Israel repeatedly bombs Iranian-backed militia targets in Syria, saying its goal was to erode Tehran’s military presence, which Western intelligence sources say has expanded in recent years.
Three children are among at least nine people killed after Syrian regime rocket fire hit refugee camps west of the city of Idlib in Syria's northwest.
"We are restoring our relations with Syria with the consensus of our leadership," senior Hamas leader Khalil al Hayya tells media in the Syrian capital Damascus.
About half of 150 migrants on the boat departing from Lebanon have been reported dead, in what is the deadliest such shipwreck that has departed from the country in recent years.
Air strike "targeting Damascus airport and some points south of Damascus" leaves five soldiers dead and damages some material, regime media say.
Israeli warplanes have carried out strikes against Syrian regime targets in the country's coastal city of Tartus and near Damascus.
Ankara gives full support to the Syrian opposition and the Negotiation Committee in the political process, Türkiye's Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.
Attack kills at least three Syrian soldiers and wounds seven others besides causing material damage, regime media says.
Israel has staged hundreds of strikes on targets in Syria over the years but Friday was the first time an air strike caused damage leading to the suspension of flights.
Moscow-Tehran relations are shaped and constrained by ideological and geopolitical developments in the Middle East and beyond.
Syrian regime media has said missiles came from the Israeli-occupied Golan heights while a war monitor said another four have been injured after the strikes.
Why was Washington quick to provide political and military support to Ukraine, while it hesitated with Syria, also resisting Russia's attacks?
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