Syrian Revolutionary Leader Ahmad al-Sharaa gets a haircut in his childhood neighborhood in Damascus.

Map of JNIM attacks in Mali by Clash Report

JNIM carried out 64 attacks during November 2024, killing 123 people.

JNIM's attacks in 2024 have doubled compared to 2022.

Syrian people in Homs are still celebrating their victory.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov:

Dangers created by Western countries on our borders may lead to discussion of Moscow's use of nuclear weapons.

The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime has disrupted the Middle East’s largest drug network, exposing Syria’s role in industrial-scale Captagon production, a stimulant fueling a $10 billion global trade.

Assad’s regime relied on Captagon to sustain power, with the Fourth Armored Division, led by Maher al-Assad, managing production and distribution.

The New Lines Institute estimated regime earnings at $2.5 billion annually.

Hezbollah, Assad’s key ally, played a major role in facilitating Captagon trafficking, especially in southern Syria.

Source: WSJ

Republican Senator Graham and Democrat Senator Van Hollen spoke with YPG/PKK terror group’s leader Mazlum Abdi, threatening Türkiye with a sanctions bill.

“The temporary ceasefire between the Türkiye-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) and the SDF has ended, and Türkiye refuses to extend it, including proposals for a demilitarized zone along the border near Kobani.

While Türkiye has some legitimate security concerns, these developments undermine regional security, and the U.S. cannot remain indifferent.”

If Türkiye does not meet our conditions immediately, we plan to introduce a bipartisan sanctions bill this week, similar to the one proposed in 2019.”

Turkish President Erdoğan:

The international community must maintain pressure on Israel to fully respect the ceasefire and compensate for the damage it has caused in Lebanon.

We will continue our contribution to the unity and internal peace of the Lebanese people. We oppose any attempt to target Lebanon's stability.

Erdoğan:

A new era has begun in Syria. We agree that as Syria's two neighbors we need to act together with Lebanon.

Poland signed a $310 million contract with American General Atomics for three MQ-9B SkyGuardian UAVs, with each UAV costing approximately $103.3 million.

Israel continues killing civilians in Gaza with impunity

Haaretz quoting an Israeli officer:

There is a race and challenge between military units in Gaza to kill the largest number of Palestinians.

We have orders to send photos of the bodies, and we have sent photos of 200 dead, and it turned out that only 10 of them were from Hamas.

There is unlimited authority granted to leaders in Gaza.

Lebanese Prime Minister Mikati:

We have realized that we must first trust in Allah, and then in Türkiye.

Deputy Commander of Iraqi Joint Operations:

Procedures are moving towards returning Syrian soldiers in Iraq back to their country.

Thousands of Assad regime soldiers fled to Iraq and sought refuge after the fall of the former regime.

Flights from Istanbul Airport to Damascus will reportedly begin again in the coming days for the first time in 13 years.

Sudanese Army released a new video after attacking Rapid Support Forces positions in Omdurman, Khartoum State.

One of the soldiers can be seen with an Iran-made Saegheh-2 Tandem anti-tank missile.

Syrian Revolutionary Leader Ahmad al-Sharaa:

Syria is not Afghanistan and never will be.

HTS must be removed from the list of terrorist organizations.

Belgium’s Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder says Ukraine will not receive F-16 fighter jets from Belgium this year due to "lack of trained pilots and spare parts."

Belgium has committed to providing 30 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.

Trump’s envoy to Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellog, on Russian General Kirillov’s assassination in Moscow by Ukraine:

“There are rules of war. This wasn’t smart— not a good idea at all.”