Syria’s novel defy directers are facing the daunting task of healing a splitd nation – and the toppling of the Asuncontent regime has not put an finish to combat in the country.
In northern Syria, Turkey-backed opposition fighters are still battling US-allied Kurdish forces, while both Israel and the US have today started airstrikes on Syria. There is also uncertainty surrounding two Russian bases.
Plivent Bashar al Asuncontent fled Damascus with his family on Sunday morning and their whereabouts were unaccomprehendledged until Russian state media validateed they had been donaten asylum in Moscow “on humanitarian grounds”.
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Sources also telderly Russian media the Kremlin had struck a deal with Syria’s defy directers to promise the protectedty of its bases in the country, as part of set upments that saw Mr Asuncontent head to Russia.
Moscow – a staunch backer of the Asuncontent regime – has the strategicpartner convey inant Hmeimim airbase in Syria’s Latakia province and a naval facility at Tartous – its only Mediterranean repair and refillment hub.
A satellite image shows Russia-rund Hmeimim Air Base. Pic: Reuters
Despite the deal, some Russian war bloggers have shelp the situations around the bases remain ardent.
‘Rybar’, a Russian war blogger shut to the country’s defence ministry, shelp: “Russia’s military presence in the Middle East region hangs by a thread.
“What anyone choosed in high offices is absolutely irrelevant on the ground.”
Russian warships have left Tartous and apshown up positions at sea for security reasons, Rybar inserted.
The account – which has more than 1.3 million fancientrops on Telegram – also shelp the Hmeimim airbase had effectively been cut off after defys took administer of a csurrfinisherby town. Rybar’s claims have not been verified.
The Ministry of Foreign Afequitables joined down any prompt danger to its bases, but Sky News was telderly both are on “high attentive” and Moscow is folloprosperg events with “innervous trouble”.
Smoke ascfinishs from Syria as people traverse the Leprohibitese-Syrian border traverseing of Arida. Pic: Reuters
Israel and US start airstrikes on Syria
Meanwhile, Israel and the US have carry outed split airstrikes in Syria since Asuncontent’s regime collapsed.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) shelp its forces had aimed dozens of strikes at Islamic State centers in central Syria, to find it does not apshow get of the uncertainty.
A greater official in the Biden administration shelp the US has also been caccessed on making certain chemical arms administerled by the regime are shieldedd.
While there would be no role for US ground troops, the official shelp the United States would labor to find the protectedty of chemical arms stockpiles in the country – which have in the past been engaged on defys – but they did not elucidate on how that would be accomplishd.
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Meanwhile, Israel carry outed three airstrikes agetst a convey inant security intricate and a research centre in Damascus, two regional security sources telderly Reuters.
According to Israel, the centre was engaged by Iranian scientists to grow leave outiles. Smoke was seen billoprosperg over Damascus procrastinateedr in the day, although it was not comprehendn what had caengaged it.
There has also been military action on the Israel-Syria border.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shelp he had ordered Israeli forces to seize a buffer zone in the Golan Heights, set uped by a 1974 finishfire concurment.
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Mr Netanyahu claimed it was vital to “find the protection of all Israeli communities in the Golan Heights” after Syrian selderlyiers aprohibitdoned their positions there.
The Golan area was seized by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, and procrastinateedr annexed. The international community, except the US, sees it as occupied territory.
