Syria

Lebanon Report: An Israeli drone strike aimed at a vehicle in Hawsh Al Sayyed Ali, in Lebanon's Hermel District near the Syrian border, reportedly missed its target.

Druze residents of Suwayda in southern Syria held a rally in support of Israel marking the third anniversary of the October 7 massacre. Sheikh Marwan Kiwan told Kan News he hopes the Druze Mountain will be annexed to Israel's security zone in Syria, and urged Israeli leadership to act before the next attack rather than after it.

The Syrian flag was officially raised in Hasakah's "Peace Square" before a crowd of thousands. The northeastern city was until recently the last major stronghold of Kurdish-led self-rule.

A "sabotage attack" damaged an oil pipeline in northeastern Syria, the state petroleum company announced Wednesday.

Syria is weighing military assistance to Saudi Arabia in its fight against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, U.S. and Syrian officials said.

Options under review include defensive support against missile and drone attacks, or deploying Syrian forces alongside Saudi-backed Yemeni troops. Damascus says its priority remains domestic recovery.

Reuters.

Syria is considering joining the war in Yemen, but no final decision has been made, according to sources cited by Asharq.

PIJ headquarters in both Syria and Lebanon were hit by Israeli strikes, according to Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziad al-Nakhala.

He also gave casualty figures: more than 2,000 Al-Quds Brigades operatives killed during the war in Gaza, over 80 killed in Lebanon while fighting alongside Hezbollah, and dozens more in the West Bank.

More than 1,200 aviation crew members from countries without diplomatic ties to Israel, among them Syria, Lebanon and Oman, have entered the country since the start of the year, according to Israeli figures.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is in Riyadh for talks with MBS.

Al Arabiya reports the Omani co-pilot of the Fly Dubai flight had been barred from flying in Oman over radicalization he underwent in Syria, where he spent most of his time before moving to the UAE. His name is reported as Maa'm Al-Hamami.

Effective October 1, Syria is off the U.S. blanket arms-export denial list. Arms requests now get case by case review instead of automatic refusal. No sale has been approved yet.

Syria TV: The blasts at Taftanaz military airport in northwestern Syria came from unexploded ordnance detonating.

Weapons should be in the hands of the Lebanese state alone, Syria's Foreign Ministry says, backing the principle of exclusivity of arms.

Senior officials from Syria's new government held talks with senior Hezbollah officials in Turkey last month, the first meeting of its kind, Reuters reports. Progress was made at the meeting. Syrian authorities accused Hezbollah this week of links to a terror cell that attempted to operate near the Israeli border.

Ömer el-Hatip, wanted over the 2013 Reyhanlı bombing that killed 53 people, was captured by Turkish intelligence while trying to reach Europe by sea. He was subject to an Interpol Red Notice for planning the attack, linking the bombers to former Assad regime intelligence and helping other attackers flee to Syria.

A Hezbollah cell of three was detained in the Yarmouk Basin in Daraa province, inside the border triangle in southern Syria near the Israeli frontier, according to a statement from Syria's security services.

The three were setting up rocket launchers to carry out attacks and destabilize the area. The plot was thwarted, the launchers were dismantled, and the investigation continues.

Kann news.

Syrian authorities announced that General Intelligence, working with internal security services, dismantled a Hezbollah-linked cell in the Yarmouk Basin area of Daraa province, near the Israeli border.

Iraq's PM al-Zaidi:

"We are working to diversify our oil export ports and develop energy corridors linking Iraq, Turkey, Jordan, and Syria in order to reach global markets."

Netanyahu went after Qatar and Turkey in the same breath.

On Qatar: "It tries to brainwash young people into hating Israel. It hosted Hamas leaders on its territory."

On Turkey: "Erdogan hosts Hamas leaders. He kills journalists and political opponents and holds a record when it comes to this. He occupied northern Cyprus, threatens Greece, and now wants to take control of Syria."

Netanyahu to Syria’s Jolani:

“Mr. al-Sharaa, you should know the Jews have been on the Golan Heights since the days of Moses.

You can read it in the Bible.”

Syria's first cohort of female police cadets graduated yesterday.

Beirut airport, Lebanese security stops a Saudi prince's private jet and finds 2 tons of Captagon packed in 40 suitcases, roughly 10 million pills, the drug was made in Assad's Syria, moved along Hezbollah controlled routes and headed for the Gulf, the prince later walked free

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