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.”

Trump’s envoy to Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellog:

Russian losses are five times higher than Ukraine’s.

They're using human wave attacks like North Koreans with huge casualties. This is historically how they fight.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan:

With all due to respect to our Iranian friends, we’ve had this discussion with them maybe for thousands of times.

Their presence in Syria didn’t prevent a big genocide in Gaza.

Lights on: Christmas tree lighting tonight in Homs, Syria.

NEW: Israel carried out air strikes on Houthi-controlled Sana'a, Hodeidah and Ras Isa Port with a large number of aircraft. Following the Israeli attacks, a fire broke out in Haziz power plant in South Sana'a.

NEW: France would host an international meeting on Syria in January, and the lifting of sanctions and reconstruction aid would be conditional on clear political and security commitments by the transitional authority.

Acting Foreign Minister Jan-Noel Barrot told parliament that the diplomats had seen positive signals from the transitional authority and that in the capital, at least, Syrians appeared to be resuming their normal life without being impeded.

A team of French diplomats met an official from the Syrian transition team on Tuesday in Damascus and raised the flag over the French embassy there 12 years after cutting ties with Syria's Bashar al-Assad amid the country's civil war.