Israel's Netanyahu 'rejects with disgust' international court arrest warrant
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CNNWatching with trepidation and glee, Netanyahu orders military to seize Syria buffer zone
Israeli leaders are watching events across the border in Syria with trepidation, as 50 years of detente were upended in a matter of hours.
- BBC
Israel seizes Golan buffer zone after Syrian troops leave positions
PM Netanyahu said the 1974 disengagement agreement had "collapsed" with the rebel takeover of Syria.
- BBC
Reports of people trapped underground at notorious Syrian prison
It is thought thousands of people could still be trapped in hidden parts of the notorious Saydnaya prison.
- Euronews
Rebels to form interim government after al-Assad flees
Rebel forces took control of Damascus on Sunday, marking the end of Bashar al-Assad's decades-long autocratic rule.View on euronews
- Euronews
After 14 years of conflict, Assad's fall brings an end to Syria's dynastic rule
The Syrian government collapsed early on Sunday, marking an end to the Assad family's 50-year rule, after a surprise rebel offensive quickly swept through government-held areas and reached the capital in just 10 days.View on euronews
- Euronews
Former al-Qaeda member al-Golani rebrands as a pluralist amid doubts over Syria’s democratic future
Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly Abu Mohammed al-Golani, has evolved from an al-Qaida affiliate leader to a rebranded figure promoting pluralism as Syria’s insurgency topples Assad. Despite his attempts at moderation, doubts remain about his democratic intentions.View on euronews
- Yahoo News UK
What’s happening in Syria? The key developments amid warnings of Isis threat
The lightning quick collapse of Bashar al-Assad's has left the world taking stock on a new-look Middle East.
- CNN
Two wars changed Syria’s fortune. What comes next is impossible to know
The swiftly changing fate of Bashar al-Assad was not really made in Syria, but in southern Beirut and Donetsk.
- Sky News
UK to reduce support for Georgia after 'shocking scenes of violence' at EU protests
The UK will reduce its support and engagement with Georgia following "shocking scenes of violence", the foreign secretary has said. Tens of thousands of demonstrators have clashed with riot police in the eastern European country since 28 November after the governing Georgian Dream party decided to suspend talks on joining the European Union until 2028. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced the suspension after the European Parliament rejected the results of Georgia's October parliamentary elections, which was won by Georgian Dream, but the EU said it was "neither free nor fair" and should be re-run under international supervision.
- The Hill
Assad granted asylum in Russia, arrives in Moscow
Syrian President Bashar Assad and his family have been granted asylum in Russia and arrived in Moscow on Sunday after the Syrian government fell. The rebels’ victory early Sunday concluded a 10-day offensive in which fighters seized much of what had been government-held land and effectively ended the Assad family’s 50-year rule of the country.…
- France 24
Syria's Assad and his family arrive in Moscow after Russia grants them asylum
Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad and his family are in Moscow, Russian news agencies announced Sunday evening citing a Kremlin source, hours after he fled the country as Islamist-led rebels entered Damascus. "Assad and members of his family have arrived in Moscow," the source told the TASS and Ria Novosti news agencies. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded. This live blog is no longer being updated. For more coverage on the war in the Middle East, click here. Yesterday's ke
- The Hill
Biden calls Assad regime collapse ‘fundamental act of justice’
President Biden called the recent collapse of the Assad regime in Syria “a fundamental act of justice” in remarks at the White House on Sunday. “At long last, the Assad regime has fallen,” Biden said. “This regime brutalized and tortured and killed literally hundreds of thousands of innocent Syrians. A fall [of the regime] is…
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Syria hit by US and Israeli airstrikes as war bloggers fret about 'threat' to Russian bases
Syria's new rebel leaders are facing the daunting task of healing a divided nation - and the toppling of the Assad regime has not put an end to fighting in the country.
- Sky video
Who are the Syrian rebels - and what are their plans?
Rebel forces have taken control of the Syrian capital after storming through the country in less than two weeks.
- The Independent
Biden promises to bring US journalist Austin Tice home as he calls fall of Assad ‘a moment of historic opportunity for Syria’
‘At long last, the Assad regime has fallen,’ declares US president
- BBC
Melbourne synagogue fire 'likely' terror act, police say
Three suspects are being sought over the fire, which injured one person and caused extensive damage.
- Sky News
Rebel forces 'reach Damascus suburbs' as protesters topple statue on outskirts
Syrian rebels have reportedly taken the key city of Homs and reached the suburbs of the capital Damascus as their lightning offensive threatens to end Bashar al Assad's 24-year rule. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said insurgents are now active in three Damascus suburbs, including Maadamiyah, Jaramana and Daraya - making it the first time they have reached the outskirts of the city since 2018, when government forces recaptured the area after a years-long siege. Meanwhile, Syrian rebel commander Hassan Abdul-Ghani said insurgent forces had now "fully liberated" Syria's central city of Homs - in a strategically important move the cuts off Damascus from coastal military bases.
- NewsWire
Vigil held at firebombed synagogue
Supporters have gathered with conservative Jewish Australians after their synagogue was violently attacked and burned.
- Sky News
Ousted Syrian president Assad 'granted asylum' in Moscow - as rebels 'guarantee safety' of Russian military bases
Syria's ousted President Bashar al Assad has arrived in Moscow, Russian state media has confirmed. Mr Assad and members of his family arrived in the Russian capital on Sunday, a Kremlin source told the TASS news agency. The source added: "Russia, for humanitarian reasons, has granted them asylum."
- Australian Associated Press
US troops in Syria to prevent Islamic State resurgence
Joe Biden says the collapse of the Syrian government is a 'fundamental act of justice' after decades of repression but also 'a moment of risk and uncertainty'.