– Some 7,600 Syrian migrants crossed the Turkish border to return to their country during the five days following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad a week ago, the Turkish Interior Minister said on Sunday.
– The leader of the Islamist-dominated coalition that took power in Syria denounced on Saturday the incursion of Israeli troops into the south of the country but claimed that it was too “exhausted” by the war to engage in a new conflict.
– The Israeli army carried out more than 60 strikes in the space of a few hours on Saturday on military sites across Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Which brings, according to the NGO, the number of Israeli air raids to 446 since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
– Thousands of Syrians took to the streets of several cities on Friday to celebrate the “victory of the revolution” after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. They were responding to the call of the leader of the armed coalition which took power in Damascus, Abu Mouhammad al-Jolani.
– Israel Katz, the Israeli Defense Minister, ordered the army to “prepare to stay” throughout the winter in the buffer zone between Israel and Syria on the Golan Heights summit.
– The head of American diplomacy Antony Blinken has been on a regional tour since Thursday, which took him to Jordan, Türkiye and Iraq. The Secretary of State insisted on the need to fight against the jihadist organization Islamic State.
– The European Union announced on Friday the creation of a humanitarian air bridge to Syria, via Turkey. In total, the planes will transport 50 tonnes of medical supplies from EU stocks to Dubai.
Monitoring provided by RTSinfo
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