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U.S. Embassy Urges Americans In Syria To Flee Immediately

U.S. Embassy warns Americans in Syria to leave immediately or prepare for extended sheltering due to security risks. Assad fled to Russia, and the situatio...

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Bashar al-Assad releases first statement since he fled Syria

Remarks attributed to al-Assad, released by the Syrian presidency’s Telegram, say state fell into ‘hands of terrorism’.

Al Jazeera

Syria’s rebels took Homs back from Assad in a matter of days. Now they have to police it

ON THE GROUND: Bel Trew meets the new police chief in Syria’s third city, tasked with keeping the peace now that forces led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham have ousted the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Every city across the country is now facing the same question: who will rule…

The Independent UK

Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad breaks silence after fleeing to Moscow

Former leader releases first statement since his regime was overthrown by insurgent groups earlier this month

Evening Standard

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Ousted Syrian president Assad makes first public statement since fall of his regime

Bashar al-Assad claimed he had no intention of leaving the country when he lost his grip on the country a week ago

The Independent UK

EU seeks assurances from Syria's new leaders in exchange for dropping sanctions

European Union nations have set out conditions for lifting sanctions on Syria

The Independent UK

Sacks of chemicals, plastic fruit … and millions of pills: inside a Damascus Captagon factory

Burnt-out rooms reveal extent of lucrative regime-supported operation to smuggle drug across region

The Guardian - UK

Assad denies planning to flee Syria before evacuation by Moscow

Former Syrian leader claimed he wanted to stay and fight but left after Russian airbase came under attack

The Guardian - UK

Tour operator to relaunch Syria trips ‘as soon as possible’ – despite Foreign Office warning

Exclusive: ‘As soon as it becomes apparent that things are stable, I could run trips immediately’ says Dylan Harris of Lupine Travel

The Independent UK

Syrian rebel force deploys to a village near Damascus to stop looters

A rebel force has deployed to a village in southeastern Damascus to stop looters who swarmed a residential complex in the area and set some apartments on fire

The Independent UK

First Thing: Israel strikes Syria as Netanyahu approves settlement expansion

The Israeli PM approved plan to double Israeli population in Golan Heights. Plus, South Korea’s constitutional court begins reviewing presidential impeachment

The Guardian - UK

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Al Jazeera

Israel strikes missile depots, air defences in Syria’s Tartous region

While Israel continues blitz on sites in Syria, new administration in Damascus forges ahead with international outreach.

International Business Times

EU Sending Envoy To Talk To Syria's New Leaders

The EU's envoy to Syria headed to Damascus Monday to hold talks with the country's new Islamist rulers, just over a week after president Bashar al-Assad's ouster ended decades of brutal rule and civil war.

Al Jazeera

Is Israel trying to entrench its occupation of the Golan Heights?

Since the fall of the al-Assad regime, Israel has attacked Syria to deepen the occupation of the Golan Heights.

Evening Standard

Israel drops 'earthquake bomb' on Syria causing huge mushroom cloud as Americans urged to leave

US embassy in Damascus advises Americans to leave Syria as it issues warning about armed conflict and ‘terrorism throughout the country’

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The Guardian - UK

Middle East crisis: Syrians dismiss Assad’s claim that he wanted to stay and fight – as it happened

Syrian dictator says he left country on evening of 8 December in first comments since his regime was toppled by rebel offensive

The Independent UK

Middle East latest: Israeli airstrikes target missile warehouses in Syria, war monitor says

A UK-based war monitor says Israeli airstrikes hit missile warehouses in Syria

The Independent UK

Israel launches ‘most violent’ strikes on Syrian coast as it vows to double settler numbers in Golan Heights

Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will ‘hold onto it, cause it to blossom and settle in it’

The Guardian - UK

Things could go very wrong in Syria – they could also go very right. Let’s give its people optimism

With Assad gone, it’s important not to impose a negative script on what comes next. Syrians deserve support and hope, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - AU

Netanyahu says he held ‘friendly’ talks with Trump over Syria and Gaza hostages

Israeli PM spoke of ‘warm’ discussion with US president-elect amid pressure from Trump camp for progress on hostage releases

International Business Times

Israel Aims To 'Double Population' In Annexed Golan: PM

The Israeli government approved on Sunday a plan to increase the population of the annexed Golan Heights, while insisting it had no intention of confronting Syria after seizing a UN-monitored buffer zone.

Evening Standard

Lammy: UK in ‘diplomatic contact’ with Syrian rebel group which toppled Assad

The Foreign Secretary said Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) remains proscribed but ‘as you would expect’ the Government has spoken to the group.

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