If the push to topple Bashar al-Assad was born anywhere, it was born in Deraa, a small town in Syria near the Jordanian border.

Here, on May 21, 2011, the tortured and mutilated body of 13-year-old Hamza al-Khatib was handed over to his family weeks after his arrest at an anti-government rally, for more click here.

As the shockwaves from the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime continue to be felt in Syria, Israel has struck military bases in the country.

Israeli jets have bombed at least three major Syrian army airbases that house dozens of helicopters and warplanes, according to Syrian security sources…read more.

Reliable sources have told the Reuters news agency that Turkey is continuing intensive attacks on targets in northeastern Syria.

The attacks come as part of its efforts to weaken the influence and military power of Kurdish groups in the region, particularly the Kurdish militia YPG, which Ankara considers an extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is a self-proclaimed organization. terrorist from Turkey...read more.

The top US general in the Middle East has visited US troops stationed in Syria.

General Erik Kurilla "received first-hand information about the army's defense measures, the situation that is developing very quickly and the ongoing efforts to prevent ISIS from exploiting the current situation," a statement said.

Qatar and Turkey condemned Israel's incursion into Syrian territory after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's government.

A spokesman for Qatar's foreign ministry said it was "unacceptable" that Israel was trying to take advantage of the situation in Syria, adding that the Israelis had violated the sovereignty of the Syrian state... read more.

Senior officials in the administration of US President Joe Biden are in close contact with the Syrian rebels who overthrew the regime of Bashar al-Assad, according to the White House.

Spokesman John Kirby also said the US was in contact with Israeli officials as Israeli troops continue to occupy parts of Syria.

He also said that Washington wants to ensure that the Syrian people are able to determine their own future.

The Lebanese army issued a statement saying that unknown gunmen approached an army border post.

The men came from Syrian territory.

Warning shots were fired at the gunmen, who were forced to return to Syria, the Lebanese army said.

The head of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, in his first comments to Western media since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's government, said there would be no "return to panic".

Asked by the medium sky news, what is his message to foreign countries, the leader of the rebels said that "they should not fear unnecessarily, God willing. The country will be rebuilt. The fear stemmed from the presence of the regime - the country is moving towards development and reconstruction, towards stability"... read more.

The military operation involved taking control of the buffer zone in the Golan Heights and securing strategic positions near the Israeli border to ensure the security of Israel and Syria's ethnic minorities.

Another objective of the operation was to destroy the air force, navy, armored vehicles and other strategic capabilities of the regime of Basha al-Assad, with the aim of eliminating the military potential of the former Syrian army.

The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, vowed that the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Syria will be protected at all costs and that Turkey has no intention of entering there.

"Turkey has not laid eyes on the territory or sovereignty of another country. The territorial integrity of Syria must be protected at all costs. Syria belongs to Syrians with all their ethnic, religious or sectarian identities. The people of Syria will decide the fate of Syria," Erdogan said during a speech in Ankara.

Ousted Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow after fleeing Damascus on Sunday, where he has been granted political asylum.

The Kremlin was one of Assad's main backers in his government's brutal efforts to defeat the rebels. A few days ago, Moscow's role in Syria seemed unwavering, but now, according to experts, the Kremlin will find it difficult to regain lost ground...read more.

Israel destroyed the Syrian fleet overnight, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said.

The operation appeared to be part of a wider campaign to eliminate strategic threats to Israel, and came after the IDF targeted air bases and scientific laboratories in Syria, for more click here.

Mohamed al-Bashir has been appointed interim prime minister of the Syrian transitional government.

Through a televised statement it was announced that al Bashir will hold the role until March 1, 2025, for more click here.

Israeli warplanes have reportedly carried out hundreds of airstrikes across Syria, including the capital, Damascus.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) says it has documented more than 310 attacks by the IDF since the fall of the Assad regime on Sunday, for more click here.

The UN special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, has called the Israeli attacks in Syria "a very disturbing development".

"We continue to see Israeli movements and bombings on Syrian territory, this must stop," he said, for more click here.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron are prepared to work with the Syrian rebel groups that ousted President Bashar al-Assad under certain conditions.

The leaders of the two biggest powers of the European Union welcomed the departure of Assad, who had caused "terrible suffering to the Syrian people and great damage to his country", to read more click here.

Citing three sources within the security agencies, Reuters reports that Israeli tanks are positioned near the Syrian capital - Damascus.

These sources say that the military incursion has already reached Qatana, about 20 kilometers southwest of Damascus, for more click here.

As investigations into Assad's detention centers continue, rescue workers reported last night that they found around 40 bodies in a hospital morgue, showing signs of torture.

The AFP news agency writes that it heard directly from a rebel fighter, who told them: "I opened the door of the morgue with my hands, it was a terrible sight: about 40 bodies piled up showing signs of terrible torture." for more click here.

The hard-line Islamist lawmakers who fill Iran's parliament are outraged at the speed with which the Islamic Republic's biggest investment in the region has failed.

Iran supported the Assad regime throughout the Syrian civil war, with weapons, troops, oil and money.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that toppling Bashar al-Assad in Syria is a great opportunity, but one that "carries considerable risk" - something the United States "will not allow to happen".

According to him, the Islamic State will try to use this period to restore capabilities in Syria, Telegraph reports.

He added that the Syrian people should be the ones to choose their own future.

Finally, Blinken says that Washington has a clear interest in avoiding the "fragmentation of Syria, the export of terrorism and extremism."