Diplomatic Outreach of Syria’s Revolutionary Leader Ahmad al-Sharaa

Key Meetings:
• 🇹🇷 Turkish Intelligence Chief
• 🇶🇦 Qatari Delegation
• 🇺🇳 UN Special Envoy for Syria
• 🇬🇧 British Foreign Office
• 🇫🇷 French Foreign Affairs
• 🇩🇪 German Foreign Affairs

Engagements:
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NEW: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Ankara now.

Syria is on the table.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met with Turkish President Erdoğan in Ankara to discuss Syria’s future, recognizing Türkiye’s key role as a regional power hosting millions of refugees and influencing rebel groups that ousted Assad.

An EU official stated:

“This is a political message that we acknowledge Erdoğan’s influence and want him to see that we can play a role, too.”

Source: FT

Angry Syrian woman threw her shoe at UN envoy Geir Pedersen during his visit to Sednaya Prison, protesting the UN’s failure to address Syrians’ ongoing suffering.

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Medvedev vows "inevitable retaliation" against Ukraine’s military and political leadership for Kirillov’s killing.

Israel's Channel 14 reveals new details about the prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas:

— Release of dozens of Israeli captives in exchange for 700 to 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in phases.

— A 60-day ceasefire.

— Return of displaced individuals to northern Gaza under a supervised security system.

— The agreement will be implemented in synchronized stages to ensure compliance.

Anadolu Agency footage shows the apartment and surrounding area where Igor Kirillov, Commander of Russia's Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defense Forces, and his deputy were killed in an explosion in Moscow.

Notably, just yesterday, Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) issued an absentee suspicion against Russian Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov.

Earlier today, he was killed in an explosion in Moscow.

Ali Mamlouk, former head of Assad's National Security, has arrived in Baghdad from Beirut.

Sources report he and Maher Al-Assad, brother of Assad, are in Mount Qandil near the Iraqi-Iranian border, holding meetings with IRGC officers and Hezbollah members.

Mamlouk, a key Assad regime figure and "shadow advisor," is under U.S. and EU sanctions and accused of human rights violations, including the 2013 Tripoli mosque bombings and the torture of an American-Syrian activist.

Source: Al Hadath

For the first time since 2012, the French flag is flying over the French Embassy building in Damascus.

🚨 Imminent military operation by Syrian National Army (SNA) on Ayn al-Arab

Syrian opposition forces (SNA) prepare for an operation in Ayn al-Arab.

Objective: Unite SNA regions (Manbij & Tal Abyad) and eliminate YPG/PKK terror group presence.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson:

The new Syrian government will assume all of Syria's financial obligations to Iran.

Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad al-Bashir:

The international community has betrayed the Syrian people, and it's time for them to support our recovery.

We demand that the international community lift sanctions and release frozen funds to help Syria recover.

We call for the return of displaced Syrians and their involvement in rebuilding the new Syria.

Alleged Footage of a Ukrainian FPV drone targeting a North Korean soldier in Kursk region.

Italian PM Meloni:

We are ready for dialogue with the new authorities in Syria.

Turkish President Erdoğan:

We will not allow the presence of ISIS or the PKK/YPG in Syria.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen:

We will start a dialogue to ease sanctions on Syria.

Turkish President Erdoğan:

Syria needs support from the United Nations and international institutions so that it can rise again; the world did not support the Syrian people when they were being oppressed by the Baath regime, now is their chance.

Von der Leyen:

President Erdoğan has a fundamental role in the stability of the region.