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Iraqi Joint Operations Deputy Commander Qais al-Muhammadawi: 2025 witnessed a significant decrease in infiltration attempts from Syria, reaching zero in several months. ; The Iraqi-Syrian border is equipped with trenches, observation towers, and defensive positions occupied by the army and the Popular Mobilization Forces. ; We activated air defense systems and air observation posts.

The Joint Operations Command in Iraq: We have prior intelligence and information cooperation regarding the airstrikes for Operation "Eye of the Falcon" in Syria.

On Saturday, December 20, 2025, Al-Karama Square in the center of Suwaida witnessed a protest in which dozens of citizens participated to demand the release of detainees and those forcibly disappeared.

Jordanian Army: We participated in airstrikes with the coalition on ISIS sites in southern Syria

Badia 24 correspondent: No casualties have been reported as a result of the airstrikes and targeting operations carried out by the international coalition forces targeting sites in the Syrian desert.

SDF raids in the town of Al-Muwaylih, west of Raqqa.

U.S. Central Command: Tonight, U.S. and Jordanian forces struck 70+ ISIS targets in Syria with 100+ precision munitions. Peace through strength

US airstrikes and missiles targeted several Islamic State positions and affiliated sites in Syria, US Secretary of War Hegseth called this "Operation Hawkeye Strike", and stated that it is a declaration of vengeance against the Islamic State

Syria: multiple explosions in the central desert, believed to be US bombardment

The National Guard militia targeted Jordanian observation posts using medium-caliber weapons and 23mm anti-aircraft guns in a move aimed at imposing field dominance and retaliating against Jordanian efforts to thwart drug and arms smuggling networks.

International coalition forces, in conjunction with Iraqi forces, conducted an airdrop in the villages of Iskenderun and Rabia, near the Syrian-Iraqi border in the Hasakah countryside.

Security forces thwarted an attack tonight in Jaramana, a suburb south of Damascus. They safely detonated an IED after it was discovered near a bakery

The US Senate has just overwhelmingly voted to definitively repeal the Caesar Act

Syrian News Agency: Israeli forces fire artillery shells towards Tel al-Ahmar al-Sharqi in the Quneitra countryside, southern Syria

SANA: Israeli forces again invade several villages in the Quneitra countryside

White House spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt confirmed that US President Donald Trump received the bodies of the American soldiers killed in the armed attack in the Syrian city of Palmyra at Dover Air Force Base.

Ministry of Interior of Syria: The Internal Security Directorate in the Zabadani area of rural Damascus thwarted an attempt to smuggle a shipment of weapons and seized large quantities of RPG shells that were hidden in an organized manner and prepared for smuggling towards Lebanon.

Turkish warplanes are flying north of Raqqa.

Per statement of the White House: The US government issues a travel ban for all Syrian citizens (as immigrants and nonimmigrants) into the USA

.@PressSec tells Fox News that Trump will go to Dover Air Force Base tomorrow to receive the bodies of the US Army soldiers killed in Syria

Security escalation in the Bekaa Valley: Lebanese raids and the arrest of dozens of Syrians

An explosion targeted a vehicle belonging to the Ministry of Defense in Al-Bukamal, Deir ez-Zor countryside; damage was limited to material losses.

The European Union: We are working to support the Syrian government both security-wise and economically.

The Israeli army arrests 3 civilians from the village of Al-Hamidiyah in the Quneitra countryside, southern Syria

A man, accused of having been a former Regime informant, was shot dead in Tadamon district (Damascus)

Syria's Ministry of Interior reports on its raids against ISIS today in the aftermath of yesterday's attack, in coordination with the Global Coalition, which led to the arrest of 5 individuals. Our units carried out a qualitative and decisive security operation in the city of Palmyra, following the cowardly terrorist attack carried out yesterday by an ISIS operative, which targeted a meeting of the Internal Security Forces Command in the Syrian desert, with the participation of a delegation from the International Coalition, and resulted in deaths and injuries.

Syrian security forces conduct raids against IS cells today in al-Furqlus, al-Qaryatayn, and Homs badiyah region after yesterday's IS attack against Syrian and U.S

An Israeli patrol has entered the village of Bariqa in the Quneitra countryside and set up a checkpoint in the area.

Two U.S. Army soldiers and one civilian U.S. interpreter were killed, and three more people were wounded, during an attack in Syria. The Department of War confirmed the deaths, and announced an investigation into the attack

SANA, quoting a security source: Syrian security forces and US troops came under fire near Palmyra during a joint patrol. The incident resulted in injuries to two Syrian security personnel and several US troops, while the shooter was killed. Traffic was temporarily halted on the road.