What is known about the situation in Syria so far?

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Protesters tear down monument to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's father, Hafez al-Assad

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Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghazi al-Jalali was seen accompanied by armed militants.

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❗️Syria's industry minister has claimed the authorities are holding meetings with militants to provide public services, Al Arabiya reports.

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❗️Syria's main official channel has released a short statement for the first time since the Syrian armed opposition took control of the country’s state television building and capital Damascus.

"The great Syrian revolution has won! The Assad regime has fallen!"

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❗️Iraq is evacuating its embassy in Damascus amid statements by militants about establishing control over the Syrian capital, the Iraqi news agency INA reports

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Syrian opposition forces are storming the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, with acts of vandalism, looting, and thefts taking place

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❗️Russian troops liberated the settlement of Blagodatnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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🪖The United States will maintain its military presence in eastern Syria, as confirmed by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Daniel Shapiro during the Manama Dialogue security conference in Bahrain’s capital on Sunday.

Since 2015, parts of Syria's oil-rich eastern region have been occupied by the US and allied militant forces. The US has refused to withdraw, justifying its presence as part of the fight against terrorism, despite the Syrian government consistently denouncing the American presence as an act of military aggression and calling for the immediate withdrawal of US troops from its territory.

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🪖The IDF declared closed military zones in the Golan Heights, The Times of Israel reports.

Earlier in the day, Israel confirmed it had deployed forces in the buffer zone on the border with Syria "for its defense, to ensure the safety of the communities in the Golan Heights and the citizens of Israel."

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🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian MoD daily briefing on the special military operation's progress:    

▪️Ukraine lost up to 460 militants in the Russian Zapad Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Russian air defence systems shot down 12 Vampire shells and 88 Ukrainian drones in the special operation zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 225 militants in the Russian Yug Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost over 500 militants in the Russian Tsentr Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Russian military hit the infrastructure of Ukrainian military airfields, damaged energy facilities that ensure the operation of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 90 soldiers in the areas of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Dnepr and Sever.

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On December 12, the South Korean opposition will put to a vote in parliament the issue of conducting a special investigation into the violent seizure of power by imposing martial law, the news agency Yonhap reported.

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❗️UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen suggested the leaders of the armed opposition in Syria could be removed from the list of terrorists.

He explained that the militants would need to take concrete actions on the ground to justify such a step.

Pedersen said there was a specific procedure they must follow to be removed from the list.

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❗️Russian Foreign Ministry: Assad left the presidency and Syria after negotiations with a number of participants in the Syrian conflict, instructed to peacefully transfer power.

Russia did not participate in the negotiations.

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⚡️Russian military bases in Syria are on high alert, according to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The ministry added that, at present, there is no significant security threat to the Russian military bases in Syria.

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🗣Moscow is in contact with all factions of the Syrian opposition amid the escalating situation in the country, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Russia calls on all parties involved in Syria to renounce violence and resolve issues through political means, the ministry added.

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📹 Marauding has begun in the Syrian city of Latakia, with a police station near the port set ablaze and looters ransacking warehouses, eyewitnesses told Sputnik.

The government district of Damascus is also subject to mass looting.

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The National Coalition of Syrian Opposition Forces stated that it is working on transferring power in the country to a "transitional body."

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🗣Russia has carefully studied US President-elect Trump's statement on Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

⚪️It is Ukraine that still refuses to negotiate.

⚪️Ukrainian losses are many times greater than those on the Russian side.

⚪️The terms of peace talks were announced earlier by Vladimir Putin, but Ukraine continues to refuse negotiations and does not change its position.

⚪️Putin welcomes peace initiatives on the Ukraine conflict, especially from countries representing the Global South.

⚪️In order to take part in the talks, Zelensky must first repeal the decree banning them.

Earlier, US President-elect Donald Trump, calling for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations, stated that "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would like to 'make a deal' to end the conflict in Ukraine".

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