Syrians are cheering the fall of longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad, as a rebel-linked caretaker prime minister was appointed to oversee the transition of power. Follow for live updates.
nearly 500 times in two days, hitting most of the country’s strategic weapons stockpiles and destroying its navy fleet. The bombings were intended to prevent the stockpiles from falling “into the hands of extremists,” an Israeli official said.Smoke billows into the air following an Israeli drone strike on Al Mazzeh Airport in Damascus, Syria, on December 11.
The SDF is largely made up of Kurdish fighters from a group known as the Peoples’ Protection Units , which is considered a terrorist organization by neighboring Turkey. “Vehicles and weapons that were in the possession of the comrades are to be handed to the Ministry of Interior or the nearest police unit or station,” the statement said. “All the party’s property and funds will be placed under the supervision of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Justice, and its proceeds are to be deposited in the Central Syrian Bank.”
Last week, the United Nations said Syria’s purported destruction of its chemical weapons couldn’t be verified, and on Monday, Israel said it struck Syria’s chemical weapons capabilities. The US on Monday said it has “good fidelity” on where chemical weapons may be located within Syria and is working with its partners to destroy them.
Self also asked Blinken if he expected Syria would “descend into a terrorist enclave,” to which Blinken answered that the US needs “to do everything possible to avoid that” in the coming days and weeks. Israeli troops also said they located a Syrian observation post in the Mount Hermon region within the buffer zone and seized a cache of weapons including missiles, explosives and other equipment.
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