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Putin plans to meet Bashar al-Assad, says Russia not defeated in Syria

Vladimir Putin says he has not met the deposed Syrian ruler since he fled Damascus for the Russian capital.

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Netanyahu says ‘whoever harms Israel will pay heavy price’ after Houthis claim attacks on Israel – as it happened

Israeli prime minister says air force attacked targets in Yemen ‘in response to Houthi attacks’ as Houthis say they have attacked Tel Aviv overnight

The Guardian - UK

Blinken says Iran had bad year, but nuclear negotiations possible

Top US diplomat says Iran should ‘focus on itself’ and stop getting involved in ‘misadventures throughout the region’.

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‘Death was everywhere’: Syria’s chemical weapon victims share their trauma

Since Bashar al-Assad’s fall, Syria’s chemical weapon victims have recounted their trauma without fear of reprisal.

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Iran key services shut as rial plunges amid energy crisis, regional tension

Iranians reel from worsening power cuts, fuel shortages, partial shutdowns and a falling purchasing power.

Al Jazeera

Bulgaria trying to force out Syrian asylum seekers after fall of Assad

Exclusive: NGO finds Syrians subjected to interrogations and reportedly pressed into signing return documents

The Guardian - UK

First Syria flight takes off from Damascus airport since Assad’s downfall

As efforts get under way to restart economy, UN envoy calls for ‘free and fair elections’ after transition.

Al Jazeera

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What will happen to al-Assad’s Captagon empire now?

The trade of the illegal drug has flourished over the past decade in Syria. What happens to it now?

Al Jazeera

Middle East crisis: Israel issues fresh Gaza evacuation order despite increasing ceasefire hopes – as it happened

Residents in parts of central Gaza told to move towards overcrowded ‘humanitarian zone’ that has already been hit by strikes

The Guardian - AU

Assad's Fall Clears Way For Expanded US Strikes On IS Jihadists

Bashar al-Assad's overthrow has cleared the way for US strikes against the Islamic State group in areas previously shielded by Syrian and Russian air defenses -- but the jihadists may also try to exploit the vacuum left by his fall.

International Business Times

‘Ankara is getting what it wants’: how Erdoğan’s balancing act in Syria paid off

Turkey tried to stall the HTS rebels’ offensive but has now become Syria’s ‘gateway to the outside world’

The Guardian - UK

CNN faces backlash over ‘staged’ Syrian prisoner rescue report

Criticism mounts as US channel backtracks on identity of prisoner who worked as intelligence officer in Assad regime.

Al Jazeera

First Thing: Russian general killed in Moscow blast as Ukraine claims responsibility

Igor Kirillov was head of the Russian army’s chemical weapons division. Plus, Mitch McConnell warns Trump against isolationism

The Guardian - UK

Corpses, men who don’t know their names: Scenes from a Damascus hospital

Over 100,000 Syrians were disappeared by the Assad regime. At a hospital in Damascus, their families search desperately.

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Middle East crisis: UN envoy to Syria warns conflict is not over amid ‘significant hostilities’ – as it happened

Geir Pedersen warns of intense clashes between Turkish-backed and Kurdish groups in the north

Al Jazeera

Mass grave found near Syria’s capital could contain thousands of bodies

Burial sites are emerging across Syria after the ousting of al-Assad, accused of widespread extrajudicial killings.

Radio France Internationale

France sends diplomats to Syria to make 'initial contact' with new authorities

A French diplomatic mission will travel to the Syrian capital Damascus this Tuesday to reestablish contact after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, acting Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said. Likewise, the US, the UK and other countries are investigating how they might normalise relations with the new regime.

The Guardian - UK

Syrian HTS leader says rebel factions that overthrew Assad will be ‘disbanded’

HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa says fighters will all be ‘subject to the law’ as he emphasises need for unity in post-war Syria

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Trump lauds ouster of Syria’s al-Assad as ‘unfriendly takeover’ by Turkiye

US-president-elect gives wide-ranging foreign policy news conference weeks before taking office for second term.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: NSW’s ‘abortion deserts’, more poll woe for Albanese, and a possible Kamala comeback

Only three public hospitals in the state are routinely providing abortions, a new study shows; PM’s disapproval rating at 50%

The Guardian - UK

Inside the Russian airbase in Syria where troops form fragile truce with rebels they once bombed

HTS fighters guard the gates of Khmeimim airbase as Syrian leaders take a pragmatic approach to relations with foreign powers – including Russia

The Independent UK

A CNN team rescued a ‘prisoner’ from Syrian jail. Now, the outlet admits he was an Assad torturer

After a fact-checking group in Syria concluded that a man found in an abandoned Syrian prison was actually an Assad officer who took part in tortures, CNN said it is now investigating if the prisoner gave them a “false identity”

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Hezbollah Loses Crucial Supply Route Through Syria To Iran

Hezbollah faces challenges post-Assad's fall, Israel monitors activities. Complex dynamics in Syria impact regional stability.

Al Jazeera

Bashar al-Assad releases first statement since he fled Syria

Remarks attributed to al-Assad, released by the Syrian presidency’s Telegram, say state fell into ‘hands of terrorism’.

The Independent UK

Syria’s rebels took Homs back from Assad in a matter of days. Now they have to police it

ON THE GROUND: Bel Trew meets the new police chief in Syria’s third city, tasked with keeping the peace now that forces led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham have ousted the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Every city across the country is now facing the same question: who will rule…

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