– For the second day in a row, Israeli bombing of military sites near Damascus
– The bombing is the sixth in one month (a record number as the average was twice a month)
– The bombing yesterday killed a senior official in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard
– The Pentagon declares killing 8 agents of the Iranian Guard In the recent US strikes in eastern Syria
– Reuters: Extending the deployment of the aircraft carrier George Bush to allow for options after the recent attacks (the aircraft carrier has onboard 5000 soldiers)
– US Senate urges Biden to support earthquake-stricken people without the regime benefiting from support
– US State Department: Some of our partners believe that isolating the regime has failed, and they want to try dealing with it. Our advice to them is: get something in exchange for dealing with it, such as stopping the drug trade, and implement the UNSCR 2254. Captagon trade alone is a big reason for keeping the regime an outcast
– The United Nations: We need resources to support 15 million Syrians in need of assistance
– 3 members of the regime (including an officer) were killed in an attack in Daraa
– Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) says that it killed 5 regime members in Sartoun (west of Aleppo)
– A clash between two drug gangs affiliated with the regime near the Jordanian border
– Opinion poll: 8% of the Syrians who returned to liberated areas in a visit after the earthquake, will stay there