Near Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Ukrainian forces captured paratroopers from Russia's 98th Airborne Division, the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reports.

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.

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

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.

Israeli strikes on Syria continued even as the Syrian government officials and the Druze religious minority announced a new ceasefire agreement.

At least 30 people were killed and around 100 were injured in sectarian violence that exploded in Syria's southernmost As-Suwayda Governorate, the Middle Eastern country's Ministry of Interior said Monday morning.

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

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