California wildfires continue with no end in sight with fire tornadoes or “firenadoes” forming in the area.

4 more IDF soldiers have been killed by Palestinian fighters in Gaza.

Ethiopia and Somalia agreed to fully restore diplomatic missions in their respective capitals.

Sudanese Army have released the prisoners that were held by the RSF in Wad Madani.

Syria leader Ahmed al-Sharaa congratulates Lebanese President Joseph Aoun by phone and calls for the establishment of positive relations between the two countries.

People of Sudan celebrating the liberation of Wad Madani in Port Sudan, kissing the Turkish flag on the vehicle of Türkiye’s Ambassador to Khartoum, Fatih Yıldız.

Ivor Caplin, ex-Labour MP for Brighton and Hove and former Jewish Labour Movement chair (Israel’s front organization in UK), was arrested for sharing indecent images and attempting to meet a minor.

A Russian FPV targets a Ukrainian vehicle. But the double-layer reinforced ballistic glass prevents the FPV drone from causing major damage.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan addressed Arab League member states in Riyadh:

- Syria's territorial integrity, unity and sovereignty remain the fundamental principles on which we base all our efforts.

- The signs of normalisation in the country are getting stronger every day.

- If the SDF is sincere in its efforts to integrate with the central government, it should announce its disbandment.

- The terrorist organisation remains a serious threat to the Arab majority east of the Euphrates and continues to plunder the natural resources that the Syrian people need most.

- We can work together to strengthen the new government's ability to effectively fight ISIS.

A 10-year-old child was killed by PKK terrorists while playing near the barbed wire fence in al-Hol camp east of Hasakah. The child was an orphan.

Source: Levant 24

Iran has agreed to send 1,500 drones to YPG/PKK terror group in Syria to counter Türkiye's military operations.

Source: Jerusalem Post

The new Syrian government is not allowing Russian ships to enter Tartus to evacuate the military equipment of the Russian Armed Forces.

There are three Russian ships are near the port: the logistics ship "Sparta" and the large landing ships "Ivan Gren" and "Alexander Otrakovsky."

To prevent the seizure of military equipment in the port, the Russian command has ordered the burning of some equipment.

Turkish warplanes destroying PKK/YPG targets south of Ayn al-Arab.

Preparations are ongoing for the Trump-Putin meeting, Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz announced.

White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan:

We will likely reach an agreement in Gaza before Trump is inaugurated as President on January 20.

Waltz:

Trump believes that an agreement on Ukraine is impossible without dialogue with Russia, and plans to work on this in the coming months.

American Vice President-elect JD Vance:

Greenland is very important for America, strategically. It has a lot of great natural resources. I think there actually is a real opportunity here for us to take leadership.

Poland closed its airspace to the Slovak delegation flying to Moscow.

They had to reroute through Czechia, Germany and the Baltic Sea.