Syria’s embassy in Lebanon has suspended consular services a day after two relatives of deposed Syrian President Bashar Assad were arrested at the Beirut airport with allegedly forged passports.
NOAA's WP-3D Orion pictured at Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, AK, during the Ocean Winds Winter research project, February 12, 2021. The WP-3D flew into winter storms over the North Pacific Ocean to gather information on ocean surface wind conditions to help test, calibrate, and validate instruments flown on NOAA weather satellites.
People stand next to cylinders as they wait in line to buy gas on a street at the Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. A member of the security forces of the newly formed Syrian government stands on guard at a security checkpoint on the Syrian border with Lebanon, Friday, Dec. 27, 2024 Syria's de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, foreground, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, walks in the presidential palace ahead of his meeting with Walid Ellafi, Libyan minister of state for communication and political affairs, in Damascus, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024.
The U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Saturday that 70 Syrians, including former army officers, were handed over by a Lebanese security delegation to the security forces of the new Syrian government, led by the former insurgent group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS. Three Lebanese judicial officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the report.
There have also been ongoing tensions and clashes in northeastern Syria between Kurdish-led forces and armed groups backed by Turkey. Many Kurds have viewed the new order in Damascus, which appears to have strengthened Turkey’s hand in Syria, with anxiety.
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