leave the "Radio" base in the city of "Ain al-Arab and Sarrin" east of Aleppo towards Qamishli

Syria's Political Affairs Department Calls on Refugees Abroad to Return

Turkish Foreign Minister: Permanent peace in Syria achieved through national settlement between Syrian parties

Turkish shelling of areas in Raqqa province kills 11 people

The flag of the Syrian opposition has been raised over the Syrian embassy in Russia, a TASS correspondent reports.

A Turkish Drone strike has targeted a civilian home in Kharfan village in Manbij Countryside, killing 10 people

SDF reinforcements arrive in Manbij now

Iranian official says that Tehran is keen on dialogue with the new leadership in Syria to prevent a “hostile path between the two countries”

TASS, quoting an official in Latakia province: - The opposition has full control over the provinces of Tartus and Latakia - The armed forces of the opposition do not intend to storm the Russian military bases - The Russian military bases in Hmeimim and Tartus are operating normally

Jordan condemns Israel's entry into Syrian territory and its control of the buffer zone Jordan Syria

Manbij is confirmed under SNA control after it exchanged hands a few times

Israeli Defense Minister: We intend to establish a security zone free of heavy weapons inside Syria.

Raqqa: The arrival of very large forces, reinforced with various types of heavy and medium weapons, of the Syrian Democratic Forces to the city of Raqqa, to establish security and safety there

Albukamal under opposition control. Moments of entering the city after the Al-Aqeedat tribe rejected the presence of the "SDF" forces

Work is still ongoing to reach the detainees underground in Sednaya prison

US Defense Secretary: I agreed with my Turkish counterpart to work to ensure that the situation in Syria does not threaten efforts to defeat ISIS

Israeli airstrikes target Tal al-Hara, west of Daraa, also airstrikes target the 12th Brigade and the 175th regiment in the city of Izraa

Following a fresh assessment, the Israeli army says it is lifting the closed military zones imposed on the border with Syria earlier today. The Israeli army also says that schools in the four Druze locals in the northern Golan will be able to open tomorrow as usual, after today classes were held online

The Turkish Armed Forces hit the SDF targets in the villages of Tavile and Um El Hayr on the Tel Tamr line with artillery fire

Israeli Army Radio: Israel bombed 100 targets in Syria today, most of them weapons depots

An Israeli army correspondent enters the destroyed Quneitra, the city of Al-Baath, the center of Quneitra Governorate, and several points adjacent to the ceasefire line

An Israeli warplane raided the abandoned battalion east of the town of Ibtaa in the central countryside of Daraa Governorate

Houthis Political Bureau: We follow with great concern the treacherous Israeli aggression on Syria, the occupation of new areas and villages, and the intensification of its raids

Iraq: We stress the need to preserve Syria's unity, security and stability

According to a US official, the US used B-52 bombers, F-15 fighter jets and A-10 aircraft to strike ISIS leaders, operatives and camps in central Syria on Sunday

"We're clear eyed about the fact that ISIS will try to take advantage of any vacuum to reestablish its capabilities, to create a safe haven" p- Biden "We will not let that happen". Says just today US carried out dozens of airstrikes vs ISIS camps, operatives

"Just today, US forces conducted a dozen precision strikes, airstrikes within Syria targeting ISIS camps and ISIS operatives," President Biden said just now

Forces of Manbij and Al-Bab Military Councils are reportedly engaged in clashes with SNA factions in Manbij city

"Assad should be held accountable" per President Biden as he concludes his remarks on Syria

US forces carried out dozens of precision airstrikes vs ISIS camps/locations in Syria, per President. Biden Says US is "clear eyed" that ISIS will try to take advantage of the situation in Syria

US President: We will support Syria's neighbors such as Jordan, Lebanon and Israel

"At long last the Assad regime has fallen" - @POTUS Joe Biden. "The fall of the regime is a fundamental act of justice" he says, adding, "It's also a moment of risk and uncertainty" for Syria and the region

Kremlin sources: Russian officials in contact with representatives of armed opposition factions who pledged to ensure the safety of Russian diplomats and bases in Syria

Deir Ezzor: A group of "tribal fighters" in Albukamal announces its joining of the Deterrence_of_Aggression operation, burns the flags of the SDF militia in the city and countryside, expels the elements of the Hajin Military Council affiliated with the SDF militia, and takes control of the Al-Qaim border gate with Iraq