The infamous green buses are back, not to transport opposition forces this time, but to move YPG militants from Sheikh Maqsoud to Raqqa and Manbij.

Syrian rebels captured five more L-39 Albatros aircraft at Aleppo International Airport, bringing the total number to at least 11.

Financial Times:

Iraqi officials mediating Syria-Türkiye talks say Assad firmly refused concessions on the refugee issue.

Syrian rebel FPV drone strike hits Assad regime Brigadier General Adi Ghasah, head of the Military Security Branch in Hama.

Unconfirmed reports suggest that Javad Ghaffari, a senior IRGC Quds Force commander nicknamed the “Butcher of Aleppo,” has been redeployed to Syria.

Ghaffari, one of the first IRGC commanders sent to Syria in 2011, previously led the IRGC’s Aleppo HQ and later oversaw Iranian and proxy forces in the country.

Expelled by the Assad regime in 2021 for violating Syrian sovereignty, he now heads the IRGC Intelligence Organization’s Special Operations Division.

Latest situation map in Syria.

United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan:

Giving nuclear weapons to Ukraine is not being considered.

What we are doing is surging various conventional capacities to Ukraine so that they can effectively defend themselves and take the fight to the Russians.

RECORD: Russia will allocate 32.5% of government spending to national defense next year, up from 28.3% in 2024.

Fleeing Syrian regime officer ambushed by RPG at close range in Aleppo by Syrian rebels.

NEW: Turkish Intelligence (MIT) neutralized Yaşar Çekik, a top PKK/YPG terror group leader on Türkiye’s red wanted list, in Tel Rifaat, Syria.

Long tracked by MIT, Çekik had been reassigned to the Shehba region after his associate, Orhan Bingöl, was neutralized.

MIT’s intelligence network monitored his movements in real time, executing the operation when conditions were optimal.

Çekik joined the PKK in 1993 and trained under Abdullah Öcalan. Over the years, he held key roles, including Şırnak/Beytüşşebap commander and various leadership positions in Iraq and Syria.

He led military, political, and ideological training in Iraq’s Gare region and was the PKK/YBŞ Sinjar commander in 2019.

After returning to Syria, Çekik served in multiple leadership roles, including overseeing the Jazira region.

Most recently, he was the PKK/YPG’s Shehba regional commander before being neutralized by MIT in Tel Rifaat.

German Chancellor Scholz visits Kyiv for the first time in 2.5 years.

NEW: Iran-backed militias, including Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah and Fatemiyoun groups, entered Syria overnight from Iraq.

Dozens of Hashd al-Shaabi fighters crossed near Al Bukamal, with reinforcements heading to northern frontlines.

Syrian rebel fighter in Aleppo reunites with his mother after 14 years.

Nepotism at its best: Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter for tax violations and other charges, despite earlier saying he wouldn’t, with 1.5 months left in his presidency.

Assad regime retaliates by bombing civilians in Idlib as rebels advance on multiple fronts.