Clashes with 'outlaw groups' ongoing in some neighborhoods of southern Suwayda city, amid intensified efforts coordinated with community leaders to regain full control, restore security - Anadolu Ajan

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Poor infrastructure, regional conflict and sporadic Israeli airstrikes are holding back more airlines from returning to Syria, industry officials told Reuters, hampering efforts to rebuild a shattered economy after 14 years of civil war.

Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle has confirmed the Government will process asylum claims from Syrians again after these were paused following the fall of the Assad regime

Syrian army begins withdrawing heavy military equipment from Suwayda to hand over city’s neighborhoods to internal security forces - Anadolu Ajansı

David Lammy pledges £96m in aid as Britain seeks to outmanoeuvre Russia and Iran - but analysts warn the fragile new regime may struggle to contain ISIS and secure detention camps

Russia has been using drones and missiles to strike targets, wait some time, and then hit the same spot later.

Russia launched 400 Shahed and decoy drones, as well as one ballistic missile, during the night, the Ukrainian air force said. The strikes targeted northeastern Kharkiv, which is Ukraine’s second-largest city, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine, Vinnytsia in the west and Odesa in the south.

The fall of the Assad regime in Syria in December 2024 was a major blow to Russian influence and power projection in the Middle East. Russia’s lack of