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Türkiye has strongly condemned Israel's military attacks and advances in the Syrian territories following the collapse of the Assad administration in the Middle Eastern country.

Loud explosions were heard in Damascus following a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting key sites in Syria. Reports indicate that Israel carried out attacks on military research facilities, weapons depots, and airbases, aiming to prevent advanced weaponry from falling into extremist hands.

Journalists and journalism students take part in a demonstration of solidarity and protest for the colleagues detained, disappeared, and killed in Gaza during the 38th edition of the International Book Fair in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Dec. 5, 2024.

This picture taken from the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights shows smoke billowing above the Syrian Governorate of Quneitra during Israeli bombardment, on Dec. 9, 2024

A war monitor said Tuesday that Israel had "destroyed the most important military sites in Syria" with a flurry of air strikes since the fall of president Bashar al-Assad's government.

In an environment with far more doubts than certainties following the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria and the prevalence of the Syrian opposition and Islamists in the country, Athens is attempting to “map” the new landscape, given that our country is a gateway to the EU and is at a key point as a “bridge” between Europe-Middle East and Africa.

Ceasefire and hostage sweep negotiations between Israel and Hamas have progressed to the stage where both sides are exchanging lists of individuals for release, according to a report on Dec. 9.

Israeli ground forces advanced beyond the demilitarized zone on the Israel-Syria border over the weekend, marking their first open entry into Syrian territory since the October 1973 war, according to two Israeli officials who spoke anonymously to The New York Times.

Israel has attacked locations in Syria where chemical weapons and long-range missiles are believed to be stored, aiming to prevent them from falling into the hands of adversaries, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said today, as reported by the Associated Press.

Israeli soldiers stand guard on a security fence gate near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024.

It took just 11 days for Syrian opposition groups to force Bashar al-Assad to flee the country and impose a new revision of the strategic map in the Middle East.