The Syrian opposition-run rescue service known as the White Helmets said early on Monday on X that at least 25 people have been killed in northwestern Syria in airstrikes carried out by the Syrian government and Russia on Sunday.
Pro-Iranian militias enter Syria, President Bashar Assad's Aleppo Palace invaded
Battling Israel left Tehran too weak to deal with Syria, researcher says • Airstrikes in northwestern Syria kill 25 people
Airstrikes in northwestern Syria kill 25 people, says Syria's White Helmets
Iran's military consultants to remain in Syria, foreign ministry says
Iran's military consultants remain in Syria at Damascus' request, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday, as Syrian army forces battled insurgents.
Hezbollah not intending to send fighters to back Assad in Syria for now, three sources say
Hezbollah does not currently intend to send fighters to northern Syria to support the Syrian army there, three sources familiar with the Iran-backed group's thinking told Reuters on Monday.
The sources said Hezbollah had not yet been asked to do so and that the group was "not ready to send forces to Syria at this stage," after a ceasefire put an end to a year of hostilities with Israel, including intense ground clashes in southern Lebanon.
Putin discussed Syria situation with Iran's Pezeshkian by phone, says Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed the situation in Syria with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian by phone, the Kremlin said on Monday.
Khamenei’s crisis: Syria, Assad, Takfiris, and the fight for Iran’s Influence
“Takfiri groups are good news for enemies of the world of Islam," Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wrote on X.
At a time when Hezbollah and Israel have signed a shaky ceasefire, and Hamas is seriously weakened in Gaza, one of Iran’s other proxy strongholds in the Middle East is causing increasing concern for the ayatollahs of the Islamic Republic of Iran: Syria.
Syrian rebels offer Kurdish and Regime forces safe withdrawal from Aleppo
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other Syrian rebel factions have offered the SDF-Kurdish and pro-Regime troops to leave Aleppo "safely," according to Al-Hadath.
"هيئة تحرير الشام" وفصائل تعرض على قوات قسد مغادرة مدينة حلب "بشكل آمن" #الحدث_عاجل
— الحدث عاجل (@Alhadath_Brk) December 1, 2024
Iran foreign minister says situation in Syria is 'difficult', IRNA
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, visiting Damascus on Sunday, said the situation in Syria is "difficult," but the government of President Bashar al-Assad will successfully confront rebels like it did in the past.
Araqchi was quoted by state media.
Airstrikes in northwestern Syria kill 25 people, says Syria's White Helmets
The Syrian opposition-run rescue service known as the White Helmets said early on Monday on X that at least 25 people have been killed in northwestern Syria in airstrikes carried out by the Syrian government and Russia on Sunday.
President Bashar Assad's Aleppo Palace invaded by Syrian rebels
Early reports showed rebels walking around the seemingly abandoned but ostentatious palace.
President Bashar Assad's Palace in Aleppo was invaded by Syrian rebels on Sunday evening, according to Arab media reports.
إدارة العمليات العسكرية لفصائل المعارضة السورية تواصل انتصاراتها ضد النظام النصيري الطائفي في سوريا وتستولى على القصر الرئاسي في حلب ومطارات وقواعد عسكرية ومخازن أسلحة وذخيرة والنظام المهزوم يفجر مخازن الذخيرة والسلاح في المناطق التي يفر منها حتى لا تقع في يد المعارضة #حلب_تتحرر pic.twitter.com/UKhsNGo86x
— A Mansour أحمد منصور (@amansouraja) December 1, 2024
The take overcomes after Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebels swept into the city of Aleppo on Saturday, nearly encircling the remaining SAA pro-Regime forces, leading to a reinforcement by SDF-Kurdish forces.
Pro-Iranian Iraqi militias enter Syria to aid beleaguered Syrian army
Iranian-backed militias entered Syria overnight from Iraq and were heading to northern Syria to beef up beleaguered Syrian army forces battling insurgents, according to two Syrian army sources.
- On the night of November 29, Syrian rebels entered Aleppo, capturing significant portions of the city and forcing Syrian troops to redeploy.
